Hurricane Irene, What you should do.

Tracking by the National Weather Service shows that Hurricane Irene will be entering our area around Noon tomorrow. Before then make sure you have proper supplies, batteries, food, medical supplies. DO NOT go outside during the storm.

Western MA tornado, Aftermath

Well you never expect it to happen till you see it with your own eyes. Yesterday evening three major storms came through the area, two of them produced tornados that touched down in Westfield and continued through Springfield and the adjacent towns and cities. Most of the major damage was contained in Shaker Road in Westfield. Munger Hill School in Westfield closed for today and tomorrow because part of the roof has been torn off. Other than that almost all of the roads are passable. If you are going to try and get into Springfield the turnpike is going to be your best way to get there because most of the back roads into Springfield are impassable because of downed trees and power lines. Also the governor has asked that non-essential personnel should stay home so the crews can do there work to clean everything up.

Viewing Traffic in Westfield

Did you know that you can check the traffic in any area using Google Maps? Go to google.com/maps and type the location of where you are or where you are going to go, then go to the sidebar on the right and mouse over the arrow and select the traffic button. You will now see colored lines on the map; the color scale is from green to red.