Thursday, May 6, 2010

Clean up from March 13-14 Southwestern Connecticut Storm: The Caterpillar 401 Bucket


The storm hit us with an unexpected fury on March 13 and 14th with winds of up to 70 miles per hour. Power outage on my block began on Saturday evening at 6PM and then was on by Sunday at 6 PM. Many city residents were without power for 6 days!

In this footage, you can see Stamford City crews cleaning up a neighbors property. He lost about 7 trees; one was was a large oak tree which was nearly uprooted. This caterpillar,, the largest the company makes , has the 401 Bucket used to scoop up the debris.

In this You Tube video from neighboring Darien, you can see the horror of the damage on Hollow Tree Ridge Road.

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