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June 7, 2007
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Left to right;
Bill Evans, Senior Meteorologist for WABC Eyewitness
News;
LIPA CEO & President Richard Kessel;
Stephen Mitchell, Manager of Mechanical Maintenance and
Engineering, King Kullen’s.
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“As our storm hardening program
moves forward in the years ahead, Long Island still needs to
be prepared for wide-scale outages should we get hit with a
hurricane this season, which is predicted to be more active
than previous years in the Atlantic,” said LIPA CEO &
President Richard M. Kessel. |
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“Every meteorologist who has
looked at the aftermath of Katrina knows that all our
forecasting technology in the world cannot protect the
fragile connections that keep our society running in the
face of nature’s ferocious potential,” said Bill Evans,
Senior Meteorologist for WABC Eyewitness News. |
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“Our stores are equipped with
an emergency curtailment key switch. This key switch will
turn off case lights, 50% of ceiling lights and raise the
air conditioning temperature of the stores three degrees. We
will also not use any extra appliances such as balers and
compactors during the drill,” said Stephen Mitchell, Manager
of Mechanical Maintenance and Engineering, King Kullen’s. |
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