Like an army going street by street in an embattled town, Toronto Hydro crews are making slow but steady progress against the ice storm power outages. These pictures show the repairs to a transformer on Sutherland Drive and Bessborough Ave. Along Sutherland west to Bayview Ave. wires lay on sidewalks and lawns while residents wait to be re-connected. Just a block away on Rolph Rd., a man paces back and forth in front of his home about noon Boxing Day. “I still don’t have power,” he grumbles. Swinging north on Sutherland just a half block from Millwood Rd., a man and his son are smiling as they clear the snow. “It came back on this morning” the father says happily. And so it goes through the neighborhood of many curved streets. Rumsey Road, well noted in the tweets at “dark leaside”, seemed to have power on either side of Millwood. At least that’s what a number of people out on the street were saying. They show neighborly spirit, always asking “And how are you doing?” On Airdrie Rd. between McRae Drive and Crofton Rd. there are clear cases of houses — one, two or maybe three — still in the dark because of the cables laying across the street. About 145 pm. Boxing Day Brett Boertien tweeted from Leacrest Road that Hydro trucks had been spotted on the street. “Better late than never,” said Brett.Hydro army goes street by street in Leaside
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Like an army going street by street in an embattled town, Toronto Hydro crews are making slow but steady progress against the ice storm power outages. These pictures show the repairs to a transformer on Sutherland Drive and Bessborough Ave. Along Sutherland west to Bayview Ave. wires lay on sidewalks and lawns while residents wait to be re-connected. Just a block away on Rolph Rd., a man paces back and forth in front of his home about noon Boxing Day. “I still don’t have power,” he grumbles. Swinging north on Sutherland just a half block from Millwood Rd., a man and his son are smiling as they clear the snow. “It came back on this morning” the father says happily. And so it goes through the neighborhood of many curved streets. Rumsey Road, well noted in the tweets at “dark leaside”, seemed to have power on either side of Millwood. At least that’s what a number of people out on the street were saying. They show neighborly spirit, always asking “And how are you doing?” On Airdrie Rd. between McRae Drive and Crofton Rd. there are clear cases of houses — one, two or maybe three — still in the dark because of the cables laying across the street. About 145 pm. Boxing Day Brett Boertien tweeted from Leacrest Road that Hydro trucks had been spotted on the street. “Better late than never,” said Brett.