Media Borough Lacked Important Leadership During Recent Ice Storm

#delcosnow

Having had a tree fall on my house, I didn't need Pennsylvania to issue a State of Emergency to know we were going to be in for a rough time during the ice storm earlier this week.  For thousands of others, that misery came in the form of loss of power and heat. This wasn't just a matter of inconvenience, but for many, an unwanted exercise in survival that has lasted for days.

In what is being described as PECO's biggest power outage just after Hurricane Sandy, I do want to recognized the municipalities of Middletown, Upper Providence and even Brookhaven for their efforts towards providing timely, proactive information.  Whether holding conference calls with PECO, providing information on warming centers, locations for generators, or even thanking the emergency response teams for around the clock assistance, they stepped up and took control of the matter.

PECO Summary As of 2/6 7:19pm EST
Outages vs. Total Customers

Unfortunately, we here in Media received zilch in terms of any useful information on what the borough was doing during this storm.  If anything, it would have been appreciated to have received just one paragraph from Mayor McMahon or council officials stating "this is what's going on, this is what we're doing, this is the information you need to know and here's what to expect." WE GOT NOTHING.

I have a problem with people who campaign on generalities such as "thinking outside the box" and "roll my sleeves up to get the job done."  I now have a bigger problem with those same people who were elected and did absolutely ZERO for this town while last night PECO reported a quarter of the customers in Media were without power.

You get what you pay for.  For Media, you get what you voted for!