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Man, I really hope the show isn't doing any location shoots in the downtown Vancouver area right now.

Power's out in downtown Vancouver

Apparently there was an underground explosion and fire. No huge destruction or stuff like that, it's not a major disaster, but the power's out.

According to the news, this happened at 9 AM this morning and it took 12 hours to clear the fumes from the area for BC Hydro (power company) to get in and assess the situation. A major line of 14 cables has to be completely replaced. They estimate two or three days to get power back. About 3000 customers are out including huge office buildings, hotels, and apartments, I think they said on the news, as well as water pumps, traffic signals, and the electric trolley lines for parts of the transit system are all out.

Seriously though, the downtown Vancouver area's going to be a truly scary place (more so than usual) tonight and for the next few nights while they're in the dark. I hope anyone who's there is okay and keeps safe.

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yikes! hopefully if they were planned there's other stuff they can do instead....

didn't Vancouver have one of the major substations or something go on the fritz last summer? they could get by with one but were asking people to cut down on their power usage....I wonder if it's related?

*also hoping everyone in the affected areas stays safe*

I don't think so, there was smoke and a large gout of flame on the news some German tourists caught on their camera phone. It'll probably be up on youtube somewhere before the night is out.

The show usually sticks to other parts of the Lower Mainland. They're in Surrey a lot and the main offices are in Burnaby, but they do occasionally shoot in the more urban areas. Costs a heck of a lot though for permits and interfereing with traffic and so forth so it's a very off off chance they'd be filming where the power outage is. Still, there is a chance.

I've been on foot in downtown Vancouver alone at night. It's freaky enough as it is.

Sooo glad I left the city for my "weekend" this morning, and glad I won't get back until it's fixed or close to it. Not that I'd be in any way affected except by the Evil Bus System of Death, but … definitely glad.

I don't think we need to worry about filming. They don't shoot in downtown. It's always out in the burbs or the rural areas or UBC, none of which would be affected. ^^

Yeah, it's a good time to not be in Vancouver :-) I didn't think there was much of a chance, especially with the budget being cut. I'm thinking city shoots are more expensive than the rest of the lower mainland.

*envies Vancouvers transit system*

Yeah, they are. Crews are apparently made to pay through their nose and forfeit limbs to get parking. (If they don't have to park anything, I think it's quite affordable.)

*pities you with your bus system, if the System of Death is better*

Heh. Let's see. Small city Vancouver Island transit. Buses about every half hour on most routes, but allow at absolute minimum a fifteen minute window from the time on the schedule to when they actually arrive, early or late. Also, most routes shut down at 6pm, and the rest shut down at 9pm.

It's okay as long as you don't have a scheduled day where you have to be anywhere at any particular time. I've had to give up trying to make it work as a practical transporation system entirely though. :-P

You have a point. That is worse, though the fifteen minute window rule applies perfectly to the route I live on and which enables me to get to work every day. *sigh* Most Vancouver buses go through a twenty minute ± ten minute cycle. The only really good thing is that they run late.

Don't blame you. I'm gradually developing paranoia about my own. (The Bus God is out to get me. >>)

Wow, I don't even want to think about the chaos that caused:P Luckily we are all over here on the island *pats island* I am with though though, Vancouver at night scarrry place, did it once after being at a club..yikes.
Hope they get everything back soon.

Sharon

Ours frequently run early, which is a real pain. If you are wanting to transfer to a different bus at any point that isn't a timing point, you pretty much have to get the driver of your bus to confirm the arrival time of the other bus with it's driver, or you have no hope of catching it. :-P

The Bus God is out to get me.

Hm. Sam and Dean Vs the God of Transit Systems. I bet that god is closely related to Tricksters. ;-)

They apparently had a massive police presence on the streets in the affected areas, and things went okay last night. They've gotten some sections reconnected today, so the area will be getting progressively smaller, so hopefully it'll be quiet again tonight.

Well, as much as I loathe the unreliable buses in Victoria, at least they don't run on electricity so if the power goes out, you can go home. I'd hate to be sitting on the SkyTrain in the dark for hours, can you imagine how much that would suck? Sounds like the problem is under control now though.

I'd hate to be sitting on the SkyTrain in the dark for hours, can you imagine how much that would suck?

Sounds like the start of a horror movie. I was on one of those things when there was an emergency stop and the thing went from zipping along at top speed to a dead stop in less than a second, and I observed the reason they tell people not to lean against the doors. Sudden stops make them jump open a little. Very freaky.

I love the Skytrain though. I can't go to Vancouver without riding on it at least once, or spending some time just listening to it running along the tracks.

Sounds like the start of a horror movie.
It does, doesn't it? Yeah, when the bus gets really full here, people sometimes lean against the doors, or in the stairwell and they get thrown around a bit. One lady fell down the stairs of a double decker once...I don't think she was hurt though.

Oh, wouldn't that just be great to see? XD

"Dude, we've been waiting here for an hour!"
"Actually, Dean, it's only been 45 minutes."
"Still. You'd think the bus would be on time."
"Dean, it's a city bus. They're all like this."
"Huh. Really?"
"Really."
"Huh."
"Especially when you need to get somewhere."
"Huh."
"It's part of Murphy's Law."
"Damn Murphy. …Think we could take him on?"

Heeeeeeeeeeee! Oh that's awesome :-D

Thank you! XD

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