Newspapers / Elon University Student Newspaper / Oct. 15, 2018, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Elon University Student Newspaper / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
HURRICANE MICHAEL SPECIAL EDITION 410NDAY, October 15, 2018 Volume 44> Edition 15 Elon, North Carolina MICHAEL’S MESS Hurricane Michael’s heavy rain and harsh winds knock a white oak tree onto Haggard Avenue on Thursday, Oct. 11. Clean-up crews cleared the avenue in less than an hour. ANTON L. DELGADO 1 MANAGING EDOOR Trees down and power out, Elon recovers from Hurrioane Miohael ANTON L. DELGADO 1 Managing Editor | @antonldelgado ENDY WILLIAMS’ FIRST RAYS of sunshine after Hurricane Michael were through the damaged 'branches of an oak tree. As she worked, Williams wore ’Soundproof earmulfs — she doesn’t like the sound of branches hitting Ibe ground — but thankfully her ■phone was on vibrate. ■ As the only arborist at Elon Uni versity during Michael, her phone -hadn’t stopped alerting her to the idamage around campus. But on Fri- ■;jday morning, it buzzed for break fast. Along with 22 members of Physical Plant’s Landscaping and ■ Grounds crew, Williams ate her breakfast while listening to her su pervisor’s hopes for the weekend. : According to Physical Plant, 'The storm downed and damaged ^around 57 trees on campus, falling .on roads, buildings, cars and util- ^ lines. Power in areas around Pon was cut off for roughly 50 IJours from Thursday to Saturday. ;While restoring power wasn’t their job, much of the recovery effort fetl at the boots of Physical Plant ?vorkers. Our goal is get campus cleaned lip of debris by the end of the dayr said Scott Stevens, director of Land scaping and Grounds, on Friday. “If we can get campus clean, there is no reason to come in tomorrow.” After a 13-hour shift the day be fore, and knowing what work need ed to be done, WMams marveled at the thought of spending the week end with her daughter. But her gut told her she wouldn’t finish every thing that needed to be done by the end of the day. Better to aim for the sky and reach the treetops, Williams thought as she set off from Lakeside to take care of a downed tree — business as usual. Height of the damage Now in her 26th year at Elon, nothing comes as a surprise to Wil liams, especially not hurricanes. Most recently, Williams helped the campus recover from Hurricane Florence in mid-September. “I don’t even remember Florence other than it rained a little,” Wil liams said. “Michael has been far worse for us.” DOWNED AND DAMAGED trees downed and damaged around Elon University’s campus. Hurricane Michael’s 2.5 inches of rain and up to 56 mph winds is to blame. HOURS WITHOUT POWER ~50 hours without power at The Station at Mill Point and parts of South Campus. The power outage was from Thursday afternoon to Saturday evening. See MICHAEL I pg. 4 ANTON L DEIGAOO! MANAGING EDITOR Arborist Wendy Williams uses an extended saw to cut down damaged branches of a tree behind Story Hall In the Colonnades Neighborhood on Thursday, Oct. 11. TO OUR READERS This Special edition of The Pendulum is being delivered on Monday instead of Wednesday in order to give you timely coverage of Hurricane Michael. The Pendulum will resume its normal delivery schedule next week. . If^ elonnewsnetwork.com ^ fac6book.com/elonn6wsnetwork ^ @ @elonnewsnetwork Finn News Network
Elon University Student Newspaper
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 15, 2018, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75