There are still thousands of customers without power in our region, particularly in South Muskoka, affecting the townships of Muskoka Lakes and Lake of Bays, as well as the towns of Bracebridge and Gravenhurst.
“We are restoring power to 190,000 customers that remain without power and working with communities to support their needs,” according to Hydro One.
“Crews are out in full force working alongside our contractors and team members from 18 other Ontario utilities providing us with mutual assistance. High winds and freezing rain in parts of southwest and central Ontario caused additional outages, and crews continue to respond. Given the severity and widespread damage caused by this storm, we expect restoration in the hardest hit areas to continue throughout the week. For remote areas, restoration may take longer.”
According to Hydro One, which provides the main power feed to other utility companies, when an outage is reported, damage is assessed “and the main powerlines that serve a community are prioritized to bring power back to the greatest number of customers. Then the focus is on clearing damage from lines that serve smaller groups of customers to get the power back on. In some cases after power is restored, it can go out again if crews are repairing damage or clearing debris on powerlines that are connected or nearby to make sure they can do their work safely. In these situations, customers can anticipate that power will be restored as soon as the repairs are made.”
To report a power outage call 1-800-434-1235 or report an outage online.
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Andy Rasmi: I read your comment and at first thought it was to be humorous. But then there was no punch line and no humor. I still wonder if you were serious!
First, the provincial government has no army to call since the military is a federal organization. We do send the military to other countries on special occasions. Generally if asked and offered. But it will be for something drastic. An eruption, earthquake, tsunami? And only if we have the expertise to help.
Our soldiers won’t be mustered out because the fridge is out and the beer’s getting warm. Or the microwave is off and you can’t warm the pizza-pops while watching TV. We live where there are outages and most people will expect them. Some of us have generators and some don’t. It is a choice the household makes.
And it is a provincial election that has just passed. A federal election is in the offing. So you are still needed ’til the end of April. I assume you do vote, otherwise your ‘don’t need us’ comment is wasted.
My son told me of one comment he heard. The speaker said that the power had been off long enough so “why don’t they just turn it back on?” That person can’t be serious. Do they really believe that our utilities people aren’t busting their ass to get the grid back up??
Dumb. What else can you surmise from such an attitude?
Provincial government should call army, if we can send our army to other countries why not help our own citizens
You know why
Because election is over and they don’t need us until four years