toronto a-ok (a blackout thread)

No power issues here, yet, but a block north of us there's a significant swath of powerlessness (just east of Christie Pits).

Have similar feelings about _our_ neighbour's humungous tree, which leans over our house, covered in ice. As more ice accumulates and (we're told) the wind will be picking up overnight.

Good luck!

You too. As soon as all this clears up, I've vowed to do something I should have done long ago--see if I have any legal standing to get them to cut down this tree. (I've dropped hints.) If it ever does come down on my house, I have a feeling I wouldn't see any insurance money from either their end or mine.

my lights have stayed on so far (parkdale). hoping it doesn't get too windy by the lake tonight, as i'm surrounded by huge trees on all sides.

No power since 11pm Saturday in Cedarvale - a huge tree in my neighbour's yard went down, thankfully in the opposite direction.. Doesn't look like it hit anything. We're cold and our food is in coolers in the back :P trekked out to Scarborough to check on my Grandma.. There are NO LIGHTS east of Kennedy station except for a fucking Walmart whose parking lot was all lit up :P

I liked the warm weather blackout better :(

unexpectedly, it looks like all the ice encasings have gone from the trees overnight, at least around here. Hoping power's been restored to at least some of you folks, it looks cold out there.

East End looks like it's getting the worst of this: http://www.torontohydro.com/sites/electricsystem/PowerOutages/Pages/OutageMap.aspx

Power came back on while I was at work this evening! I went to a friends house to shower this afternoon, it felt amazing after two mornings without showers. Apartment is still cold, but oven is on full blast to kickstart it.

15 years

http://gothamist.com/2018/08/14/blackout_2003_15_year_anniversary.php

I walked home across the Brooklyn Bridge. The convenience stores were being stripped of their ice cream and pornography.