Surrey among hardest-hit areas in wicked windstorm
Contractors trim limbs and repair damage to power lines on 82A Avenue in Surrey, more than 48 hours after Saturday's windstorm. Bonnie Bucholtz photo A massive oak tree, likely planted close to 100 years ago at what is now Port Kells Park, lost a major portion of its trunk in Saturday's windstorm. The tree fell across 88 Avenue and remnants of it can be found on both sides of the street. Frank Bucholtz photo This week's column in the Surrey Leader and Peace Arch News Surrey was likely the hardest-hit area of all the many parts of B.C. affected by Saturday’s windstorm. As of Tuesday night, less than 2,000 of the 710,000 customers who had lost power as result of the storm were waiting for restoration of service. Most of them were in Surrey. On Monday morning, when slightly over 50,000 customers were waiting for electricity, more than 20,000 of them were in Surrey. There were 137 separate outages in Surrey still awaiting repair at that time, according to BC...