NB Power is making
headway in getting power restored with more than 28 thousand homes and
businesses around the province without, which is down from the more than
51 thousand yesterday morning.
There are still more than 14 thousand in the Rothesay
region. This includes not only Rothesay but Grand Bay-Westfield,
Quispamsis, Hampton, Nauwigewauk, Titusville, the Kingston Peninsula, Nerepis, Rowley, Queenstown and Passekeag.
NB
Power is now estimating restoration could be anywhere from late
tomorrow night to Saturday night depending on where you live.
Warming
centres have been set up at the Brundage Point River Centre in Grand
Bay-Westfield, the Lighthouse River Centre in Hampton, the Quispamsis
Civic Centre above the #2 fire station on Civic Road and at
Rothesay-Netherwood in Heritage Hall.
Saint
John Energy, in its latest update, is reporting power outages on
Keating Road, Kirkpatrick Lane, Bradley Lake Road, Dolan Road, Janes
Way, Woodside Drive, Bay Crescent Drive, Chalmers Drive, Station Road
and Upper Golden Grove. There's no estimate when the power will be back
on.
There
are more than 75 hundred homes and businesses still in the dark in the
St.
Stephen region. This includes as well as St. Stephen, Blacks Harbour,
St. George, Lepreau, Harvey, McAdam, St. Andrews, Pennfield,
Musquash, Utopia, Oak Bay, Waweig, Yoho, Pocologan, Back Bay, Oak Bay,
Little Ridge, Chamcook, Bocabec, Oak Hill and Digdeguash. NB Power is
estimating it could be anywhere from tonight before power is restored
for a few customers in McAdam but, for most still without electricity,
it appears to be late Saturday night now.
Warming stations have been set up at the Civic Centre in St. George and the D-F-O Biological Station in St. Andrews.
More
than 31 hundred homes and businesses are without electricity in the Sussex area
with NB Power estimating it will be late tomorrow night before over a thousand customers in Jemseg get their
service restored but the latest estimate for most is late Saturday night.