WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS VOICE. July 30, 2006: The power is back on but the memory of the chaos lingers on. After 9/11, millions were sent Westchester County for improved "emergency" communications. Dozens of meetings were held to improve county and cities' coordinated efforts in a disaster. Last week, Mr. and Mrs. and Ms. White Plains saw how they worked when they called city hall and city hall did not know how many homes were out. They saw how they worked when they called the police department and could not find out what roads were closed and open. But, perhaps WPCNR is too harsh.

What does Mr. and Mrs. and Ms. White Plains think about how our county and city, and cities communicated with residents in an emergency -- the first really big one we have had since 9/11?

Was the information authorities gave you when you called, or that you heard on the radio or read here on WPCNR adequate -- because that is all we got. I only selected adequate and inadequate -- because, it was not good. Our leaders said they were ready for an emergency and had communications programs in place supposedly for an Indian Point disaster or whatever. Well,  July 18-19-20-21 was a test. How did the county the city do?

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