Talk About Oak Harbor: Tis the season for litter clean up
Linda Hartigan
Spring is here. Flowers are blooming and the grass is greening. Unfortunately, we now also see the accumulation of trash along our area roads. The recent high winds have contributed some to the collection. Most of it comes from vehicles as folks finish their drink, cigarette or snack.
Litter was especially bad at the intersection of Oak Harbor Southeast Road and Ohio 19. Then about two weeks ago, my husband and I noted it was completely cleared of trash. Beautiful work by someone.
I was hoping to thank the person or group who took the initiative and cleaned up that area. However, I do not know who that was. Neither does the Ottawa Sandusky Seneca County Joint Solid Waste District Communication and Outreach Specialist Tim Hassinger.
the area. there are no planes to close the beaches yet but a close eye is being kept on the waters especially because of the upcoming fourth of july holiday. guys, you know, up in chatham up there there used to be this sandbar that protected one of the beaches there so the sharks couldn t come in. recently, it broke away and it s a whole new problem up in that area. some would just tell the seals to go somewhere else and they wouldn t have this problem. they re good bait. that s true. meanwhile, a new round of severe storms hammered more than a dozen states in the last 24 hours. you could see the rain coming through, trees falling, getting lifted off the ground. it s chaotic. sounded like my house was about to fall down, like cave down. bulldozers and put down a bunch of trees is all i can tell you. this on the edge of a brutal heat wave with heat advisories warning posted at about in about 16 states today. steve centanni live in riverdale park, maryland.
as from the federal government because it was about a million customers without power from those storms that went through on friday. but again on sunday, we got hit and lots of trees and power lines down. thousands of people without power again here in the sandusky area. as of this morning, only a handful left without electricity and hopefully they re going to get that back up and running soon because we ve been dealing with the massive heat wave here. several days of 90 degree temperatures. three or four days in a row and we re back in it again today so obviously, everybody would love to have their power back on but then they have to start assessing the damage, a lot of tree or streets were cut off from all the trees and the limbs that were down and people say this just came up fast. it was furious. it was harrowing. a lot of people telling us stories of the near misses that they had as all those trees came crashing down but really no injuries here to discuss in the sandusky area and
repairs are finished on this building. one example of widespread damage around here although this is one of the hardest hit areas, washington, d.c. today bracing for a very difficult commute. some offices are closed, others are open. people are going to be going through the streets where streetlights are out and they re going to have to treat those at four way stops so there could be gridlock because hundreds and hundreds of street lights are out at major intersections around the d.c. area. back to you guys. weather a real big deal. thanks, steve centanni. let s talk about the health care ruling echoing around the world. we have more background. i haven t seen a time where there s more leaks of more sensitive information. latest coming out of supreme court. which is notorious for not having leaks. apparently when the nine justices get together to initially talk about the cases, there s nobody else in the room. that s one way to stop the leaks coming forward. it appears, eric, that
today. so the power is out to the whole area. you see some of the power lines here were impacted when debris from the roof came down, damaged some cars and knocked down this power line. the awning from the front of the building was knocked off. it landed over here in the parking lot and you can see the park tanglewood sign in that tangle of rubble in the parking lot. so this is just one example of the terrible damage from that storm for which authorities had no warning and people were caught by surprise. the residents here describe terrifying moments when the roof came flying off and they had to find their way in the dark down the stairs because the elevator wasn t working to safety and they didn t have time to grab very many things. the commute around here is going to be terrible. on monday morning in washington, d.c. because so many traffic lights are out, there could be gridlock and power is out to at least half a million people right here in this area, many more in several states t