I watched Gov. Janet Mills’s press conference on her update on the Dec. 18 wind and rain storm. She was pressed by reporters questioning her on the state’s readiness and response to the storm. She stated that prior to and during the storm that the people advising her never predicted or expected a storm with winds in excess of 70 mph and up to six inches of rain in any of her briefings.
Well, I don’t have any idea of who her experts were during these briefings, but I can tell her that all the days leading up to the storm WABI TV Channel 5 in Bangor was predicting multiple times a day “WINDS UP TO AND EXCESS OF 70MPH AND RAIN UP TO 6 INCHED IN SOME AREAS.”
Maybe next time a storm is predicted she should forget her so-called expert briefer and turn on the television. I do believe they get Channel 5 in Augusta.
Jay Battersby
Solon
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