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Lighting bolts shut down dam; strand and kill fish
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Trophies hoisted high, the Campbell River Storm celebrated their Keystone and Cyclone Taylor cup wins with a parade downtown Sunday in the Campbell River Fire Department’s antique fire engine. The team’s dream season came to close with the B.C. and Western Canadian titles and Mayor Andy Adams was on hand Sunday to congratulate the team on behalf of the city and its residents.
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Lightning strikes last Thursday near the John Hart hydroelectric facility caused an unplanned river flow reduction in the Campbell River. As a result, some fish were killed while others were displaced but returned to the river alive. Spokesperson Stephen Watson said BC Hydro immediately responded to recover river flows and by going out to key areas of the river to determine potential fish habitat impacts. “Government fish agencies were notified within 10-15 minutes after the event began,” Watson said in a report released to the media. “The City of Campbell River was also notified as their domestic water supply is pulled off the three penstocks; there were no water withdrawal implications from this event for the city.” A lightning strike is one of the worst case scenarios for BC Hydro to deal with given the existing configuration of the 68-year-old John Hart facilities. Watson said that such close vicinity electrical static causes protection control measures to initiate and can lead to multiple intake gate closures
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