Windstorm Keeps Emergency Crews Busy

Well it appears that big wind Lambert is a jinx when it comes to windstorms although this last one did not cause him to loose his home at least. Some of you may remember a small breeze that cut its way through Sooke two or three years ago. Seems that the Duty Officer on that night was Lt. Lambert and it appears that we are now experiencing round two. Five calls were received in the morning hours of Good Friday. It began around 8:30 with a report of a tree on power lines on West Coast Rd. This was followed by a second call on one minute later reporting lines down and burning on Sooke River Rd. While responding to that, two more calls were received. The first for a tree and power lines down further out on West Coast Road and then for a tree on a house on Calvert Road with a somewhat concerned pregnant woman inside. This coupled with another serious set of trees and wires down on Otter Point Rd., completely closed off all access to points west of Sooke. Thanks to quick working fire crews, along with help from BC Hydro, RCMP, Sooke Towing and Otter Point FD all incidents were safely handled and traffic was back to normal within a couple of hours. The final truck was back in the station by 11:30 although many residents will be without power for some hours yet.