[Kisai]

Originally Posted by Sheba

Some grocery stores do have emergency generators - it's only used on cold foods and not to power the cash registers, etc. Ok yes probably some basic lighting too.
http://www.generac.com/for-business/...dustry/grocery

Speaking of generators... all these people the News channels interview to form an "Angry at BC HYDRO" story... good grief. If one operates a business from home, they should have a UPS and a generator for business electronics. Like the story theme is "thrown out all my food", "losing business"

Which comes back to the point of... "and what if this had been an earthquake?" The road infrastructure would be damaged and even if Burnaby and South Vancouver were undamaged and still had power, how are supplies going to be delivered? Access to the Burrard Peninsula would be seriously crippled.