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Monday, 02 June 2008 |
High winds capsized several boats and damaged several boats at Hurricane Lake boat dock where the dock itself was flipped over Sunday afternoon.
The damage was caused by winds of up to 60 mph that moved through the state as a line of thunderstorms made its way east.
Benton Mayor Rick Holland, who went to the site, said “residents had come out and gotten their boats that were floating freely and they tied those up to secure them.”
“I understand that they (Hurricane Lake Property Owners Association) have insurance on the boat dock,” Holland said. “I offered them any assistance that the city could provide them, but I think it’s a matter for the insurance adjusters to determine.”
Daniel Sample, a resident of Hurricane Lake Estates, said this is not the first time that the boat dock has been damaged by high winds. “In the late ’90s, when it was first installed, it was blown over on the dam also,” he said.
Several trees were uprooted and several large winds were downed by the winds, he added.
Residents of Hurricane Lake Estates were without electrical power for a time when Entergy’s feeder line to the subdivision was lost, Terry McKinney, general manager of Benton Utilities, said.
Several trees were blown over by the winds in other locations, Holland said. “There’s a large oak that was blown over at the Aloca commuter lot,” he said.
The city experienced some additional power outages, he said, but these were brief.
“At Hurricane Lake, we couldn’t do anything there until Entergy’s feed was back in service,” McKinney said. “Residents there were without power for a couple of hours. They got it back on about 6 p.m.
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