For those who are wondering what the destruction was like and why it took so long for power to be restored to so many customers in the Maritimes, I thought I should post this picture. (Again, out of order, but who cares? Not me.) There were many downed power lines and phone lines caused by the huge number of trees that fell. This translated into a loss of electricity for up to 5 days (see +Steven Kennard's post here https://plus.google.com/104584322313471697637/posts/AnJXk24VAnh for exactly what that means in this region). A good friend of ours even put his back out badly hauling water for his family from a nearby stream. Roads were blocked by fallen trees and the loss of telephone land-lines put at risk those people who have no mobile/cell phone coverage in their area (quite a lot near us) and the elderly or those who choose not to have such phones but might have been in need of medical attention.
Power and the phones were restored, but in seemingly random ways. One family had the electricity restored to their house but not to the one next door. So they ran an extension cable to 'lend' electricity during the outage. Our neighbour called to offer to share his generator with us, if we needed it, to keep our fridge and freezer from thawing. People helped each other and got on with life as best they could. Now comes the cleanup. _Oh, and don't touch the red wire! 😉 This was taken the night of the storm when there was a lull.
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+Donna McClure – it was sad to see the destruction, though it is the natural result of storms, for sure.
+Natosha Davis – nuts it was. And almost a full week before all of the power was restored.
+Sharon Stone – I
spokewrote too soon as I then found out that many were not back on power for almost a full week.Joni was fine, didn't seem to mind it much at all. Some animals can be pretty nervous. She barks at the sound of fireworks and at the thunder we had the other night, too.
Thanks +Cableicous and for the reshare. Yes, we survived thanks +Charles Strebor – with plenty of mess but no permanent damage.
+Jasbir S. Randhawa – thanks very much. All good now.
It was pretty bad, +Heiko Mahr – now just a bad fading memory.
+JOHN MICHEL MUKADI – I guess.
No damage to the house, thanks +Ursula Klepper and all doing well thank you.
Thanks a lot +Christina Lihani
+Ellie Kennard, I won't touch the red wire or any of the wires! I'm sorry for all the destruction and disruption. I'm glad you are okay.
Oh I am glad it has passed and I hope without damage at your house! I hope you are doing well!
super!
Bet that made a noise coming down,frightening
Good to know that you are safe.
Looks like it was very devastating!
+Ellie Kennard Glad to know that you weathered the storm, and that you are all safe!
Looks pretty bad! Glad all is well now.
Take care Ellie – take care.
I'm glad to see this image: it means you survived Arthur.
So glad everything is restored. We had that happen here in Cincinnati once. We don't normally get hurricanes, but for some reason we got the tail end of one. We were lucky, only out of power for two days, but some of my neighbors were out for a week, as was my work. I had to go to a different site to transcribe from tapes since our system was out too. Glad you're safe. How's your puppy? My dogs hate storms.
That is nuts
That was a nasty storm. I hope all is okay with you. It is always sad when trees comes down especially when it is on homes or cars.
All is well now, +Shelly Gunderson – just a lot of cleanup to do. And it is hot hot hot here. So glad to have the fans able to run again to keep us cool.
Yikes! I guess I never realized exactly where you are. My neighbors are from there! They are wanting to go up for a vacation this summer but are waiting for electricity at their new summer home. Looks like maybe it is good they are delayed. Stay safe!