Ottawa Severe T-storm

[Jammin_Jay]

Wow, winds blowing trees right over, 140 km/h. wind gusts.
Bluesfest stage blown right over, collapse, People trapped underneath
Intense lightning, power out in west side of city

Ottawa Active with constant comm chatter from EMS, Police, Fire.

Ottawa Fire on 2 tac channels

live feed covers the 3...
for those not local to Ottawa
Ottawa area Police, Fire, and MTO 417 Live Scanner Audio Feed

 

[Jay911]

Yikes.. I was in the area this AM. Flew into Ontario via YOW last night and doing a southern ON tour all this week/part of next.

I promise, I didn't mean to bring the nasty stuff east with me.

Everyone stay safe!

 

[roots]

Bluesfest stage collapsing: ‪Ottawa Bluesfest Stage Collapsing Down‬‏ - YouTube

All emergency services have calls waiting, it's a pretty crazy night!!!

 

[DaveH]

Sure glad I didn't take that bike ride down the Western Parkway along the
river which by timing would have landed me in the middle of all of this. But
checking the weather report not long before this unfolded, plus it being a bit
on the hot side, plus the subtle warning of cool breezes blowing in shortly
beforehand, convinced me to stay home.

Police were ceratinly busy but I didn't really miss hearing them, much as
activty of Ottawa Fire and EMS was quite enough. Hydro Ottawa were
interesting to hear, and they're still working on things. Power was out here for
about 5 hours, good thing for battery-powered scanners (and big batteries).

Somebody elsewhere was asking about BluesFest activty. Funny how this
comes up at the end of, or after the event, if ever.

Dave