Outages High, Emergencies Low After Syosset Storm

A quick-moving storm that tore through Syosset Sunday afternoon left more than 2,000 LIPA customers without power. 

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning at 3 p.m. for the storm, which was moving east at 35 mph. It hit the Syosset area around 3:30 p.m. 

The Syosset Fire Department took more than 20 calls in a three-hour span related to the storm, according to Chief John Capobianco. But many involved fire alarms that went off after power was restored. An air conditioning condenser burnt out and was smoking at one home, but luckily it was outside the house and was taken care of before it could become a danger.

The department received no calls about trees hitting houses. There was one transformer fire on Woodbury Road near the department's Station No. 2 which shut down the road for several hours. 

Town of Oyster Bay employees stayed busy removing trees. Just before 8 p.m. they were removing trees on side streets near Split Rock Road.

"This is at least our 12th job, and we're only handling a small area," one worker said. But one man on that street said that even with the downed trees he never lost power. 

As of 7 a.m. Monday morning 486 Syosset customers were still without power, along with nine in Woodbury.

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