Poor Vancouverites

We've had a rough winter so far in Vancouver. We've had flooding, a weeks long boil water advisory, downed power lines, a crippling snow storm, downed power lines, and now last night, more downed power lines.

Another wind storm kicking up gusts of up to 115 km/h hammered the city yesterday. The commute home was brutal; dark, raining, crawling through major intersections navigating the hazard of thousands of idiots who have no idea how to manage a four way stop. The ferries weren't running, trees that survived our last few storms toppled all over town, and this morning, power still hasn't been restored to 190,000 people.

BC Hydro has been very busy for the last couple of months and things aren't going to get any easier - the forecast calls for more strong winds tonight and tomorrow.


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Update (December 13, 2006 15:53)

For those keeping track, the continued high winds we've been experiencing in British Columbia has left 70,000 people without power today. That's 40,000 who haven't had electricity restored since the last wind storm plus another 30,000 affected today!