Cape Wide News for Tuesday February 12th, 2013

CAPE COD - As of 6 p.m. less than 5,000 customers still had no power. A new problem in Sandwich where a van struck a utility pole. The pole was snapped and live wires fell in the roadway forcing power to be shut off in the area. The driver was not injured.

Fair weather has started to reveal damage along the coastal areas. On the bay side from Sandwich to Brewster there was heavy erosion and many beach parking lots and staircases were washed out. A home on Ellis Landing in Brewster was undermined and three cottages in Sandwich were also damaged by the unprecedented waves in Cape Cod Bay.

As of 2:30 p.m. just over 10,000 customers were still without power from the storm.

The REPC has updated the shelter situation: After its 1 p.m. conference call on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, the Barnstable County Regional Emergency Planning Committee (REPC) announces that the Dennis-Yarmouth regional shelter will close on Tuesday afternoon, effective 3 p.m. The Sandwich High School regional shelter will remain open until further notice.

Anyone requiring shelter will be accommodated. Those in need of shelter should contact their local police or fire departments for assistance.

Regional shelter status:
Sandwich High School
365 Quaker Meeting House Road, Sandwich
Status: Open until further notice
Pets accepted

Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School
Status: Closed as of 3 p.m. Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Falmouth High School
Closed

Nauset Regional High School
Closed

As of 5:30 a.m., less than 20,000 NSTAR customers were still in the dark. Most of the major circuits have been repaired, but the tedious work of repairing the smaller street by street outages goes on as the third full day of recovery begins..Westerly winds may gust to 35 MPH today threatening to slow the repairs.

Elsewhere, a dump truck crashed into a utility pole in Barnstable shortly before 5:00 a.m. The crash happened on Phinney's Lane near Kidds Hill Road. The driver was not injured. Fire officials were checking a possible diesel leak from the truck's saddle tank. A section of Phinney's Lane was closed in the area and morning commuters should seek alternate routes. The crash is under investigation by Barnstable Police. A rollover crash was reported a short time later on the ramp from Grandma's Rotary to Route 25 in Bourne. Black ice was reported at that scene and elsewhere. Several other spinouts have been reported as well on the Cape.

Wellfleet Police weekly arrest report
WELLFLEET - Wellfleet Police report one arrest for the past week. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
On February 6th at 7:44 p.m.
Max Blaine Agger, 22, of Wellfleet was charged with
Violating an abuse prevention order
Media release furnished by Wellfleet Police

Sandwich Police weekly arrest report
SANDWICH - Sandwich Police report the following arrests for the past week. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.