| On Sat. 10/29/11 starting around noon, a very rare October snowstorm began to drop wet snow over the region. Although forecasted to be rain that would change to wet snow at night began in the afternoon as snow. This snow began to stick not only to the grassy areas, but by 1pm, the roads began to get covered with this snow. Also, due to the leaves still being on the trees, this weight combined with the weight of the snow caused many trees to snapped and fall. The first call was dispatched at 1:40pm for an motor vehicle accident with injuries on the Taconic State Pkwy. As responding units quickly found out, numerous roads, including main thoroughfares, were impassable due to stuck or slow moving vehicles which caused extensive traffic backups. From this point forward for the next 2 days, Mohegan responded to dozens of storm related calls including trees/wires down, trees down on houses, motor vehicle accidents, inside smoke investigations, electrical emergencies, carbon monoxide emergencies, activated fire alarms, chimney fires, and structure fires. Many roads were blocked by down treees and wires which caused responses to be hampered. By the time the storm was through on Sunday morning about 1 foot of snow fell and almost half of the residents fire district were without power, phones, and cable. From Saturday into Sunday many members stoodby at the firehouse to cover the calls. Storm related calls continued for a few days as trees were removed and power crews from other states assisited and bagan to restore power causing alarms and wires burning issues. |
