Prince George makes list of most memorable power outages of 2020

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3. Dam trees: Busy beavers in Dawson Creek and Prince George caused over 700 customer outages when large branches from their dam construction fell into power lines.

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4. Birds of play: Ospreys in Vernon and Kelowna decided to dispose of their unneeded nest supplies by dropping sticks on BC Hydro power lines. Perhaps an attempted game of power line pick-up sticks?

5. Insect eviction: Wasps took up residence in BC Hydro’s equipment in Surrey, North Vancouver and Chemainus, and even built a nest inside a streetlight in Windermere

6. Nuts about power: Fearless squirrels chewed through wires in Nanaimo and Langley causing outages for over 8,000 customers.

7. Meter motive: In Chilliwack, crews responded to an outage call only to discover the electricity meter was missing. They later retrieved it from a burglar who was walking down the street, meter in hand.

8. Let it go!: In both Hope and Vernon, a kite broke free from its owner’s grasp, causing outages to about 2,000 customers. Luckily, the kite owners just “let it go” before the kite came into contact with the live power line.

9. Going green: East Vancouver residents may reconsider their composting habits after a plant someone tossed out their window hit electrical equipment and caused an outage to 69 people.

10. Leaf it to the professionals: In Vernon, a homeowner was lucky to escape injury after contacting the power line while cleaning his gutters, causing a power outage.