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Snowmageddon Hits the North Shuswap By Larissa Lutjen ing of December 31. All of the North Y2K had nothing on New Year's Eve of Shuswap was in the dark on New Year's 2020. By mid-day December 31, people Eve. By January 2nd, BC Hydro declared across the southern interior were trying to that 93% of customers had had their power stay on top of a heavy snowfall that made restored but for those in the “7%” that was roads impassible and cut the power to as small comfort as they went into day five many as 160,000 hydro customers at the with no power. peak of the outage. The North Shuswap In Lee Creek, Sue Allan spent the night was hit particularly hard, especially in the of December 31 in the dark listening to higher elevation regions. trees falling all around her. By morning ten For a few on trees had come Thompson Hill, down near her including the Kickhouse, including er's own Tracy two that fell on Wojciechowski, the small outbuildpower went out ings. Neighbours with the beginning in upper Lee of the snowstorm, Creek reported on the evening of that about three December 30. By feet of snow fell the time the storm in two days. was over, more Power was rethan 100 trees stored after 30 would topple on hours but would Thompson Hill go back off again weighed down with for several hours The upper part of Allan Rd. in Scotch Creek was snowed on January 3rd. snow. Some fell in for 6 days. Thankfully neighbours with bobcats were In Celista, Cynacross Squilaxable to clear the way for residents and emergency Anglemont Road thia Bentley was vehicles. A similar situation played out in many other prepared when bringing down North Shuswap neighborhoods. Kicker staff photo the power went power lines and hitting at least one out on December car. 31. With wood heat, a camp stove, a power For many others along the north side of pack inverter and a BBQ she was fairly the lake the power went out on the morn-
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