CASCO, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Storm damage was hit or miss in the Sebago Lake Region. While power outages were the worst problem for many places, others had significant damage.
People were marvelling all day at a cabin at Point Sebago in Casco, where a pine tree somehow snapped off and then speared the place, right through the kitchen. No one was staying there, and no one was injured. But those who stayed in the area through the storm say it was pretty scary. Larry Sauer of Long Island, who has a camp at Point Sebago said, "The wind was crazy. We heard branches snapping, but you didn't want to go out because you were afraid something like [a tree coming down] was going to happen."
Across the lake in Sebago, staff members at Camp O-AT-KA, a boy's camp, watched as the camp's $80,000 dock system was destroyed. It was built for the camp specifically to withstand ocean waves. Executive Director Ron Hall said, "We felt totally helpless. We couldn't do anything... We have about 12 off-season staff here right now and had to keep them away from wanting to help out because we knew it was so dangerous."
Hall said the toughest damage to take, though, was that to the camp's Great Hall. Two trees fell on it, piercing the roof of the 1920s building, which was built with handhewn beams. Hall estimates the damage to the camp will total more than $150,000.
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