The scanner has been lit up for hours. The wind is roaring over my house and the rain is hitting the windows like handfuls of pebbles hurled by midnight lovers. Police, fire and public works crews are all over the place, clearing roadways and putting up temporary stop signs where they’ve blown away or where a power outages have rendered the stoplights dark.
My pants are in the dryer. It’s wt out there. Must find my rain pants. I guess I’ll put on my rubber boots, too, before I head back out, hot on the trail of fresh mayhem.
A Central Maine Power worker attends to power lines on Ocean Avenue in Portland Monday evening as winds from Hurricane Sandy pull down electric wires and trees throughout the region. (Bangor Daily News photo by Troy R. Bennett)
