Kindergarten kids get stuck on Grouse Mountain during windstorm
High winds whipped through the Lower Mainland on Tuesday night, rerouting ferries, knocking out power, and in one case, stranding kids on top of Grouse Mountain.
A group of kindergarten kids from Surrey’s Sikh Academy had a longer-than-expected field trip to the popular North Shore destination, after the weather forced mountain operations to go on standby.
“With yesterday’s high winds we did put the Skyride on standby for safety reasons,” Grouse Mountain’s Julia Grant confirmed to Daily Hive.
As a result, the kids had no choice but to wait out the weather in the mountain-top chalet.
But according to Sikh Academy’s Vice Prinicpal Sveena Pagely, the students remained in good spirits.
“All students were fine and indoors in a chalet,” Pagely told Daily Hive. “They were well taken care of by the staff at Grouse mountain. They were provided free food and refreshments.”
After arriving at the mountain at 10 am, the students were finally able to get down and go home around 6:30 pm.
“All students, staff and parents were transported back to the school safely,” Pagely added.
Ferries rerouted
The adverse weather and high winds also resulted in the re-routing and cancelling of ferries during the evening.
#BCFHeadsUp #Tsawwassen – #DukePoint is currently operating 36 minutes behind schedule due to adverse weather conditions.^rl
— BC Ferries (@BCFerries) November 15, 2017
#BCFServiceNotices #Tsawwassen to #DukePoint 8:15pm has been cancelled due to weather conditions.^rl
— BC Ferries (@BCFerries) November 15, 2017
#ServiceNotices #DukePoint to #Tsawwassen 10:45pm has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.^rl
— BC Ferries (@BCFerries) November 15, 2017
#BCFServiceNotices #DukePoint to #Tsawwassen 8:15pm has be revised to leave from #DukePoint and arrival at #HorseshoeBay due to adverse weather conditions.^rl
— BC Ferries (@BCFerries) November 15, 2017
#BCFServiceNotices #Tsawwassen to #DukePoint 10:45pm has be revised to leave from #HorseshoeBay and arrive at #DukePoint due to adverse weather conditions.^rl
— BC Ferries (@BCFerries) November 15, 2017
#BCFHeadsUp #DepartureBay to #HorseshoeBay the #QueenofOakBay is currently operating 40minutes behind schedule due to adverse weather.^rl
— BC Ferries (@BCFerries) November 15, 2017
Numerous power outages
Numerous power outages were reported across the region as well, leaving thousands of customers in the dark and hydro crews working to keep up.
Crews will be heading to an outage affecting 2400 customers on #GalianoIsland caused by a wind storm. They’ll share updates here: https://t.co/TtlTnJhhnQ pic.twitter.com/UkveHh42dZ
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) November 15, 2017
Crews are on site in #YVR #Vancouver working to restore power to 1300 for 10am. Latest updates: https://t.co/7Pm71oqvXT pic.twitter.com/P1fpONtlwn
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) November 15, 2017
Crews expect to arrive around 5am at an outage affecting 800 in #RichmondBC. We’ll have updates here: https://t.co/gxesqX544F pic.twitter.com/FdJwdGjXx4
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) November 15, 2017
Crews are en route to an outage affecting 3400 in #LangleyBC #SurreyBC; expect to arrive around 5:10am. Updates: https://t.co/T4T34iFLVC pic.twitter.com/SDxcmW8zOv
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) November 15, 2017
Crews are on-site at an outage affecting 530 customers in #Burnaby. They’re working to restore power by 12:30 a.m. Updates: https://t.co/hlclN2UkLx pic.twitter.com/lKvPo0ly6U
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) November 15, 2017
Crews are enroute to an outage affecting 1000 customers in #SurreyBC. They hope to arrive by 11:25 p.m. & will share updates here: https://t.co/wEslUHBWyi pic.twitter.com/pg1OmMjyfd
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) November 15, 2017
An outage is affecting 1000 customers in #Whistler, caused by a tree on our wires. We’ll have the latest info once crews arrive: https://t.co/o44fqNDd3U pic.twitter.com/HUs6BfDe88
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) November 15, 2017
While Tuesday dawned a little calmer, the forecast calls for more wind and rain throughout the week.