October Nor’easter batters Midcoast shoreline
A sailboat comes aground near Rockland’s Snow Marine Park after a nor’easter brings rain and winds to the area. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
A wharf at Rockland Harbor detaches from the gangway. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Swamped on land. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
One of the eight vessels known to have gone adrift in Rockland. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Oliver Street in Rockland. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Wadsworth Street in Thomaston. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
A Thomaston crew sat in a fire truck at Wadsworth Street to keep residents clear of the powerlines. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Thomaston traffic lights go black. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Owls Head near Shell Street. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
A tree limb was cut from the road leading to Owls Head Public Landing. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
South Thomaston. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Suffolk Street in Rockland. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Anyone missing a buoy? Pacific Street in Rockland. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland Harbor. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Buoy debris in Rockland Harbor. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland Harbor. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland Harbor. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland Harbor. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Taking a rest on Rockland’s Main Street. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Waiting for high tide in order to pull this Rockland boat back afloat. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Callagan dive service pulls grounded boats. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland Harbor trail near Archers. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
A sailboat comes aground near Rockland’s Snow Marine Park after a nor’easter brings rain and winds to the area. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
A wharf at Rockland Harbor detaches from the gangway. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Swamped on land. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
One of the eight vessels known to have gone adrift in Rockland. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Oliver Street in Rockland. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Wadsworth Street in Thomaston. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
A Thomaston crew sat in a fire truck at Wadsworth Street to keep residents clear of the powerlines. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Thomaston traffic lights go black. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Owls Head near Shell Street. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
A tree limb was cut from the road leading to Owls Head Public Landing. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
South Thomaston. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Suffolk Street in Rockland. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Anyone missing a buoy? Pacific Street in Rockland. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland Harbor. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Buoy debris in Rockland Harbor. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland Harbor. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland Harbor. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland Harbor. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Taking a rest on Rockland’s Main Street. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Waiting for high tide in order to pull this Rockland boat back afloat. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Callagan dive service pulls grounded boats. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland Harbor trail near Archers. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Chris Wolf)
Every couple of hours throughout Wednesday night’s storm, the Rockland Harbor Master and Asst. Harbor Master made the rounds of the city’s shoreline inlets.
The Wednesday night rain-driven nor’easter, Oct. 16 into Oct. 17, battered the coastline with gale-force winds, heavy downpours, and the occasional lightning flash during a storm that punched its way up the East Coast.
By approximately 8 a.m, the storm had sent eight boats adrift within Rockland’s jurisdiction, according to the Asst. Harbor Master. Two of those boats ran aground near Snow Marine Park. Others went adrift in the north part of Rockland.
One boat owner was fortunate, according to the Assistant. During the night, the owner’s vessel broke from its mooring, but snagged against a buoy before it could run aground. The Harbor Master crew were able to take the vessel from the buoy and further secure it.
In the meantime, on land, firefighters, public works crews, and law enforcement officers throughout the county raced among downed trees in the road that were tangled with wires.
In Thomaston, on Wadsworth Street, two downed trees blocked access to Cushing, forcing both fire departments to set up barricades on their sides of the bridge at Brooklyn Heights.
Reach Sarah Thompson at news@penbaypilot.com
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