Eight days after the derecho, the city’s daily briefings are to the point at which the new information is sparse.

“I’d say the most exciting new news is we put more people on the grid with power,” said Mayor Misty Buscher (pictured, at microphone). “That’s for sure.”

Indeed, CWLP chief utility engineer Doug Brown (pictured, second from left) reported the outages now number about 2,400, or about 3.5 percent of the city-owned utility’s total customers.

As for the shelter the American Red Cross is operating in the basement of the BOS Center, “they served over 150 meals (Thursday) between the (BOS Center) and the community, when they were out in their ERV truck,” said Buscher. 22 people spent Thursday night in the shelter, but Buscher said most of them were from the homeless community as opposed to CWLP customers waiting for the lights to come back on.

The downtown YMCA – at Fourth and Carpenter Streets – is giving away produce Saturday at 2 p.m. And, speaking of food, Buscher said there may be a food drive once everybody is back online.

The mayor said any new information Saturday and Sunday would be posted on the Internet and to social media, and that the news conferences will resume Monday.