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12-08-2006, 02:55 PM
Storm leaves minor damage behind
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The wind and rainstorm that howled through the region Friday night left behind sunny skies and only minor damage.
By yesterday afternoon, power had been restored to all of the nearly 4,000 customers who had lost it Friday night when high winds and falling trees downed electrical wires and took out transformers, Con Edison spokesman Chris Olert said.
The 1,300 customers in Irvington who lost power during the fast-moving storm regained it by 9 p.m. Friday. Olert said crews had worked through the night.
Employees in two Con Edison bucket trucks and several other vehicles worked Saturday morning to repair damage caused to transformers and wiring on Ferris Place in Ossining. A giant oak there toppled onto a garage squashing a black GMC truck and a red Hyundai sedan.
Branches had been removed from the road yesterday but the massive tree trunk remained atop the roof of the three-car garage. A tangle of branches, siding and roof tiles were scattered alongside the garage.
Michael O'Connor, Ossining's superintendent of highways and who lives on Ferris Place, said it was the third time this year the residential street has lost power, leaving many, including his family, without heat.
"My town crews are out picking up trees, and I'm just like any other resident trying to find out when we will have electricity to run the furnace," O'Connor said.
Joe Rodrigues, owner of the garage on Ferris Place, said six months ago he spent about $5,000 to put in a new floor, roof and siding. But Rodrigues said he felt lucky because he was able to extricate his $50,000 Plymouth Prowler from the garage with only minor scratches.
"The 2000 Prowler is a very rare car," he said. "I couldn't buy another."
Heather Pereira, whose two cars were crushed when the tree on her property fell onto the garage where she parks, said she was relieved that no one had been hurt.
"I was cooking dinner when I heard pops from the transformer," Pereira said. "I looked out the kitchen window and saw the tree was gone. I feel bad that our friends are without power because of the tree. But cars can be replaced and at least no one was hurt."
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061203/NEWS02/612030333/1018/NEWS02
The wind and rainstorm that howled through the region Friday night left behind sunny skies and only minor damage.
By yesterday afternoon, power had been restored to all of the nearly 4,000 customers who had lost it Friday night when high winds and falling trees downed electrical wires and took out transformers, Con Edison spokesman Chris Olert said.
The 1,300 customers in Irvington who lost power during the fast-moving storm regained it by 9 p.m. Friday. Olert said crews had worked through the night.
Employees in two Con Edison bucket trucks and several other vehicles worked Saturday morning to repair damage caused to transformers and wiring on Ferris Place in Ossining. A giant oak there toppled onto a garage squashing a black GMC truck and a red Hyundai sedan.
Branches had been removed from the road yesterday but the massive tree trunk remained atop the roof of the three-car garage. A tangle of branches, siding and roof tiles were scattered alongside the garage.
Michael O'Connor, Ossining's superintendent of highways and who lives on Ferris Place, said it was the third time this year the residential street has lost power, leaving many, including his family, without heat.
"My town crews are out picking up trees, and I'm just like any other resident trying to find out when we will have electricity to run the furnace," O'Connor said.
Joe Rodrigues, owner of the garage on Ferris Place, said six months ago he spent about $5,000 to put in a new floor, roof and siding. But Rodrigues said he felt lucky because he was able to extricate his $50,000 Plymouth Prowler from the garage with only minor scratches.
"The 2000 Prowler is a very rare car," he said. "I couldn't buy another."
Heather Pereira, whose two cars were crushed when the tree on her property fell onto the garage where she parks, said she was relieved that no one had been hurt.
"I was cooking dinner when I heard pops from the transformer," Pereira said. "I looked out the kitchen window and saw the tree was gone. I feel bad that our friends are without power because of the tree. But cars can be replaced and at least no one was hurt."