'There could be a few stragglers': Countdown is on to get last 20,000 NB Power customers connected by Christmas
CTV
The Christmas spirit may be dwindling in some parts of New Brunswick, with some residents telling CTV Atlantic their homes are so cold they can’t thaw their turkey.
The Christmas spirit may be dwindling in some parts of New Brunswick, with some residents telling CTV Atlantic their homes are so cold they can’t thaw their turkey.
Thursday night will be the fourth for thousands of NB Power customers after a wind and rain stormed knocked out power to over 129,000 customers at its peak.
Youssef Nakhle lives in a neighbourhood in the centre of Fredericton. He is renting a generator which runs his fridge and freezer and is only buying food they can eat in one day.
Their home is cold. his wife, in her eighties, is wearing a jacket and house robe, and patience is wearing thin.
“When I go to bed at night, my bed is frozen,” he said. “I hope we get power today, if not, it will be very…(sigh)”
When asked if there could be some customers who do experience Christmas in the dark, Nicolle Poirier said their goal is for that not to happen.
The vice-president of operations at NB Power said certain customers should prepare just in case. Those customers are the ones listed as a single incident or outage on the website.
