High winds caused a large tree to fall on this blue car parked near Donelan’s (click to enlarge). Photo by Joanna Schmergel
It was a winter storm without the snow or a hurricane without the rain, but even without any precipitation, Monday’s wind storm to tear down plenty of trees and limbs in Lincoln.
As of 5 p.m., Eversource reported that Lincoln had 347 customers without power due to more than 20 separate outages. In neighboring towns, there were 1,183 customers without power in Lexington, 953 in Wayland, 508 in Sudbury, and 517 in Weston. Downed trees, power lines and utility poles closed parts of Farrar Road, Old Concord Road, Macintosh Lane, Fox Run, Deerhaven Road and Huckleberry Hill, police reported.
A tree down on power lines on Farrar Road. Photo by Martin Dermady.
The wind tore most of the plastic sheeting from this Lindentree Farm greenhouse. Photo by Moira Donnell.
No injuries were reported, though a falling tree in the Donelan’s parking lot near Lincoln Woods damaged a couple of cars. Police Chief Kevin Kennedy said. Given the several hours of very high winds he noted that the damage would have been much worse if there had been foliage on the trees, or the storm had included heavy snow or ice, he added.
Because the Department of Public Works is busy clearing brush and trees from roads, the transfer station will be closed on Wednesday, Feb. 26.