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HALIFAX:<\/strong> Nova Scotia Power will be opening its Emergency Operations Centre on Monday, (December 11) at 9am \u201cBased on the latest weather forecasts we are expecting rain and high winds for long durations to move across \u201cWe have decided to activate our Emergency Operations Centre to best coordinate planning for our storm response.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The EOC is staffed with employees from across the company. The Nova Scotia Power team is also working closely \u201cWe will be positioning crews across the province so they are ready to respond as soon as it is safe to do so,\u201d said \u201cHigh winds can cause trees to come into contact with power lines causing power outages and can also Customers are encouraged to be prepared too, by securing items outside their homes and having an emergency ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”192″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”206″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can find a full list of safety and storm preparedness tips on their website:www.nspower.ca\/stormready <\/p>\n\n\n\n Outage Information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Customers can report outages and get estimated restoration times online at outagemap.nspower.ca or by calling Estimated restoration times are updated as our crews assess the damage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For more info on restoration phases visit: http:\/\/nspower.ca\/storm<\/p>\n\n\n\n QUICK FACTS: Wind Storms<\/p>\n\n\n\n High winds can cause power lines to come down due to trees or branches falling on lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The impact can vary depending on how fast the weather system moves across a region\/province and the strength of the wind and how long it lasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n High winds can slow restoration efforts as crews will stand down when winds reach 80km\/hour until it is safe to go back up in the buckets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n if a customer\u2019s electrical equipment is damaged \u2013 such as a meter mast \u2013 they need a certified electrician to make repairs before NS Power can safely restore power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”169″] [adrotate banner=”188″] HALIFAX: Nova Scotia Power will be opening its Emergency Operations Centre on Monday, (December 11) at 9amahead of the approaching weather. \u201cBased on the latest weather forecasts we are expecting rain and high winds for long durations to move acrossthe province starting Monday morning,\u201d said Matt Drover, Nova Scotia Power\u2019s Storm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[390,2,5840,121,260,237],"class_list":["post-41231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-enfield","tag-fall-river","tag-high-winds","tag-hrm","tag-n-s-power","tag-storm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
ahead of the approaching weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the province starting Monday morning,\u201d said Matt Drover, Nova Scotia Power\u2019s Storm Lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
with the Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
slow restoration efforts, as crews must stand down when winds reach 80km an hour, until it\u2019s safe to go up in the
buckets.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
kit handy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
1-877-428-6004. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n