"We couldn't have people stumbling around in the dark at seven or eight at night," Long said.
Adams residents said they are adjusting their schedules to the planned power outage.
Yu Chen '98, whose alarm clock did not go off last Monday morning because of the unexpected power outage, said, "[Today's] outage is not going to affect me that much, except that I can't use my computer."
FEMA Directory Tours Boston
Federal Energency Management Agency (FEMA) director James L. Witt, accompanied by executive associate director for response and recovery operations Lacy Suiter, inspected flood-damaged areas in Boston yesterday morning.
Flooding in the Boston area was initially so severe that Gov. William F. Weld '66 and Lt. Gov. A. Paul Cellucci declared a state of emergency last Monday. Witt toured Kenmore Square MBTA subway station and then walked through the Rosalindale neighborhood with Mayor Thomas Menino before leaving for Portland, Maine in the afternoon.