Strong winds cut off electricity in northwest Calgary on Thursday afternoon and damaged vehicles after a tent was removed from its moorings.
“We had a little dust: we had a wind,” Timgl, CEO of Charlesglen Toyota, told Global News. “It looks like a plow wind that blew through, from all indications. And unfortunately it lifted one of our long tents and threw it like a springboard.”
These stores, originally designed to protect cars from hail, have been in operation since 2016.
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The 50-meter-long tents caused damage to the surrounding infrastructure once it came out into the air.
“The best part is that no one was injured and we have little or no inventory. There are only four vehicles that look damaged. None of them (Charlesglen Toyota). Unfortunately, they are from our staff.”
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Enmax notified customers of a power outage affecting the Citadel, Royal Vista and Sherwood neighborhoods in the mid-afternoon. Just over an hour later, the company said the outage had been resolved for more than 1,100 customers.
Wind gusts disrupted a car store in northwest Calgary, damaging vehicles and cutting off power in the area on June 2, 2022. Global News
Beach sent his staff home due to the power outage Thursday afternoon.
Plans for the car dealership’s show and brilliance on Saturday for the benefit of the Cochrane Humane Society were not altered by Thursday’s gusts of wind.
“We want everyone to be sure this is still going on. We’re excited to have everyone here,” Beach said.
Global News meteorologist Danielle Savoni said the north of the city had more reports of gusts of wind during the day, which are likely to continue until evening and Friday.
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