www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Wednesday, July 24, 2013 | 4 To escape without injury is `phenomenal': resident continued from p.1 came right through the roof deck, right through the ceiling and right into the floor. It's only a 10 x 10 room so for four kids to be in that space, and (for) that type of thing to happen and everyone to still be alive, is pretty phenomenal." Dennis said his family was doubly lucky because the branch narrowly missed a gas line in the attic. An insurance official told Dennis that had the line been ruptured something as simple as turning on a light switch would have blown the house apart. Dennis' family was not the only one affected by Friday's storm with Town staff reporting the heavy winds and rain brought down trees on homes, cars and power lines across Oakville. Fallen trees also blocked roads and driveways. "It was a busy weekend. Forestry crews have been out since Friday at 6-6:30 p.m., when the windstorm came through and we started receiving the first of the calls. So we worked throughout Friday night dealing with different types of storm calls," said Chris Mark, director of Parks and Open Space with the Town of Oakville on Monday. "That continued into Saturday and Sunday in terms of clean up. We really haven't stopped except for a few hours on Saturday night and Sunday night to give our crews some rest. We've really been going at it pretty much steadily since Friday." Mark said the storm heavily damaged numerous trees in the heritage area of Downtown Oakville, southeast Oakville and the Kerr Street area. Between Friday night and Monday afternoon, Mark said the Town of Oakville received 235 service requests including 86 on Monday alone. "Our job over the weekend was to make everything safe. Now we're going back again and cleaning up and doing a fair number of takedowns. If you drive around town you will see there are a number of trees that have been damaged and have an `X' on them. They are still standing, but we still have to go back and do the full removal of the tree because the tree has been so significantly see Town on p.5 Swing your way into Boston Pizza for your Canadian Open destination Featuring our new look and "If you ain't Ribbin, You ain't Livin" promotion 2011 Winston Park Drive, Oakville- Cineplex Plaza 905-829-8370 · bostonpizzaoakville.com This was the scene in a bedroom of resident Terry Dennis' home after a tree branch crashed through the roof and narrowly missed Dennis' son. | photo courtesy Terry Dennis EVERY MOTHER HAS A STORY TO TELL. THANKS TO YOU IT CAN BE TOLD. At Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, talented physicians like Dr. Santina Andrighetti help care for moms and babies every day. Their expertise plus the life-saving equipment you help fund make it possible for young families to have the best, healthiest start possible. Each and every year, our hospital needs hundreds of pieces of new equipment that will improve the lives of all of us here in Oakville. Every piece is critical and every piece needs to be funded by our community. It all starts here with your help. Please call 905.338.4642 to share your story or make a donation. www.oakvillehospitalfoundation.com DR. SANTINA ANDRIGHETTI OTMH OBSTETRICIAN & GYNAECOLOGIST