Since power outages are inevitable having a long run time flashlight is a good idea.

Lowes has a 65 hour run time flashlight for under $5.00

http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Flashlight-Mod-Increases-Run-Time-36X/?allstep

I got mine in store. I also got one at Target.

More:

http://armageddononline.org/forums/threads/34318-Cheap-long-run-time-flashlights

Or go micro solar for under $50.00.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Uses-For-Dead-Car-Batteries-And-Sealed-Lead-Acid-B/?allstep

Emergency Led Lighting Made Ridiculously Simple:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Emergency-Led-Lighting-Made-Ridiculously-Simple/?allstep

Got stored water?

Wood stove in any winter/fall storm. Cook& heat house. Salt crusted chicken- bring the fire down to a good coal bed place 4 rocks in there coat the chicken/1" of salt water mix, spice first,wrap in tin foil place on pan put on top of the rocks close the door take it out after 75min, yum yum! Live in style for days.

Swampscott schools will be closed Monday.

The JCC will be closed Monday due to the severe weather.

Town Hall will be open but only with a skeleton staff on Monday in keeping with the the governor's request that nonessential staff stay home.

Terry - any idea on trash removal? still a go or no?
Thanks

Thanks for the question Ernie. We checked with the DPW director tonight and he said that they have not heard from the town's trash hauler. This leads him to believe there will be trash pick-up since they typically inform the town if they are not going to pick-up trash during a storm. We will call and email Hiltz Disposal but no guarantee we will hear anything tonight.

The Swampscott library will be closed on Monday due to the hurricane.

Thanks Terry, appreciate the info and help

Health Department Director Jeff Vaughan blogs that "curbside trash will be collected as scheduled on Monday October 29th. A decision regarding Tuesdays collection will be made by this evening.
Note: this is not a recycle week."

Surfers at King's Beach

Lynn Shore Drive reportedly closed.

Hi Terry, can we get word to inform neighbors that if they see someone in danger they should assist if possible? My wife, 38 weeks pregnant, was in a car accident this morning and not one neighbor even opened their door to ask if her or our 1st child was alright. They just stood at their windowns and watched it rain on her and our son until I got there. I think we need to spread word that neighbors should assist someone in need or ask them inside. Sorry if I sound upset, but I am shocked people in our neighborhood would leave a pregnant woman and child out in the cold like that.

DPW shut down Lynn Shore at Humphrey and Monument

12:30ish Utility pole on fire behind Stop $ Shop

12:54 pm Power outage reported on Burrill.

12:55 p.m. 354 Essex Street tree limb down.

Tree limb down on Belleair Drive

Keli and David thank you for your messages. Wife and son are ok along with our 2nd that is due any day now. Luckily my wife was close by so when I got the call from her I sprinted and called the PD when I got to her and my son. So to answer the question, no one called the PD for us. I must say this mornings event made us wonder if our surrounding neighbors care.

Power outage on Minerva Street

Greg,
Glad your family is OK. Hopefully, that was an isolated incident where people weren't sure what was going on and were reluctant to get involved.
Thanks for your updates.

1:56 p.m.: DPW Director Gino Cresta reports that there has been very little rain just winds and no flooding.

Tree limbs have fallen on roads or sidewalks at Suffolk Avenue, Dennison Avenue. Belleair Drive, Puritan Lane and, most recently, 701 Humphrey St.

The town reopened the road at Humphrey at Monument about 1 p.m.

Tree down on Puritan Avenue

About 1,500 homes and businesses are without power.
They include all of Vinnin Square, parts of Essex Street and the high numbered end of Humphrey Street, he said.
Power remains at the high school, which would open for emergency shelter if need be.

Another tree limb down on Belleair Drive

Some type of power line down on Summit View Drive. PD is on the scene.

National Grid bucket trucks at work on Paradise Road by WHole Foods.
Tree limbs on Barnstable Street, Humphrey Street by the former temple, at the corner of Boynton Street and Burrill and Morton Road.

Tuesdays curbside trash collection is on schedule. It is recommended to place trash out first thing in the morning. Truck will begin route at approximately 7:00 am.

Is there school Tuesday?

Please let me know soon

No decision, yet Ana. The superintendent has been consulting with the town administrator, department heads and fellow superintendents and is awaiting any recommendation from the governor. We will let you know, as soon as we hear, one way or the other.

Ok thank you, ill be checking in

Tree limb still in the middle of belleair drive. Any idea if dpw is still picking up limbs?

We will check, Greg.

I just posted a humorous picture to add a little levity to the situation. Please accept it in the spirit for which it was intended.

8 p.m.: About 7 p.m. a tree came down on a house at 37 Bates Road, near Cindy's market, said the DPW director. No reports of injuries. DPW crews are on the scene removing the tree, which was a town tree.

I don't believe the Supt.of Schools tweets. If you haven't received a phone call, seen it on the district website or news station, it's not the case.

Reports of power outages again at Vinnin Square and along Paradise Road.

MBTA will be running Tuesday. State offices open at 10 am

Swampscott Town Administrator Tom Younger reports that Town Hall, the Swampscott Library and the Senior Center will all be open at regular times on Tuesday.

Fire Chief Kevin Breen said Sandy's surge at the second high tide, midnight, was less intense than her surge at the high tide at 11:30 Monday morning.

At midnight, there was some minor splash over at King's Beach and the tide was not reaching the parking lot at Fisherman's Beach.

As far as power outages, the town had about 1,100 homes and businesses without power as of midnight, the fire chief said.

These included about 300 homes in the Blodgett Avenue and Cutting Road area. A National Grid crew was working on a line there and it looked like power was going to be restored within an hour or two.

Power was also out in part of Vinnin Square, on the Stop & Shop side, and along Paradise Road to Swampscott Avenue, just before the DPW garage, the fire chief said.

Thank you to all the town employees who worked long and hard during the storm and also to Terry who keeps us all informed 24/7.

Grew up in Swampscott, lived through and experienced hurricanes, really am grateful to see pictures from the area I called home. The hurricane videos at some of my favorite places, Phillips' Beach and King's Beach, were awesome. Thanks to all those who posted them. I live in Colorado now and miss the ocean so very much.
Kim