Taylor Fruzzetti
Express Correspondent
Residents experienced power outages, road closures and other obstacles due to the storm on Monday, Dec. 18.
According to Plympton Fire Captain John Sjostedt, approximately 850 Plympton residents lost power at the peak of the storm.
“For us, that is a fairly significant number,” he said. At the time of writing, 388 Plympton residents are currently without power.
“We had many roads that were blocked because of downed trees across the road,” said Sjostedt. “I believe there were a couple of houses that had trees hit the house but there was only one that I know of that actually caused the damage to the roof.”
Sjostedt said that Eversource estimates that power will be back on for residents at around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 20.
The Plympton Fire Department also received multiple calls regarding carbon monoxide detectors.
“Frequently residents will have their generators running and the exhaust faces the house and fills the house with carbon monoxide,” Sjostedt explained. “Thankfully, in each of these incidents the detectives alerted the residents to the situation and they were able to mitigate the problem without any injuries or illnesses.”
Similar to Plympton, Kingston emergency personnel also experienced difficulty navigating town roads because of fallen tree limbs.
“We had power lines mixed with the downed trees and that made it dangerous because we don’t know if the lines are energized or not,” said Kingston Fire Chief Mark Douglass.
Douglass said that a large pine tree fell on one Kingston resident’s house, hitting a woman in the house.
“I would be very surprised if it wasn’t a complete loss,” said Douglass referring to the home. He added that the resident hit by the tree was injured but it did not appear to be severe.
According to Douglass, approximately 2,000 Kingston residents were without power during the storm.
Douglass said that Eversource estimates that power will be restored for Kingston residents by 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 20.
Halifax residents also saw obstacles caused by powerful wind gusts.
According to Halifax Deputy Chief Ted Benner, two houses were hit by fallen trees causing “significant damage.”
“We had a tremendous amount of downed lines,” said Benner. “Two major areas that were hit were Annawon Drive and Lake Street.”
According to Benner, the National Grid map currently shows that both of these neighborhoods are still without power during the time of writing. The map estimates that power will be restored in these neighborhoods on Thursday, Dec. 21.
Benner said that at the storm’s peak, 63% of Halifax National Grid customers were without power. Benner said that currently 11% of Halifax residents are without power.
Benner’s advice for residents for future storms is “ to just stay off roads if you can.”