Roslindale After Hurricane Sandy

Like every Boston neighborhood, Roslindale got hit by Hurricane Sandy, but not the worst.

Numbers released from the Mayor's office Tuesday morning show neighboring community West Roxbury residents called more times than any other neighborhood, but one from Monday's storm.

Roslindale's City Councilor Rob Consalvo, and Chief of Staff Brian Clinton, as well as Legislative Aide Dave Vittorini, were in City Hall Monday answering calls and working with the Mayor's 24-hour hotline personnel.

Vittorini said Consalvo's office fielded double digit calls, but most people were following protocol and calling the hotline at 617-635-4500. He said the majority of the calls were about trees down, and power outages.

Vittorini said he spoke to Dave McNulty, Roslindale's Neighborood Services Coordinator, who reported Roslindale wasn't damaged severely. Said Vittorini, "Some trees, branches, but nothing crazy. I think Irene was worse."

Citywide, 610 calls came in for trees with Dorchester hit the hardest, followed by West Roxbury and Roxbury, a mayor's office spokeswoman said. 

West Roxbury often gets hit hard when there are storms due to higher elevations like around the Bellevue Hill area.

Roslindale also got hit with trees, wires and a pole down on cars on Pinedale Street; And a tree downed powerlines on Glencliff Road, too, which caused power outages.

But all residents should have their power back, according to a Mayor's office spokesperson.

The more urban areas were okay, "Beacon Hill and Back Bay fared very well compared to the rest of the city," a spokeswoman for the mayor told Patch today. 

Of the 1,065 reports the office fielded from across the city, 13 were from Beacon Hill. Eleven of those concerned downed or broken trees and one was about a downed electrical wire. 

The numbers reflect the number of calls, not the number of incidents. In other words, there could be several calls about one incident. 

"Trees and downed wires were the two most reported because it was really a wind rather than a rain issue," the spokeswoman said.

Although up to 2 percent of Boston was without power last night, NSTAR was quick to respond and as of 8 a.m. Tuesday it reported that 181 Boston households, or .65 percent of its Boston customers, remained without power.