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Emergency Calls Double During Sandy

The Anne Arundel County Fire Department responded to 400 calls in a 24-hour period. One man was killed when a tree fell on his house.

Emergency responders in Anne Arundel County received more than double the typical call volume in a 24-hour period, with more than 400 calls coming in during the post-tropical storm known as Sandy. About half of those calls were storm related. Division Chief Michael Cox of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department confirmed that one person died when a tree fell a house in Pasadena Monday night. Firefighters also responded to a major fire in the Edgewater area. “This was a very large and very dangerous storm," Cox said.  Cox said the only known fatality in the county came when a tree fell on a house at the 7700 block of Suitt Drive in Pasadena. Firefighters arrived to learn a man had been trapped. He was pronounced dead at the scene.  Anne …

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Storify: Sandy Hits Anne Arundel County

A look at how Anne Arundel County dealt with the arrival of the megastorm.

Monday was the day that Sandy arrived in Anne Arundel County. It started as a rainy, but quiet day. Then the winds picked up, and the power started going out.  Follow this Storify thread to see how Patch editors and area residents chronicled the storm's progression. 

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Mike Brown

7:17 am on Tuesday, October 30, 2012

55091 outages in AA County as of 7:11am. All please stay safe.   more ›

For Surge Sake, Bay Area Hopes Sandy Stays East

If the "Frankenstorm" turns west at the Chesapeake Bay, storm surges would rise.

Residents along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland are hoping the Frankenstorm starts its trick-or-treating to the east—and stays there. A westerly turn for the storm could prove catostrophic, as the counterclockwise rotation of Hurricane Sandy would pull water into the Bay, creating destructive storm surges for the waterfront communities. But if the storm stays to the east—as projection models early Saturday are beginning to favor—the Bay communities could be spared, while ocean-front communities along the East Coast could be hammered. » Follow Maryland Patch on Facebook for constant statewide updates on the Frankenstorm. In many early models, Havre de Grace would be under the eye of the storm at some point or another. "It looks right now …

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Hurricane Sandy: Pasadena Info Center

Stay connected through the storm via Pasadena Patch.

As we hunker down to ride out Hurricane Sandy, we want to make sure that Pasadena stays connected. For live updates during the storm, be sure to download our App for your smartphone or tablet and 'like' Pasadena Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Click here to see all of the storm-related stories on Pasadena Patch. Send us messages through social media and email (pasadena@patch.com) or add information in the comments. If you notice wires down or a tree across the road, please alert authorities and then let us know so we can spread the word quickly. You can comment right on this story to make sure readers know what’s going on in your neighborhood. The effects of past storms are hard for us to forget and how, at times, water and …

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