Nearly 10,000 Maryland homes lost power this weekend from the strong winds that ripped through Maryland on Saturday, according to Baltimore Gas & Electric.
“The wind didn?t let up,” Rob Gould, a BGE spokesman said. “We?ve had whole trees coming down.”
As of Sunday afternoon, about 2,800 BGE customers were still without power. At 8 p.m. Saturday, 9,400 customers had been without power, he said. All residents? power was expected to be restored Sunday evening, Gould said.
Emergency crews, who anticipated the windstorm, were quick to react once residents reported power outages.
“We?ve been making steady progress,” Gould said. “But it?s been like a shooting gallery. You knock one down, there?s another that pops up. The wind has kept going.”
Nearly 1,000 customers in Baltimore City and Carroll County remained without power Sunday afternoon. Baltimore City had 970 outages; Carroll, 909; Baltimore County, 414; Harford, 309; Anne Arundel, 172, and Howard, 15.
Anne Arundel County fire officials responded to 34 calls for wires downed by winds Saturday and two calls Sunday.
Harford County government spokeswoman Sue Collins said the county was warning residents not to drive over fallen trees on roads, because power lines could be down.
Residents should call 911 to report downed trees, she said.
Even with the downed trees, fire departments around the Baltimore metropolitan area said they hadn?t experienced electrical fires or other rescue situations because of wind.
“We haven?t had any reports of anything out of the ordinary,” said Howard County Fire Department spokesman Bill Mould.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Lights out
BGE Power Outages By County Caused By High Winds:
Anne Arundel: 172
Baltimore: 414
Baltimore City: 970
Carroll: 909
Harford: 309
Howard: 15
Maryland : 2,799
Source: Baltimore Gas & Electric as of Sunday afternoon
