Sundre’s council — along with much of the community — briefly found itself in the dark last week, but was undeterred and remained committed to continuing with a regular meeting as planned.
A strong storm that swept through the surrounding area threatening hail on Monday, July 30 resulted in a temporary power outage after lightning struck and downed a line, said Kevin Haslbeck, communications advisor with FortisAlberta.
The power first started flickering out at around 5:52 p.m., he said, adding a total of 1,288 customers were affected by the service interruption.
Barely half an hour later, by 6:30 p.m., power was restored to 830 customers — including the Sundre council chambers — with another 40 customers back up by 7 p.m., he said, adding the remaining customers had power restored by 1:30 a.m.
However, despite the warnings issued about the potential for severe conditions including damaging hail, Sundre was spared the worst and did not suffer any extensive or widespread damage.
