What a winter rain and wind storm we just had last week, over 6 inches of rain. We have received many phone calls from home owners, with trees that have fallen over because of some of the 80 mile an hour winds from the major winter storm. We lost power at our office, and had to use one of our generators to get the phone system online, our computers we down but we were able to help people with water coming into their homes. All over the city power was out, people were calling all upset, we have 4 guys out helping people anyway we could to stop the leaks. 
We worked all weekend tarping roofs from the wind damage to the roofs.
The rain finally stopped for a while on Sunday, but we had some snow over night, and Monday the roofs had a small amount of snow on the roofs, which are very slippery to walk on. We went to some homes where the trees had ripped big holes in the roof sheathing, and water had been pouring in. Homeowners had called there insurance companies to let them know that their homes had been damaged from the heavy winds and torrential rain from this storm. Lots of businesses in Westbrook were underwater from the heavy rain, and the Scarborough marsh had risen to the highest levels in years. With all the earth quakes all over the world,
you have to wonder what is going on with the weather. We have had very little snow here in southern Maine and really not much precipitation at all. Finally the power has been turned on but we have many roofs schedule for this spring, and if anyone ever needs help after these storms, call us and we will do whatever we can do to help you. I’ll talk with you soon. Dave Deschaine
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After a night of heavy rains water spilled over the river
's banks, shutting down a section of Route 302 and flooding nearby parking lots. A second teenager, who ended up in the water after his kayak tipped over, managed to get himself to shore.
Westbrook's police chief says the decision to take the kayaks out in those conditions not only put the teens in danger, but also put the rescuers at risk.
The winter storm that knocked out power for tens of thousands in Maine is quickly becoming a fading memory. Not so for nearly 1,000 homes and businesses still in the dark, however.Central Maine Power said its utility crews had reduced the number of power outages to 898 by noon. That means the utility missed its goal of restoring electricity for everyone by Monday night.
We worked all weekend tarping roofs from the wind damage to the roofs.The rain finally stopped for a while on Sunday, but we had some snow over night, and Monday the roofs had a small amount of snow on the roofs, which are very slippery to walk on. We went to some homes where the trees had ripped big holes in the roof sheathing, and water had been pouring in. Homeowners had called there insurance companies to let them know that their homes had been damaged from the heavy winds and torrential rain from this storm. Lots of businesses in Westbrook were underwater from the heavy rain, and the Scarborough marsh had risen to the highest levels in years. With all the earth quakes all over the world,
you have to wonder what is going on with the weather. We have had very little snow here in southern Maine and really not much precipitation at all. Finally the power has been turned on but we have many roofs schedule for this spring, and if anyone ever needs help after these storms, call us and we will do whatever we can do to help you. I’ll talk with you soon. Dave DeschaineThis is from other sources:
After a night of heavy rains water spilled over the river
's banks, shutting down a section of Route 302 and flooding nearby parking lots. A second teenager, who ended up in the water after his kayak tipped over, managed to get himself to shore.Westbrook's police chief says the decision to take the kayaks out in those conditions not only put the teens in danger, but also put the rescuers at risk.
The winter storm that knocked out power for tens of thousands in Maine is quickly becoming a fading memory. Not so for nearly 1,000 homes and businesses still in the dark, however.Central Maine Power said its utility crews had reduced the number of power outages to 898 by noon. That means the utility missed its goal of restoring electricity for everyone by Monday night.
I love the wind blowing but not with the speed of 80 miles/ hour. Here in our country we never face such storms usually, but when this happens same problems we do face like you have mentioned in your post. I was seeing in the snap that how roof is damage due to the strong wind. May God keep us away from these dangerous storms.
ReplyDeleteWow! I remember that storm like it was yesterday. We have to thank the power companies, tree services and all the roofing companies like David Deschaine and their crews. They really put this state back togethere. Of course the residents of Maine played a huge role as well. But it was really amazing to see all the Maine roofing companies work together to bring the state back to normal. Thanks for taking us down memory lane. Great article.
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