Cities like New York and Philadelphia touted warming centers for people who lost heat during Winter Storm Grayson and the Arctic blast that followed. But people living along southern coastal Monmouth County were on their own, despite predictions of temperatures near zero and wind chills dipping into double digits below zero.
A survey of municipal websites, social media pages and tweets found no mention of warming centers for people affected by the loss of heat or insufficient heat either during Grayson, which dumped more than 16 inches of snow in some spots, or after, when the National Weather Service issued advisories for potentially dangerous wind chills into the weekend.
Municipal tweets and posts emphasized a combination of local laws and common sense: parking during a snow emergency; clearing snow from around fire hydrants; cold-weather safety; shoveling safety, and keeping sidewalks clear.
Municipalities also provided updates on road and weather conditions, and on the progress of their public works employees. They also listed utilities to call in case of water main breaks or power outages.
But anyone visiting the sites hoping to find information about where to go if they had no heat learned there was nowhere to go.
The survey included websites and social media pages for Asbury Park, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Neptune, Manasquan, and Spring Lake.
A survey of municipal websites, social media pages and tweets found no mention of warming centers for people affected by the loss of heat or insufficient heat either during Grayson, which dumped more than 16 inches of snow in some spots, or after, when the National Weather Service issued advisories for potentially dangerous wind chills into the weekend.
Municipal tweets and posts emphasized a combination of local laws and common sense: parking during a snow emergency; clearing snow from around fire hydrants; cold-weather safety; shoveling safety, and keeping sidewalks clear.
Municipalities also provided updates on road and weather conditions, and on the progress of their public works employees. They also listed utilities to call in case of water main breaks or power outages.
But anyone visiting the sites hoping to find information about where to go if they had no heat learned there was nowhere to go.
The survey included websites and social media pages for Asbury Park, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Neptune, Manasquan, and Spring Lake.
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