Winds gusting up to 90 kilometres an hour left 15,000 people in the Edmonton area and central Alberta without power Wednesday. That included Dan Murri, whose fence at his Sherwood Park home nearly blew away in the strong winds. “The fence is now moved in about six inches because the post snapped right off,” Murri told CTV News Edmonton on Thursday. He described hurriedly bracing and propping up the more than 20-year-old fence with spare boards to keep it from blowing away. “There are other parts where (the wind) pushed it forward, and they snapped, too.” The Insurance Bureau of Canada told CTV News Edmonton that wind damage to homes, including damaged fences, should be covered by home insurance. CTV News Edmonton meteorologist Josh Classen said Wednesday’s “unusually strong” gusts of 60 to 90 kilometres per hour likely won’t be repeated in the coming days. Breezes will continue and strengthen over the weekend, although “it won’t be as bad as what we saw Wednesday.” “That’s typical for this time of year; your shoulder seasons, spring and fall, are your windiest seasons,” Classen said. “Fall is a little less windy than spring, but it’s not all that out of the ordinary to have wind at this time of year.” With files from CTV News Edmonton’s Curtis Goodrum
