Storm knocks down many trees, power for about 500 in Orleans
Photos by Tom Rivers
CARLTON – A utility pole was knocked down in Carlton in Winding Road, near Lake Ontario, just north of Kuckville today when a severe thunderstorm hit the area at about 6:30 p.m.
There are 473 National Grid customers without electricity in Orleans County, with 225 in Carlton in the Lakeside community just west of Lakeside Beach State Park.
A tree fell down near two houses on Lakeside Park Road, bringing down numerous wires.
National Grid also reported the following outages in Orleans: 93 on Ridge Road in western Gaines, Ridgeway near Oak Orchard Creek; 18 in Knowlesville; 75 in Millville; 36 in Ridgeway on 31; and 25 in Barre.
National Grid said the power is expected to be back on by midnight.
This tree fell by a house at the corner of Lakeside Road and Lakeview Drive in Carlton.
Photo courtesy of Gregory Smith: A tree snapped on Knowlesville Road in Ridgeway.
Photo courtesy of Cindy Robinson: This maple tree fell in Cindy Robinson’s yard on Portage Road in Ridgeway.
Allison Schoolcraft sent in this photo of limbs and leaves covering a yard on Portage Road in Ridgeway, between Knowlesville Road and Culvert Road.
