We didn't get hit that badly in Ottawa - the winds were (barely) a few mph too slow to be a gale, and there were no twisters. The city did, however, lose more power poles than we lost in the Great Ice Storm of 1998, and parts of the city are likely to be without power until the middle of the weekend. The worst reported casualty was a woman who had both of her legs crushed by a falling tree - her employer has organized a fund-raiser for her medical bills next week.
(And the place where I live lost two pine trees, but they're relatively easy to replace around here.)
We got off lucky, in comparison.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
(And the place where I live lost two pine trees, but they're relatively easy to replace around here.)
We got off lucky, in comparison.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012