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CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. Cars circled for parking spaces and the lines reached to the door at Panera Bread in Cortlandt Town Center, where the free Wi-Fi and warmth drew people in. Residents from around the Northern Westchester area crowded the café.
Im feeling it more today than any other day, said Lisa Festo, a Somers resident without power who came to the café for coffee. Especially after Irene. This is a test, that we have to have more patience, and have more family time, she said.
Hendrick Hudson, Croton-Harmon, Yorktown Central and Lakeland school districts have been cancelled, sending many powerless families into the café.
We sold out of everything, said Panera employee and Peekskill resident Robin Hayward. This is nothing compared to yesterday. Monday is generally not a busy day.
Employees on Monday morning were taking bread off of the shelves to use in sandwiches because all the loaves of bread and most of the pastries had sold out as of 10:30 a.m.
For some residents, the storm damage and hazardous conditions have become a testament to the effectiveness of their local governments.
The police havent done anything, Sharon Stone, a Yorktown resident, said. About NYSEG she said Theres not communication. Half our neighborhoods here.
Stone said her kids would trick-or-treat, despite the unease of some municipalities at the idea of residents, especially children, walking after dark. She said her children would wear boots, and that she had already driven the trick-or-treating route to look for hazards.
Her son, Sander Stone, summed up many sentiments by saying, I hate Halloween snow.
Cortlandt officials are encouraging residents to come to a Halloween party at the Muriel Morabito Community Center on West Brook Dr. The party begins at 6 p.m. and runs until 8:30 p.m.
Con Edison is recommending that parents do not bring their children trick-or=treating in areas that do not have power and to treat all wires as if they were live.
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