Current Status in Halifax
Kerry's here chatting on Yahoo and doing schoolwork. I'm catching up on email and listening to Evanescence.
The RCMP and metro police are requesting people to stay at home, via radio announcements, to keep roads clear for repair crews and emergency vehicles.
By late morning, the south end of Halifax was swarming with tourists, students, and citizens walking and driving around to see the damage. The radio reported that at the peak of the outage nearly 300,000 people were without power, and 100,000 still are. Parts of the city are back on, but the metro area won't be completely restored until late tomorrow. Outlying areas are expected to take 3 or 4 days.
The fishing village of Herring Cove, just outside Halifax, is reported to have suffered major damage to fishing boats and wharves.
We're lucky here, I guess, since we've had power all day. Phone, cable and internet service was restored around 4:45. The only stores open now are convenience stores (some open without power) and a few restaurants downtown. Actually, most of downtown seems to be recovering ok, except for a few roads blocked off until debris is removed and broken glass cleared from the upper stories of damaged buildings.
So, it looks like tonight will be staying at home, reading books or watching TV.