storm issues may call the service center at (508) 929-1300.The storm prompted Worcester and the Red Cross to open an emergency shelter at Worcester Technical High School on Skyline Drive for residents forced from their homes. Transportation to the shelter is available by calling (508) 798-3252.

There were about 6, 000 customers without power in the city as of 10 last night.

Power companies were preparing for the hurricane well before it reached the Northeast. National Grid had 550 crews — between 1,400 and 1,500 people — on the ground to deal with the expected outages.

National Grid Massachusetts President Marcy Reed said the power company was determined to improve its performance after complaints about its response to Hurricane Irene in August 2011 and the Halloween snowstorm in October 2011. TheThe Fascism of the Sangh Parivarby Sumit Sarkar(This article was written in early 1993, in the aftermath of the Demolition
of Babri Masjid at ayodhya on December 6, 1992)

Fascism in contemporary Indian as distinct from the European historical context had
appeared till the other day a mere epithet, worn out by overmuch, indiscriminate
use, signifying little more than particular blatant acts of authoritarian repression
or reactionary violence. With the 6th of December and its aftermath, elements frighteningly
evocative of its totality of horror stalk our streets, obtain connivance and implicit
sustenance from within the highest corridors of power, emerge from everyday conversations
with relatives, colleagues, friends of yesterday. Not that exact parallels can be
found, in most part India 1992-93 remains very different from the Germany of 60 years
back. Yet a closer look at the pattern