Four and a half hours after everything shut down, the lights came back. The mobile news feeds had indicated that 80% of Mississauga were without power. The news channel is saying it's about 100,000 homes. Comparatively, about 300,000 people in Toronto are powerless, including my parents. It looks like part of the city aren't going to get power back until tomorrow morning.
It was fascinating watching the power come back one grid at a time. The buildings just to the south got their juice back first. It was a little sad to see the lights on just two blocks down the street from me, but I knew that it wouldn't be a long dark night.
The average rainfall for the month of July fell in one hour. There's flooding everywhere. I guess we'll see what happens tomorrow.
"If the rain comes they run and hide their heads"
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