Generators were keeping the lights and heat going on Gabriola after two days with no power in the wake of the “bomb cyclone”
Gabriola Island was buzzing Thursday with generators keeping the lights and heat on, two days after power went out when a powerful storm toppled trees and power poles along the B.C. coast.
Grove said he seems to be one of the few who does not have a generator, instead using candles and flashlights once the sun goes down. “I might be going to bed a little earlier than usual,” he said. At Ground Up Cafe and Catering on Gabriola, where a generator was keeping the kitchen running, business was non-stop Thursday, said co-owner Jen Demler.
“In general terms, another breezy one, another wet one, but not as significant as what we recently experienced,” Proctor said. By Thursday, B.C. Hydro crews had restored power to more than 290,000 customers — or more than 90% — of the nearly 320,000 hit by the bomb cyclone windstorm that lashed the coast Tuesday and Wednesday.
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