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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 c the stars and stripes wednesday. August 21, 1991bob limps to Canada after killing 10 Boston a the remnants of Hurricane Bob swept Eastern Canada tuesday after the storm tossed boats around and Tore off roofs in a race up the Eastern Seaboard. Ten deaths were blamed on the seasons first Atlantic Hurricane. The Hurricane the first to hit the Northeast since Gloria in 1985, knocked out Power to an estimated 2.1 million businesses and households utilities said. A the bad news is someone told me a there a a tree in your room a Quot said Teri Barba assistant manager of a restaurant on Martha a Vineyard mass. A but the Good news is the rest of the House Wasny to  Hurricane Bob was downgraded to a tropical storm late monday when its maximum sustained wind Speed dropped to 70 Mph 4 Mph below the Hurricane threshold. At its Peak its sustained winds were 115 Mph with gusts to 138 Mph. The storm crossed into Canada Early tuesday and moved northeastward at about 30 Mph with maximum sustained wind near 60 Mph and weakening the National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables fla., said in its latest Public advisory on the storm. By noon the scattered remnants of the storm had moved across new Brunswick and out into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In Canada the storm toppled Trees and Utility poles producing scattered Power outages. Residents of new Brunswick and Nova Scotia were advised to avoid travel and secure anything that could be torn Loose by the wind. Massachusetts gov. William Weld surveyed the storms path tuesday and said the damage to Public and private property in his state alone could reach $1 billion. Gorham Maine a suburb of Portland received 8.08 inches of  and was hard hit by flooding. Police dispatcher Jack Snow said tuesday that five Bridges were washed out in Gorham and washouts left sections of two major commuter roads impassable. As the storm moved up the coast monday Navy submarines left their berths in Connecticut for the safety of the deep. Nuclear Power plants Cut Power As a precaution. At Portland Maine the sea roiled like boiling water. Fierce Waves off Massachusetts spit fish into the air and tossed boats like toys. A it looks like someone just took their Finger and poked boats Over like a kid in a Bathtub a said Elmer Bartele a vacationer on Martha a Vineyard. At the height of the storm an estimated 1 million Massachusetts customers lost electricity including All of Martha a Vineyard and Nantucket islands. Among other outages were More than 308,000 in Connecticut 100,000 in new Hampshire 150,000 in Maine 325,000 on new Yorkus Long Island and 258,000 in Rhode Island. The storm which formed off the Bahamas last week glanced off Cape Hatle Ras n.c., late sunday night causing Little serious damage. A Mobile Home was overturned and winds ripped the front Olf a fish packing House. Then it swirled northward off the coasts of Virginia Maryland Delaware and new Jersey staying about 100 Miles offshore. The storm Center slipped about 50 Miles East of Montauk on the lip of new Yorkus Long Island turning the midday sky purple crossed Rhode Island with winds of boats lie on Padan Aram Bridge in Dartmouth mass., alter being torn from their mooring monday by Hurricane Bob. At least 105 Mph and Cut across Massachusetts passing just East of Boston. At Newport r.i., Waves engulfed three waterfront Homes. John Caprio whose father owns the beachfront coast guard House restaurant in Narragansett said surf and winds destroyed All but the  special storm Barrier was lowered in Narragansett Bay to protect Providence r.i., which was devastated by a tidal surge in a 1938 killer Hurricane. City officials said the Barrier worked. A housing project and the chamber of Commerce lost their roofs in Falmouth on Cape cod. On fashionable Martha a Vineyard Bob rudely interrupted the summer routine of yachting drinks at the Waters Edge and celebrity watching. A my god we got murdered Quot 70-year-old Douglas Garron a retired to writer said As he repaired a window on his 160-year-old House. The storm passed East of Boston around 4 30 . The usually bustling financial District looked like a dark ghost town. President Bush vacationing at his Oceanside Home in Kennebunkport Maine said the Hurricane a would no to scare us a  he then left for washing ton a not because of Bob but in response to the overthrow of soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Barbara Bush and the Bush grandchildren went Inland for several hours. In new Yorkus Westchester county a train conductor was killed when a tree smashed into a commuter train. Three other people were injured. A swimmer drowned saturday night off Myrtle Beach s.c., in heavy surf attributed to Bob and a Man drowned sunday off Holden Beach n.c., officials said. Police in Hooksett n.h., blamed the storms heavy  for a traffic Accident that killed a 67-year-old Man. In Connecticut one woman was killed when her car went out of control on water covered pavement one person died in a fire blamed on candles being used in a blacked out House and a Man was killed by a falling tree Branch. Two 17-year-old girls were presumed drowned after being swept out to sea by High Waves late monday near Yarmouth Nova Scotia. In Maine searchers recovered the body of a Man who apparently was swept away by a swollen Stream when he got out of his disabled truck. Path of Hurricane Bob students must Register to attend classes monday Kaiserslautern Germany students must be registered for school to attend classes monday say officials with military overseas schools. Department of defense dependents schools officials said registration has been slow in some areas and Many still have hundreds of unregistered students. Those students must be registered be fore monday officials said. A even if the kids arc Only going to be in school two or three weeks parents need to Register them a said Candace Ransing superintendent of the Dodds Germany Kaiserslautern District. For example Ransing said registration is Low at Kaiserslautern elementary school because Many parents Are expecting orders moving them out of Europe. The uncertainty has caused Many families to delay enrolment. If an unregistered student shows up at school monday the sponsor will have to come to the school to Complete the registration process before the child can go to a classroom. A kids need to be in school Quot said Frank of Gara spokesman for the Germany Region. A if families have the unfortunate experience of being caught up in the draw Down situation we still encourage them to get their children involved in the program until they   
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