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May 24, 2022 • 27 minutes ago • 8 minutes reading • Join the Ottawa conversation. May 24, 2022: Workers began cutting branches and clearing debris on Tuesday after a massive tree split during Saturday’s storm on Belmont Avenue in Old Ottawa South. Photo by Jacquie Miller jpg
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74,000: number of people in Ottawa without electricity as of Tuesday 1:00 p.m. 106,000: number of people whose power has been restored 2-4 days ‘Ottawa. Key News: Some Ottawa Schools Reopen Wednesday, OC Transpo In Operation, residents urged residents to stay off-road unless necessary and work from home, respite centers, open spoiled food deliveries
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The City of Ottawa provided an update on recovery efforts Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. The briefing, which aired live on the city’s YouTube channel, included updates from the Ottawa Police Service and Hydro Ottawa.
You can see the briefing at this link.
Mayor Jim Watson opens the media session by saying that 106,000 Hydro Ottawa customers have been restarted and that 74,000 are still in the dark. Hydro Ottawa estimates that most customers will be back in service in “two or three days.”
Hydro Ottawa’s Joseph Muglia described the storm damage as “catastrophic”. He said the number of damaged surveys is more than three times the number removed by the 2018 tornadoes. Three transmission towers near Hunt Club Road and Highway 417 were torn down by the winds. Utilities in Toronto, Kingston, New Brunswick and the United States are in the city to help restore the power grid, he said.
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Watson said clearing fallen trees and debris “will take weeks” and urged people to be patient.
He also urged people to stay home, if they can, and keep the roads clear for emergency vehicles and cleaning equipment.
“The fewer people on the roads, the better because we still have a number of intersections and major roads (Woodroffe, Baseline and Merivale) that still face major challenges.”
Watson said some people have been driving to the worst-hit areas to see the damage.
“The last thing the neighbors need. They are under a lot of stress and the last one they need or the “storm tourists” come in and take pictures of fallen pines. “
The city has intensified the collection of green containers to help residents dispose of spoiled food. Take it out of the package before putting it in the green container. The City Council has also installed containers for organic waste in different places.
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More details are available at ottawa.ca.
Alain Gonthier, director general of Public Works, says more than 40 roads are still closed due to fallen rubble, but now half of the traffic lights that were cut have been restored.
The ongoing green trash blitz will ensure that “public health does not become the new emergency,” Gonthier said.
Picking up green bins will take time, he says. But they’re making several passes, so if the green bin is picked up today, grab it and put it back in tomorrow. Put only the organics in the green bin, he said. That is the priority. Do not dispose of garden waste.
Some 2,000 people visited the city’s emergency respite centers on Monday to take a hot shower or to charge their devices. Kim Ayotte, director of emergency services and protection services, said the number had dropped today as electricity was restored, but more than 1,000 people were expected to use the centers on Tuesday.
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Eight families have asked the city for help finding temporary accommodation, either because their homes were damaged or without electricity.
Heavy storm damage in eastern Ontario and western Quebec has caused residents to call their insurance companies.
The Insurance Bureau of Canada said on Tuesday that it was still too early to estimate the total cost of the insured damages. The first estimate is expected in 45 days.
According to the IBC, Catastrophe Indices and Quantifications Inc. provides the licensed estimate to the IBC.
“Wind damage is usually covered by home, commercial property and comprehensive car insurance policies,” the IBC said in a statement. “Anyone affected by this event, or who has questions about their home, car or business insurance, should call their insurance representative or the Consumer Information Center. from IBC to 1-844-2ask-IBC. We’re here to help. “
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IBC provides advice to residents of wind-damaged properties at www.ibc.ca/on/disaster/wind.
Many services in the city of Ottawa are closed on Tuesdays, including child care centers and all leisure and cultural programming, face-to-face activities, reservations and virtual programming. (Although facilities hosting advanced provincial election polls and respite centers will continue to provide these services.)
Ottawa Library offices are closed, except at the following locations, which will be open Tuesdays from 1 to 8 p.m .: Beaverbrook; Cumberland; Greenboro; Principal; Nepean Centrepointe; and Ruth E. Dickinson.
The Constellation Drive Provincial Offenses Court is also closed Tuesday.
With so many gas stations without electricity and some distribution centers also knocked out, the search for fuel sometimes began to resemble the Hunger Games.
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My car was in smoke yesterday. We visited 6 gas stations before finding one that was open. We waited 2 hours in lineup, but we have a full tank and are mobile again. Yes. .
– Shaun Scholtz (@ShaunScholtzUX) May 24, 2022
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Many of the outlets that had gasoline soon dried up as drivers from all over the city gathered at the open stations.
“We’ve had to drop several fuel-free sites in the last few days. That’s not unique to us, and many of them are now starting to be online again,” said Peter MacEwen, president of MacEwen Petroleum.
“We’ve also had some disruptions in fuel supply because the fuel terminals have run out of electricity.”
The company expects one of the terminals to be operational again on Tuesday, he said.
“We’re a little bit prepared for that, so we just sent trucks to fill them up elsewhere to keep things going,” MacEwen said. “There is a consolidation of demand in the stations that are open. It’s hard to keep up with those places that are much busier than usual. But we hope that everything will be short-lived. “
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In a briefing in the city on Tuesday afternoon, Kim Ayotte, director general of emergency services and protection, said many stations were back in operation on Tuesday and the alignments had dissipated.
But in at least one case, a Kemptville driver found that his truck had been dry on Sunday night.
“I started my truck today. I wonder why it was so empty because I would never leave it so low,” Jeremy Illingworth posted on a Kemptville Facebook group. “I hope anyone who has helped themselves needs it at least to work. I drained it dry … At least I could have put the gas cap back on the dam.”
Hydro One, Ontario’s provincial energy supplier, said it had restored electricity to 479,000 customers by noon Tuesday. Saturday’s storm knocked down 1,000 miles of power lines and broke more than 1,400 poles, Hydro One said.
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Teams have restored food to more than 479,000 customers, and as they progress, there are still major repairs to be made. With more than 1,400 broken poles and 1,000 km of downhill lines, recovering energy is an important task. Updates: #ONstorm pic.twitter.com/S9eLYLHYgO
– Hydro One (@HydroOne) May 24, 2022
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GoodLife Fitness said Tuesday that three of its Ottawa locations will open for people to shower and charge their electronic devices. The gym said people could come to their gyms at Strandherd Crossing, 3181 Strandherd Dr. to Barrhaven, Hazeldean Mall at 300 Eagleson Rd. in Kanata and Herongate Square, 1600 Heron Road.
“GoodLife Fitness would like to express our deepest condolences to those affected by the power outages in the Ottawa area,” the company said in an email.
Green Container Collection: Residents of these rooms can install green containers and storm debris for collection, the city said:
Barri 6 – Stittsville Barri 9 – Knoxdale-Merivale Barri 16 – RiverWard 19 – Cumberland
“Priority will be given to food waste in most of Stittsville in Ward 6, all communities in Ward 9 that have lost electricity, Riverside Riverside Park and the Mooney’s Bay area in Ward 16 and the villages of Navan, Cumberland and Sarsfield in Ward 19, “the city said.
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“The collection will take time, so if the green container is not collected at the end of the day, it is …