Terry Buzzell collected logs of a birch tree Monday morning in the front yard of his East Anchorage home. Strong winds the day before toppled the tree, and he was cutting it up to use as heat. He’d been without power for more than 20 hours.
“We’re hoping that the power will come back on,” he said. “We’re using the fireplace, and the house is still really warm. It’s still like 67 degrees in the house, so thank goodness. It’s like 45 out.”
Buzzell was one of many Anchorage residents cleaning up Monday after one of the region’s most powerful storms in recent history slammed the city. Wind gusts exceeded 65 mph in several parts of town on Sunday, and topped 100 mph in Bear Valley and at higher elevations. The winds downed trees, tore off pieces of roofs and led to widespread power outages that impacted thousands…