Free Showers Offered In Southington Amid Isaias Recovery

SOUTHINGTON, CT — The Southington Community YMCA showers will be open to the public to as the town recovers from Tropical Storm Isaias.

As of 2:17 p.m. Friday, 4,659 homes will still without power in town.

Those using the showers will be asked to follow several coronavirus-related precautions:

• Everyone must wear a mask when entering and walking through the Y
• Everyone will get a temperature scan by a membership representative
• All non-members must complete a guest waiver and everyone must sign a COVID-19 Waiver (if one has not been already completed)
• All non-members 18 and older should bring a photo ID
• For cleaning purposes, everyone will be asked to use the Men's & Women’s locker rooms.
• Those 17 and younger must be supervised by a parent/guardian while in a locker rooms.

The Cheshire Community YMCA currently does not have power. All Cheshire YMCA members are welcome to use the Southington YMCA in the meantime.

Southington YMCA Shower Hours are:

• Monday through Friday from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Saturday from 8 a.m.to noon

Eversource Energy Friday released the following statement:

"Eversource’s army of line and tree crews, including hundreds of out-of-state utility workers from as far away as Canada, Michigan, llinois, Ohio and Indiana, continues making solid progress restoring power to thousands of customers in Connecticut after Tropical Storm Isaias. While adhering to strict COVID-19 pandemic safety protocols, crews have restored power to approximately 552,000 homes and businesses and expects to have the vast majority of the remaining 404,000 customers without power back on line by Tuesday at 11:59 p.m., with many being restored sooner."

Added Eversource President of Regional Electric Operations Craig Hallstrom, "We recognize how disruptive power outages are to our customers' lives and we're urgently working around-the-clock to get every customer affected by Isaias back on line. We have more than a thousand crews currently working on restoration efforts and more crews arriving throughout the day. In addition to restoring service, we continue to focus on working with our communities and public safety officials to clear downed trees and brush and open blocked roads – we remain committed to this massive restoration and will stay on the job until every customer has their power back."