Sootoday: everything we know so far

A total of 34,065 customers were left without electricity as the city's supply of electricty was cut off shortly before 11 a.m. Sootoday has emerged this Friday as one of the stories drawing attention in Canada.

Key facts

• A total of 34,065 customers were left without electricity as the city's supply of electricty was cut off shortly before 11 a.m.
• PUC Services says electricity is once again flowing in Sault Ste.
• As of 12:18 p.m., each of the four outages is listed as restored on the utility's website.
• Marie and Prince Township went out shortly before 11 a.m. impacting more than 34,000 homes and businesses.
• As of 11:54 a.m., PUC reported that 75 per cent of customers' power was restored.

What we know

Going deeper, PUC Services says electricity is once again flowing in Sault Ste.

On the substance, as of 12:18 p.m., each of the four outages is listed as restored on the utility's website.

Beyond the headlines, Marie and Prince Township went out shortly before 11 a.m. impacting more than 34,000 homes and businesses.

More precisely, as of 11:54 a.m., PUC reported that 75 per cent of customers' power was restored.

It is worth noting that Algoma Power reported a brief outage impacting around 30 customers north of the city, but that outage was short-lived.

By the numbers

At this stage, the lights went out at 10:44 a.m. and were back on by by 11 a.m., according to the company's outage page.

On a related note, Marie that are currently impacting nearly 600 customers.

Going deeper, According to outage notices, one outage is affecting 413 customers, while a second is impacting 170 customers.

On the substance, the outage map says they started at approximately 7:07 and 7:08 p.m., respectively.

The wider context

On a related note, Something unusual is happening' to the lake's most abundant variety of lake trout, the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission reported.

Going deeper, MARQUETTE, Mich. — Scientists will board a research vessel this summer and drop nets in the farthest reaches of Lake Superior to try to learn more about what they have dubbed "zombie" fish.

On the substance, Anyone with information about the outages is asked to contact PUC at 705-759-6555.

Beyond the headlines, Biologists are concerned because they are finding an increasing number of extremely thin siscowets up to 1,300 feet below the surface, about 55 km north of Munising, Mich.

More precisely, In an interview Wednesday, he said sampling has been conducted for the past 10 years.

The bottom line

• As of 12:18 p.m., each of the four outages is listed as restored on the utility's website.
• As of 11:54 a.m., PUC reported that 75 per cent of customers' power was restored.
• The lights went out at 10:44 a.m. and were back on by by 11 a.m., according to the company's outage page.
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