Sunday, October 29, 2006

Wind KOs power to thousands in the East (AP)

Workers examine damage after a 165-foot tall crane toppled in high winds onto three house next to Maine Medical Center Sunday Oct. 29 2006 in Portland Maine. Two people in a passing car narrowly avoided the falling crane.    No one was injured in the houses. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - Thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity Sunday from Maryland to Maine as a storm system blasted the region with winds gusting to more than 50 mph knocking over trees and a construction crane. The storm was blamed for at least two deaths.


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