In the Pimlico neighborhood, a tree narrowly missed hitting the back of a house in the 3900 block of W. Garrison Ave.
In the 6100 block of Benhurst Road, a tree fell on power lines and did minor damage to a house. There were no injuries in either incident. Broken tree branches snaked out of garbage cans placed curbside. Other residents gathered debris into piles on curbs.
Nearby, in the 800 block of Clover Road, a tree blocked the road, forcing drivers to make U-turns. Two BGE crews used the headlights of their trucks to provide illumination while they worked to restore power in the block.
In East Baltimore, a tree blocked the intersection of Sinclair Lane and Denview Way, causing police to detour traffic before city forestry crews cut it up and hauled it way.
In Charles Village, a tree was reported down at St. Paul Street and University Parkway.
Baltimore police reported that numerous traffic signals were out, causing many close calls between vehicles.
While not a hazard, the wind posed an additional challenge for runners and volunteers at the Operation Iceberg Series run yesterday afternoon at the Jeffers Hill Neighborhood Center in Columbia.
"It was quite an experience," said Len Guralnick, director of the informal weekly races put on by the Howard County Striders. Yesterday's event drew about 80 runners.
At the finish line, the timing clock came crashing down, he said.
"It was just shocking that the wind took it down," Guralnick said. "I've never seen that before."
Although the runners who show up this time of year are a hardy sort, they finished the races - ranging from 2 to 6.2 to 9.3 miles - with complaints about the wind, Guralnick said. But "the volunteers were the ones really suffering" as they stood in the wind and cold for hours, he said.
Meanwhile, by yesterday evening, many owners of area tree services say they had not received substantial calls for uprooted trees or fallen branches. But they said those numbers could rise by today, if gusty weather continues.
Kate Holcomb, owner of Castlewood Tree Services in Baltimore, said her company got a couple of calls, but without leaves on trees - as is the case this time of year - the debris that litters lawns and streets is substantially less.
brent.jones@baltsun.com
Sun reporter Gus Sentementes contributed to this article.
