Shogun Sushi if one of very few businesses with the lights still on along Great Northern Road from 2nd Line to McNabb at 7 p.m.
Drive with caution as traffic lights are not operating along this route.
Readers have also reported seeing a very bright flash in the sky around the north end of Elmwood Avenue.
"It lit up the sky like daytime," said one loyal SooToday.com reader. "It even lit up the whole school yard at St. Pius X."
NOTICE OF PUC POWER OUTAGES
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(8:45 p.m. update) Number of customers restored:
903 Restored at: 6:41 PM
177 Restored at: 7:08 PM
16 Restored at: 7:44 PM
25 Restored at: 8:05 PM
Customers Remaining Off: 4
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(Original notice at 6:30 p.m.) Power Interruption in Progress
This is a description of an unplanned power interruption(s) that is currently affecting PUC Distribution customers in Sault Ste. Marie.
If you have any information leading to the cause of the outage or other concerns please call the PUC emergency number at 759-6555.
Interruption Date: January 01, 2012 at 4:13 PM
Customers Affected: 1125
Cause of Interruption:
Storm Damage -- Broken high voltage conductors
Description of area involved:
-2nd Line; Sackville to Great Northern Rd., Great Northern Rd.; 2nd Line to McNabb, Oryme, Zeller's Plaza
-2nd Line; Sackville to Old Garden River Rd, Old Garden River Rd.; 2nd Line to Northern Ave., Northern Ave; Great Northern Rd. to Black Rd., East side of Sault College, north section of the "P" patch, Tadcaster, Sharon Cres
Crews are makings repairs
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