Wind knocks out power to thousands in the Cariboo

   BC Hydro is reporting more power outages in the Cariboo today. (Oct 24)
   The 100 Mile House area has been the hardest hit today with 12-hundred 29 customers impacted by a large outage west of Little Green Lake Road, which is southeast of 100 Mile in the vicinity of Interlakes and Bridge Lake.
   There is also an outage impacting 320 customers south of Little Fort along Highway 24.
   There 6 other smaller outages in the South Cariboo impacting 80 customers.
   A total of 9 outages have been reported in Williams Lake, three from today.
   The largest, impacting 882 customers, is in the Black Creek Road area.
   As for Quesnel, it appears the worst may be in the rear view mirror.
   BC Hydro is reporting a total of 8 outages but all of them are small impacting a total of 67 customers.
   A full list of the outages in the Cariboo can be found on BC Hydro’s website.

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