Prince George, B.C. - A severe thunderstorm over Prince George has brought with it hail, lightning, thunder,  lots of rain and power outages.

 

BC Hydro is reporting several outages in the Prince George region all caused by lightning.  The exact  number of customers impacted is not clear. BC Hydro spokesperson, Bob Gammer says  when  an outage is caused by lightning it could be that one person is knocked off the grid,  while their neighbour is fine, or it may be that  entire circuits  have been blown.  "We ask that if someone is without power, that they call our toll free line 1-888-POWERON." 

 

Gammer says they have dispatched crews and repairs are  already being made. "We will call in more  crews if needed"says Gammer.

 

Here is the preliminary list of outages:  ,Click here for the latest  list

 

 

Date Off Est. Time On Area # Out Cause Last Updated   Prince George Jul 05 18:42 Jul 06 02:00 10100 - 10200 block EDELMANN RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:44 Prince George Jul 05 17:45 Jul 06 02:00 10000 block AUSTGARDEN RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 17:46   Prince George Jul 05 18:44 Jul 06 02:00 2800 block FRASER RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:45 Prince George Jul 05 18:48 Jul 06 02:00 7800 - 7900 block BEAVER RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:50   Prince George Jul 05 18:20 Jul 06 02:00 5900 block CHILAKO STN RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:22 Prince George Jul 05 18:16 Jul 06 02:00 24000 block TELACHICK RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:17   Prince George Jul 05 18:19 Jul 06 02:00 4100 - 4200 block JOHNSON RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:20 Prince George Jul 05 18:50 Jul 06 02:00 10500 block EDELMANN RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:52   Prince George Jul 05 18:51 Jul 06 02:00 North-East of EDELMAN RD, South-West of PRODAHL RD 6 Lightning Jul 05 18:52 Prince George Jul 05 18:51 Jul 06 02:00 8900 block EDELMANN RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:52   Prince George Jul 05 19:10 Jul 06 02:00 6700 - 6800 block CHILAKO RD, CHILAKO RD P15 5 Lightning Jul 05 19:11 Prince George Jul 05 19:00 Jul 06 02:00 6700 - 6900 block PARSNIP RD 5 Lightning Jul 05 19:01   Prince George Jul 05 19:17 Jul 06 02:00 7100 - 7200 block PARSNIP RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 19:18 Prince George Jul 05 19:29 Jul 06 02:00 AIRPORT FIRE TRAINING < 5 Lightning Jul 05 19:29   Prince George Jul 05 19:23 Jul 06 02:00 22400 - 22600 block CAMP RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 19:24 Prince George Jul 05 19:24 Jul 06 02:00 8000 block PARSNIP RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 19:26   Prince George Jul 05 19:26 Jul 06 02:00 7400 block WANSA RD, 2300 block FRASER RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 19:27 Prince George Jul 05 18:55 Jul 06 02:00 6000 block LOWER MUD RIVER RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:55   Prince George Jul 05 18:55 Jul 06 02:00 PORTAGE RD P63 < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:57 Prince George Jul 05 19:34 Jul 06 02:00 23100 block CAMP RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 19:34   Prince George Jul 05 19:34 Jul 06 02:00 9800 block EDELMAN RD, 9700 - 9900 block EDELMANN RD 7 Lightning Jul 05 19:35 Prince George Jul 05 19:37 Jul 06 02:00 7000 block CHILAKO RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 19:38   Prince George Jul 05 19:38 Jul 06 02:00 7000 block BEAVER RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 19:39 Prince George Jul 05 17:44 Jul 06 02:00 6100 block LOWER MUD RIVER RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 17:45   Prince George Jul 05 17:55 Jul 06 02:00 22800 block CAMP RD, 10300 block EDELMANN RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 17:56 Prince George Jul 05 17:55 Jul 06 02:00 5200 block CHILAKO STN RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 17:56   Prince George Jul 05 18:52 Jul 06 02:00 22000 block CAMP RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:53 Prince George Jul 05 18:16 Jul 06 02:00 14300 - 14400 block BERGMAN RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:18   Prince George Jul 05 18:33 Jul 06 02:00 10400 block EDELMANN RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:34 Prince George Jul 05 18:31 Jul 06 02:00 2200 block SINTICH RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:36   Prince George Jul 05 18:53 Jul 06 02:00 9800 block PRODAHL RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:53 Prince George Jul 05 18:54 Jul 06 02:00 18100 block SHIELDS RD < 5 Lightning Jul 05 18:54