A week ago today, a half-hour storm (strong wind and rain) - but only for half an hour… changed life for many in our community.
Thousands of us lost electricity as trees came down on power lines… and houses.
In the whole of Ontario, only 10 people died as the storm swept across the province - struck by falling trees.
Two evenings ago Terry went walking to see how progress was being made on the poles that had snapped, on Merivale Road, near our house, bringing power lines down.
All the malls, stores, schools, and restaurants on this busy two-mile strip were still shut - no electricity… The Best Buy store where my son was shopping when the storm struck and where the force of the wind broke a large plate glass window he was standing near at the front of the store, not wanting to head out into the blinding wind and rain… the window was still covered with plywood.
These broken poles had mostly been removed and workers were digging holes for new poles.
It’s going to be a few more days before power is restored in that area, Terry said when he returned.
He started talking to a man who lives nearby - who was still without electricity and feeling very discouraged.
An article in yesterday’s newspaper said that, in our city of a million people, 37,000 homes were still without power.
I had no idea…
Once our problem disappeared and our electricity was restored, I assumed everyone else in our community was fine as well… But that’s not the case. I guess it’s human nature to forget that others around us may be suffering silently, worse off than us.
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