1/16/12 Lindenhurst Weather Forecast

Tonight: Periods of rain and sleet, becoming all rain after 10pm. Low around 33. Southwest wind between 16 and 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tuesday: Rain. High near 48. Southwest wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers, mainly before 7pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Breezy, with a west wind between 16 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 41. Breezy, with a northwest wind between 18 and 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24. North wind between 11 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Saturday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 38. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Cloudy, with a high near 48.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 49.

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Pipes Burst, Flood Libertyville Businesses

Cold weather took its toll Tuesday on at least one New Year’s resolution — to get into shape — after a frozen pipe burst and flooded the Bodyworks Fitness and Spa in Libertyville.

The Libertyville Fire Department called in neighboring departments for extra manpower to help vacuum and tarp areas inside the facility to prevent more damage.

Assistant Chief Mike Cloe said a 4-inch sprinkler pipe in the attic of the building at 510 First Street cracked and leaked water into the second floor.

“You couldn’t even open the door at first it was so high. Once the door opened it gushed out and ran down the stairwell,” he said.

The firefighters tarped exercise equipment and other areas like a cosmetics counter and juice bar area. The second floor, where the business had classes and massages, sustained the most damage.

Cloe said damage was estimated at $150,000 to $200,000.

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Burst Pipe Floods Home in Ascot

THE DOWNSTAIRS of a home was ruined when a burst pipe flooded an Ascot home on yesterday (Tuesday).

Windsor firefighters were called to the scene at 11.40am in Goaters Road where a pipe in a downstairs toilet had burst.

Firefighter Doug Maslen said: "The whole of the downstairs was flooded. We immediately turned off the main water supply into the house when we arrived and then started to pump out all the water.

"The wooden flooring had lifted and swelled."

A women, man and child were residents of the semi-detached house and the fire crew left the scene at 1.10pm.

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Homes Flooded By Burst Pipe in Road

TWELVE households are picking up the pieces after a burst pipe sent water gushing through their homes.

Irene Harris and her husband Malcolm were among those assessing the damage this morning, after several feet of water cascaded through their homes in the middle of last night.

Mr Harris, 70, came downstairs to investigate the sound of running water, at around 5.30am, only to find the whole of the ground floor of his home under water.

He said: “I thought we may have left the tap on, but to my horror I saw what had really happened.”

Mrs Harris showed the Harrow Times the devastating damage this morning, as they picked through their ruined possessions.

She said: “We only moved in at the end of May, we were just getting the house sorted and had new carpets down and then this has happened.

“The grandchildren's toys are ruined, there are boxes that we haven't even unpacked and who knows what damage has been done to them.”

A thick layer of mud remains across the floors of the homes affected by the flooding – caused by a ruptured 12-inch pipe in Elms Road.

The flow of water gushing from the burst pipe was so powerful it went through the Elms Road houses, across the back gardens, and into the homes in Winston Close and Richmond Gardens where the Harrises live.

Mukesh Malam, of Elms Road, was woken in the middle of the night by the flooding, and found himself standing knee-deep in water when he went to investigate.

He said: “The water was gushing through the letterbox. I couldn't stop it and was scared to open the door because there was so much water.

“It was frightening and we didn't know what to do.”

Edward Davis, who has lived in Winston Close for the last 11 years, saw the torrent of water as he got up to get his morning newspaper at 5.30am.

He said: “The water was building up and building up, it really was like a river. It was unbelievable what I was seeing.”

Veolia Water, the firm responsible for the offending burst pipe, have apologised for the damage and had workers on site today trying to clean up and fix the problem.

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Fire Damages Four Townhouses

Four units at Holliday Park Cooperative were damaged by two fires - one Thursday afternoon and a second Friday morning.

The first fire is blamed on food cooking on the stove left unattended, while the cause for the second fire is still under investigation, said Westland Assistant Fire Chief John Adams. No one was injured in either fire.

At approximately 2:15 p.m. Thursday, firefighters responded to a fire in a middle unit of a building consisting of four ranch-style condominiums in the complex off North Wayne Road south of Joy.

“The gentleman who lives there has a habit of cooking with grease. He prepared a meal and fell asleep. He left the stove unattended,” said Adams. “He hadn’t cleaned the range hood. The fire got into the roof line directly over the stove.”

A smoke detector in the man’s unit had been set off by his cooking, Adams said, so he had disconnected it. As a result, residents in the adjoining units on Spring Valley Drive reported the fire when their smoke detectors sounded.



“One of our guys pulled the resident out of his unit,” said Adams.



The fire moved into the shared attic space and the damage made three of the units with common walls uninhabitable, Adams said, while a resident was allowed to stay in the fourth unit.



The second fire was reported at 7:50 a.m. in the occupied fourth unit. The cause of that fire is still under investigation, Adams said.



“We need to rule out a number of things like electrical that may have been compromised by the first fire,” said Adams.



Firefighters were still on the scene midday Friday assisting the displaced residents in gathering belongings from their units. All had places to stay.



“Life safety is a number one priority for us, we made sure everyone has a place to go. They are all safe and dry,” said Adams.



Damage to the building was estimated at $300,000 not including contents.

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1/13/12 Lindenhurst Weather Forecast

Late Afternoon: Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 32. Windy, with a west wind around 26 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Windy, with a west wind 25 to 28 mph decreasing to between 15 and 18 mph. Winds could gust as high as 47 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 35. West wind between 11 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 29. North wind between 13 and 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 22.

M.L.King Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.

Monday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 50. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high near 41.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.

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Apartment Building Flooded, Evacuated

A broken water main inside the Academy Hill apartments in downtown Nantucket flooded the facility's basement with nearly three feet of water early Saturday morning, prompting the evacuation of roughly 20 residents.

With the water rising above the electrical panels in the basement, fire chief Mark McDougall said responders had to cut power to the building before going in, necessitating the evacuation. He stated that the flood was caused by a faulty coupling attached to a water main in the basement of Academy Hill, the former school facility which now serves as senior apartments with 27 living units.

McDougall said those who were evacuated were put up in the nearby Roberts House Inn on India Street, while a few went to the Jared Coffin House or the Sherburne Commons senior living community off South Shore Road. Work was still being completed on the electrical system and the oil burner in the basement on Sunday, and McDougall expected residents might be able to return on Monday.

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