50 customers still without power in P.E.I.
'It was a little shocking to say the least'
It could be the end of Saturday before power is restored to dozens of P.E.I. homes, P.E.I.'s electric utility says.
"We still have crews out, about 50 customers without power. Our crews will be staying out late into the evening and our call centre is open," spokesperson Kim Griffin told CBC via email.
We still have many individual outages from last night's storm and crews will be working all day to restore power. Approx. 240 customers out.
—@MECLPEIAt the height of the thunder and lightning storm Friday evening, more than 20,000 customers in communities across the Island lost power.
'A little shocking'
The Brackley Drive-In reported being hit by lightning before 10 p.m. Friday and had to close.
"It was a little shocking to say the least," said owner Bob Boyle Saturday, noting it was the first time the drive-in was damaged by lightning, to his knowledge.
The lightning did not actually hit the drive-in's screen — Boyle believes it struck a nearby tree — but it damaged the $14,000 computer that manages the digital movies.
Nobody was hurt.
A technician is coming from New Brunswick, as well as a technician from the drive-in's internet provider, and Boyle said he hopes to open for business Saturday night.
'Pounded to bits'
Maureen Campbell-Hanley of Dingwells' Mills, P.E.I., told CBC her yard was hit hard last night by marble-sized hail stones.
"We have a large whole tree that's been uprooted and virtually everything in our yard is just pounded to bits," she said.
The hail was so intense it also chipped the paint from the siding of Campbell-Hanley's house.
Ryan Durgy was staying at a hostel in downtown Charlottetown when the storm hit. He ventured outside after torrential rains caused flash flooding and captured this video.
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