ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The strong winds yesterday caused significant damage, including downed trees and power lines. Oran Spitzer saw some of the worst of it today and spoke with folks about the cleanup effort.
Thousands still without power; all power expected to be restored Saturday
Ryan Thompson, the Foreman for Birchcrest Tree and Landscaping, says, “We’ve been at it since the winds started yesterday morning. We worked straight through the day, all through the night, straight through today already.”
Crews said that today’s work focuses on clearing enough space for power crews to restore electricity, with the remaining cleanup scheduled for tomorrow.
Thompson adds, “We try to minimize any more damage that we can do to the infrastructure, so it makes the lineman’s job that much quicker to get the power back on.”…