Model plane stuck in power line File Photo KDG
We lost another hydro pole on Merritt avenue recently> On September 30th around 9:30 a fire on the top of a pole near the corner of Garcia and Merritt Avenue was called in by a concerned neighbour. The fire had developed of the top insulator of the same pole in the picture above. However the model plane from the past probably had nothing to do with it.
The hydro crew replace the pole in the pouring rain and had power back on at 3AM. This is one of 5 incidences in the past few years in this area.
John Paul a retired lineman said that if there is dust in the air with rain it can increase the connectivity of the lines to the ground and can sometimes heat to a fire.
At this writing there are 22 outages around the province, outage report .
Outages are common and are responded to in a professional way:
How power is restored
- We repair damage to power plants and high-voltage lines and substations.
- Next, we restore power to critical services, like hospitals, fire and water systems.
- We make repairs that will return service to large neighbourhoods, then smaller neighbourhoods and individual customers.
We can all take steps to prepare for an outage when we know it’s going to happen, but most often, power outages are caused by factors beyond our control – wind, lightning, motor vehicle accidents, animals, etc. – and can happen at any moment. It’s important to ensure you are prepared for an outage year-round. Source BC Hydro
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