Isabel took down a number of older trees on private and public property, including a tree in front of Middletown Middle School. Trees blocked some roads. Route 9 was closed in its lowest lying areas due to flooding.

Power outages, some lasting several days, occurred throughout the area forcing 11 people to take stay overnight at the Red Cross shelter at Everett C. Meredith Middle School on Broad Street in Middletown.

Because of intermittent rainfall, Middletown’s new sewage treatment plant did not overflow and only a few residents in low-lying areas closer to creeks experienced flooding.  Water companies reported having no calls from customers about interrupted water service.   Back-up generators kept the water flowing during the power outages.

The Middletown Transcript reported Townsend Council President Charlie Murray as saying, “As storms go, it was pretty much of a routine storm other than having to deal with high winds and sideways rain.”