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Irene's Fury Captured in Police Log

Dispatchers fielded dozens of calls about Irene-related damage, from every corner of town.

 

For more than 12 hours Saturday, dispatchers at the Holliston Police Department fielded a nearly unending barrage of calls. 

The log gives a sense of how many parts of town were touched by Irene and why the cleanup may take several days if not longer. 

Duplicate items were edited out, as were non-storm related items. 

Sunday, Aug. 28 

The first obviously storm-related report came in at 7:51 a.m. Sunday, with a caller reporting a tree in the road on Concord St. 

From there, the activity picked up to a furious pace: 

8:11 a.m.: Tree on wires,  Prentice St. 

8:17 am.. Tree on wires, Union St. 

8:35 a.m.: Tree on wires, Winter st. 

9:13 a.m. : Tree on wire, Exchange st. 

9:16 a.m.: Tree in roadway, Loring St. 

9:23 a.m.: Tree struck building, Kathryn Ln. 

9:31 a.m.: Tree struck home on Noforlk St. 

9:37-a.m.: Tree in road, Mill St. 

9:48 a.m.: Tree blocking road, Bogastow Brook Rd. 

10 a.m.: Tree on wire, Underwood St. 

10:11 a.m.: Trees, poles and wires down, Marked Tree Rd. and Robin Hill Rd. 

10:20 a.m.: Limb down on wires and roadway, Adams St. 

10:32 a.m.: Prospect St., tree in road 

2 p.m.: Damage to car from falling tree limb, Green St. 

2:50 p.m : Tree fell onto house, Sweet Grass Ln. 

A lull appeared to develop in the afternoon. As a weakened Irene pulled away later at night, however, another round of activity developed. 

10:39 p.m.:  A motorist reported seeing a flash on Concord St. followed by wires falling. 

11:29 p.m.: Sparking wires were reported on Prentice St. 

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