Did the ICE STORM ruin your weekend

[Madman]

I was lucky, I was only down a couple of hours power wise the entire weekend but many are still down today.

Luckily the hydro crews are all out on full force and all should be up by the end of the day. I had friends who did not have any power over and we made a party out of it. Call it a spontaneous Christmas parties!:wink2:

 

[Wanker]

If you drive through the City's side streets you would know why so many are without power. There is at least 2-3 broken trees in every block.

 

[TINY]

It sure ruined those that were flying. I just heard a plane hit black ice but none were hurt except the plane :-Cool/"

 

[Lorenzo]

Not really I didn't have major plans.

 

[Boing]

Only 100,000 people left without power.

 

[Charcoal]

Looks like I am getting a new car.

Blamed it on the falling tree.

 

[HOF]

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...omers_awaiting_generators_out_for_dinner.html

 

[papasmerf]

Looks like I am getting a new car.

Blamed it on the falling tree.

how long did it take you to get the tree on it?

 

[PEPE]

how long did it take you to get the tree on it?

That's funny!

 

[Boing]

Toronto’s deputy mayor Norm Kelly thinks now might be the time to call in the army to help with the ice storm clean up.

Why not, it doesn't cost us anything. Right?.

Kelly told 680News that the city could use the manpower to join the 600 city staff that will be working seven days a week for the next eight weeks to collect and dispose of debris.

“When I heard that the cleanup was going to take six to eight weeks which is a very long period of time, I asked my staff if they would make some phone calls to explore that option. That’s as far as it went. No formal request has gone out. It hasn’t gone to the top. It was just a series of exploratory phone calls,” Kelly explained.

Kelly spoke to 680News political affairs specialist John Stall on Friday morning. Click here to listen to the full one-on-one interview.
Any request for military help would technically have to go through the province and then be assessed by federal officials.

However, speaking of technicalities, it’s unclear who would be involved or in charge of that kind of request.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne chose to deal with Kelly while co-ordinating the ice storm response but Mayor Rob Ford retained the power to declare a “state of emergency,” which he didn’t think was necessary, while the deputy did.

Former mayor Mel Lastman rode around in an armed vehicle when he called in the army during the storm of 1999.

https://www.citynews.ca/2014/01/03/...ng-in-army-for-storm-cleanup-norm-kelly-says/

 

[FUKUMAN]

Toronto’s deputy mayor Norm Kelly thinks now might be the time to call in the army to help with the ice storm clean up.

Why not, it doesn't cost us anything. Right?.

Kelly told 680News that the city could use the manpower to join the 600 city staff that will be working seven days a week for the next eight weeks to collect and dispose of debris.

“When I heard that the cleanup was going to take six to eight weeks which is a very long period of time, I asked my staff if they would make some phone calls to explore that option. That’s as far as it went. No formal request has gone out. It hasn’t gone to the top. It was just a series of exploratory phone calls,” Kelly explained.

Kelly spoke to 680News political affairs specialist John Stall on Friday morning. Click here to listen to the full one-on-one interview.
Any request for military help would technically have to go through the province and then be assessed by federal officials.

However, speaking of technicalities, it’s unclear who would be involved or in charge of that kind of request.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne chose to deal with Kelly while co-ordinating the ice storm response but Mayor Rob Ford retained the power to declare a “state of emergency,” which he didn’t think was necessary, while the deputy did.

Former mayor Mel Lastman rode around in an armed vehicle when he called in the army during the storm of 1999.

https://www.citynews.ca/2014/01/03/...ng-in-army-for-storm-cleanup-norm-kelly-says/

Why do it now. They should have done it when the blackout happened instead.