CAPE COD - A nor'easter continues to cause problems across the Cape. Check here for updates. (Wednesday's coverage is available here),
9:30 p.m. update: Wet, leaf covered roads are slippery. The driver of this Pontiac sedan escaped injury after losing control and rolling over on the roof (upper). A fence was also damaged. A work van lost control on South Sandwich Road in Sandwich near the Mashpee line, crashing into a utility pole (lower). Still a few reports of downed wires coming in. West Barnstable Firefighters called to 1578 Main Street (Route 6A) where a live wire was blowing around in the street. NStar had to cut power so crews could check the reportedly vacant house to make sure there was no fire inside. NStar outages are down to 274 customers. Photos by CWN associate Andrew Jones
6 p.m. update: Winds finally starting to die down some. Mashpee still reporting a broken pole causing an outage. The scene similar to this one on Town Neck Road in Sandwich. At this hour 1960 NStar customers still have no power. Photo by CWN associate Andrew Jones
Reports of trees blocking roads have been common like this one captured by a CWN reader on School Street in Cotuit.
1 p.m. update: Structure fire and fatal crash in Bourne. Bourne officials have been very busy this morning. About 9:30 a.m. a car crashed into a utility pole on MacArthur Boulevard (Route 28). The driver, later identified as 25-year-old Justin Clare of Coventry, Ri, was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials had to order power turned off for a time while working the scene. Then about 10:45 a.m. fire broke out in a cottage at 28G Hideaway Road. The cottage was gutted. No one was home at the time and no injuries were reported. The Red Cross was on scene as well.
Power outages continue to flucuate with the latest customer outage report at 3279. 
8:00 a.m. update: Daylight has given us a better view of the small fishing boat that sunk in Provincetown. Ryan's Hope was tied alongside a larger vessel at the town pier. Over 1700 NStar customers in Wellfleet lost power within the hour pushing the total Capewide to 3854. Photo by Tim Caldwell/CWN
6:00 a.m. update: The roof of the Faith Assembly Church on Bearse's Way in Hyannis was at least partially blown off by the high winds allowing rainwater to infiltrate the building. The video above shows the same boat at MacMillan Wharf in Provincetown shown in video last night bouncing around. The vessel sunk sometime this morning. Reports in several towns of trees down blocking some roads. NStar power outage count has spiked to 2545 customers, almost half of those are in Falmouth.
4:00 a.m. update: Some minor structural damage in Harwich. Aluminum siding was peeled off one building while another building had minor roof damage. As of this hour 756 NStar customers are still in the dark, most of them in Falmouth. The outage numbers have been fluctuating back and forth.
12:15 a.m. update: Scary moments in Mashpee after a tree comes crashing down on a house. Luckily the occupants of 20 Briar Patch Lane were not injured but the damage was severe enough that they were forced to stay with family members. In Eastham the electrical service to a home on Anne Road apparently lost its neutral leg causing high voltage to enter the home, damaging electrical equipment. NStar reports 800 customers across the Cape without power as of midnight,
Help stuff the truck for Hurricane Sandy victims
WEST BARNSTABLE - Organizers of the effort to gather goods and commodities for Jersey shore residents struggling in the wake of Hurricane Sandy’s massive flooding are announcing last call at a new location.
You can drop them off tomorrow at the playground parking lot next to the West Barnstable Community Building, 2401 Route 149, West Barnstable. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Event sponsors for this “Cape Cod Care Package” drive include Community Emergency Response (CERT) Teams from the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office, the West Barnstable Fire Department, SNS Transport Company in Sandwich, Margo Cahoon, and the Luke Powers Foundation.
Cash donations are also being accepted to help offset the truck’s round-trip fuel costs. Sorely needed non-cash commodities include:
work gloves
non-latex gloves
contractor bags (large trash bags)
batteries (all sizes)
flashlights
shovels
DuraFlame logs
matches
lighters
mops
brooms
face masks
assorted toiletries
non-prescription pain medications
hand sanitizer
waterless shampoo
baby and toddler food
baby diapers, wipes, and formula
non-perishable snack and food items
games, coloring books, and school supplies
new socks and underwear
personal care products
carbon monoxide detectors
The truck heads for Neptune, New Jersey, the next morning, according to Chrystal LaPine, director of public safety training for the Sheriff’s Office and supervisor of its CERT teams. “So this truly is last call. Please, these people need our help.”
Media release furnished by Barnstable Sheriff's Office
Help stuff the truck for Hurricane Sandy victims
WEST BARNSTABLE - Organizers of the effort to gather goods and commodities for Jersey shore residents struggling in the wake of Hurricane Sandy’s massive flooding are announcing last call at a new location.
You can drop them off tomorrow at the playground parking lot next to the West Barnstable Community Building, 2401 Route 149, West Barnstable. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Event sponsors for this “Cape Cod Care Package” drive include Community Emergency Response (CERT) Teams from the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office, the West Barnstable Fire Department, SNS Transport Company in Sandwich, Margo Cahoon, and the Luke Powers Foundation.
Cash donations are also being accepted to help offset the truck’s round-trip fuel costs. Sorely needed non-cash commodities include:
work gloves
non-latex gloves
contractor bags (large trash bags)
batteries (all sizes)
flashlights
shovels
DuraFlame logs
matches
lighters
mops
brooms
face masks
assorted toiletries
non-prescription pain medications
hand sanitizer
waterless shampoo
baby and toddler food
baby diapers, wipes, and formula
non-perishable snack and food items
games, coloring books, and school supplies
new socks and underwear
personal care products
carbon monoxide detectors
The truck heads for Neptune, New Jersey, the next morning, according to Chrystal LaPine, director of public safety training for the Sheriff’s Office and supervisor of its CERT teams. “So this truly is last call. Please, these people need our help.”
Media release furnished by Barnstable Sheriff's Office
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