Elsa Tamed So Far – The Martha’s Vineyard Times

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Waves break on a sea wall during Friday’s storm. -Rich Saltzberg

By 1 p.m. Elsa had poured rain on the vineyard and created windy conditions, but that hadn’t resulted in much damage from the storm. There have been ferry cancellations and hijackings from Oak Bluffs to Vineyard Haven by the Steamship Authority. The Island Queen and HyLine have both canceled trips to and from the vineyard.

Oak Bluffs Police Sgt. Daniel Cassidy told The Times things have been calm in the city so far. West Tisbury Fire Chief Greg Pachico said the storm had yet to create work for his department, “knocking on wood”. Chef Pachico took his hat off to Eversource who he says has done a good job in recent years downsizing power lines. Chilmark Fire Chief Jeremy Bradshaw said he only had to deal with a Comcast line on South Road. Chilmark Beach Superintendent Martina Mastromonaco said her beaches remain open.

“Nothing is closed but no one is here,” she said from the cabin at Lucy Vincent Beach. “We have withdrawn the lifeguards from Menemsha beach because of the weather. “

Mastromonaco said there was not much interest in surfing despite the storm.

“The surf is not that big,” she said, adding that the wind was coming from an unfavorable direction.

Tisbury Fire Chief Greg Leland said “so far so good”.

Chef Lelend congratulated Eversource for the prepositioning of resources on the vineyard. He said when Eversource does that it makes a difference.

At nearly 2 p.m., less than 30 customers were without power on the island, according to Eversource’s outage map.

At Big Bridge on the urban lines of Edgartown Oak Bluffs, stripper fishermen flanked either side of the Sengekontacket entrance as terns plunged in search of baitfish. School bands could be seen around the stilts of the bridge.

The Edgartown Police Department posted on its Facebook page alerting beach goers that South Beach is closed due to the storm. No one will be allowed on the beach or in the water.

At the Oak Bluffs seawall, waves sent spray down Seaview Avenue, but the sand and pebbles often splashing the pavement were not evident.

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