We all remember the power outages that followed Hurricane Irene and the October snowstorm. With the February 2013 blizzard in full-swing, make sure you have a way to stay informed with updates from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the State of Connecticut, the Towns of East Haddam, Killingworth and Haddam as well as your local utility companies with The Haddams-Killingworth Patch.
Even without power, there are still several ways to utilize Patch if you have a smartphone.
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Patch offers a free app for your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad (available for download here). You can see our top stories, check out photos and share comments right from your phone.
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And if you've already liked us, keep in mind that Facebook has made some changes recently that mean you are seeing fewer of The Haddams-Killingworth Patch's posts in your newsfeed. And since we spend a lot of time not only posting links to all our great The Haddams-Killingworth content on our Facebook page, but also lots of other fun stuff and photos, we wanted to share with you a cool new Facebook feature to make sure you don't miss a thing!
Here's what you do:
1. Hover over the The Haddams-Killingworth Patch name on this post. When the box pops up, hover over the 'Liked' box.
2. Make sure the 'show in newsfeed' is checked off.
3. Click 'add to interests list'
4. Name your list if you have not already created one, like The Haddams-Killingworth Patch.
Now when you want to make sure that you have not missed anything from The Haddams-Killingworth Patch on Facebook, just click on the interest down the left rail of your Facebook newsfeed page.
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The Haddams-Killingworth Patch will be tweeting throughout the storm and feel free to reach out and tweet at us, too!
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