This is what a derecho can do

We got hit by a wicked storm on Saturday, May 21st. Environment Canada later labelled it as a "derecho", a kind of storm that is effectively a long and very wide thunderstorm with highly destructive winds. It literally was like being inside a hurricane. When it hit, we couldn't even see the cars that were parked five feet away from our office windows. The rain was moving sideways and there was so much of it it actually greyed out the air. It was worse than being in a winter blizzard with whiteout conditions.

At the height of the storm, all the lights went out all over the city, and they are still not back everywhere. Five people were killed by falling trees, and over 450 power poles were snapped in half. The power company says that the infrastructure damage was worse than the ice storm of 1998, or the seven tornadoes that struck us in 2018. My server farm was knocked out and we didn't get power back for over a day. My office was out of power for three days until our neighbours brought in a giant generator and offered to hook us up. We are still running on the generator and may not get reconnected to the grid for a few days yet.

The board is now back up, but it was off for a day or so. My apologies for not posting this sooner, but running the election, especially in an office with no power, has been a challenge.