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Crews work on cleaning up and getting power restored
Posted: 10.20.2011 at 3:59 PM
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A Chevy Impala at Harrison and Jackson street in Saginaw gets crunched by a tree
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The first major fall storm frazzles many in MidMichigan and forces cleanup crews to work around the clock.

Two major things crews are working on right now, cleaning up, and getting the power back on.

For some, it'll be some time before either is accomplished.

At Harrison and Jackson in Saginaw, crews cut a tree off a Chevy Impala.

The damage was part of a several hour stretch of destruction down.

Saginaw's Angelisa Steward says, "It just went crazy. We heard a crashing noise."

That crashing noise was a tree falling on powerlines in her backyard forced Angelisa Stewart to stay the night at her daughter's house because she didn't have power.

She still doesn't. "I sat here with the candles going and I said, 'Well i ain't going to wait, I'm gonna go.'"

Crews have been busy cleaning up trees, poles, and powerlines that are blocking driveways and streets.

"There are a lot of powerlines down, a lot of automatic fire alarms in the city. I think they had 89 runs last night. We're just cleaning up after them," says Lt. Scott Yaw of the Saginaw Fire Department.

While the storm was wide-spread, the damage was somewhat isolated.

Some neighborhoods had quite a bit of damage, while others seemed like they weren't even touched.

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