chicken little
North Bay is a funny town, and I'll get to that in a bit. We had a freak storm on Monday, with heavy rainfall and winds that were clocked at 80 kph before the instruments at the airport broke. Environment Canada claimed there wasn't a tornado, but that it was a bunch of downbursts with winds about 150 kph. Tornado or not, that's a fast wind. The hydro went out on Monday night, leaving most in the city without power overnight.
Downtown North Bay had power on Tuesday morning. Everything north of Oak Street to just south of Highway 17 had electricity. The Esso and Canadian Tire gas stations on Algonquin had cars lined up around the block and then some. Esso ran out of gas around 4:30, but had the pumps filled again within the hour. The clerk at the Canadian Tire did not have a good day; people decided to take out their frustration on her. Like she's responsible for any of the problems.
Ice was impossible to find at convenience and grocery stores. I was able to find some at the Beer Store, which was a bit more expensive but well worth it. Three bags of ice kept the meat in our freezer from going bad. In all, we only lost between $20 and $50 worth of food. Not bad for 27 hours with no power.
I find the residents of North Bay really overreact to blackouts and storms. They go out in droves to get things that they really don't have to have. Why people are in such a hurry to get a generator in North Bay, when areas outside of North Bay got hit a lot harder, is beyond me. Is it really that important to get your television running again? They do the same thing on holidays. The day before and the day after a holiday, you can't go grocery shopping if you wanted to. The store is just that packed. People line up to buy a ton of stuff they really could have waited for. And why?
Because it's North Bay.
We're strange that way...
Downtown North Bay had power on Tuesday morning. Everything north of Oak Street to just south of Highway 17 had electricity. The Esso and Canadian Tire gas stations on Algonquin had cars lined up around the block and then some. Esso ran out of gas around 4:30, but had the pumps filled again within the hour. The clerk at the Canadian Tire did not have a good day; people decided to take out their frustration on her. Like she's responsible for any of the problems.
Ice was impossible to find at convenience and grocery stores. I was able to find some at the Beer Store, which was a bit more expensive but well worth it. Three bags of ice kept the meat in our freezer from going bad. In all, we only lost between $20 and $50 worth of food. Not bad for 27 hours with no power.
I find the residents of North Bay really overreact to blackouts and storms. They go out in droves to get things that they really don't have to have. Why people are in such a hurry to get a generator in North Bay, when areas outside of North Bay got hit a lot harder, is beyond me. Is it really that important to get your television running again? They do the same thing on holidays. The day before and the day after a holiday, you can't go grocery shopping if you wanted to. The store is just that packed. People line up to buy a ton of stuff they really could have waited for. And why?
Because it's North Bay.
We're strange that way...
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