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2- The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday December 19, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Storm knocks out power Season's greetings Happy Chanukah Feliz Navidad Shubh Naya Baras The weekend's snowstorm not only created lots of shoveling work and unsafe roads, but it deprived some Oakville residents and businesses of power for a few hours. At around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, a scaffold that was set up in front of the Staybridge Suites Hotel on Wyecroft Road, just east of Bronte, came in contact with a set of nearby power lines. "From what we can gather the wind took the scaffolding and toppled it into our two feeders (power lines)," said Bruce Evans, Director of Operations, Oakville Hydro. "The scaffolding was enclosed with plastic, I'm assuming so the workers inside would be protected from the elements, and the wind got inside and, basically, the plastic became like a large sail and pulled the scaffolding away from the side of the building and onto our two circuits." The damaged scaffold brought two power lines to the ground and also dragged down a Bell Cable and fibre cable, which carries internet service. The dead short, as Evans calls it, affected between 600-700 Oakville Hydro customers, many of whom were commercial groups located along Wyecroft Road and nearby service roads. Customers in the Glen Abbey area were also affected. Oakville Hydro crews laboured on the damage throughout Sunday with the first two circuits being repaired in about three hours while total repairs were completed by the day's end. Service dog provides extra pair of eyes Continued from page 1 Fröhliche Weihnachten Buon Natale OUR STUDENTS Vrolijk Kerstfeest Buon Natale represent more than 26 different countries. Experience the world at Appleby College. 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