Take the time to put together a household emergency plan and a well-stocked emergency kit, ideally with 72 hours of supplies including food and supplies.
Do you prepare for stormy weather?
In a province with an abundance of trees that can fall on power lines – and increasingly damaging storms courtesy of climate change – we all eventually face a few minutes or hours without electricity as the result of a power outage.
We each weather storms in our own way. What choices do you make when the power goes out?
Complete our outage readiness tool below to enter to win
Explore your outage readiness and decision-making style and enter to win our storm season grand prize or an emergency kit.
Prizes available
The grand prize includes:
- ROCKSOLAR portable power station
- Chilly Moose cooler, and
- A 72-hour emergency kit.
Plus, because every home should have an emergency kit, your contest entry also gives you a shot at winning an emergency kit. We're giving away one emergency kit to a customer in each of the following regions.
- Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast
- Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley
- Thompson / Shuswap
- Okanagan / Kootenay
- Northern B.C.
- Central Interior.
- Contest rules [PDF]
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- Contest rules [PDF]
What's your plan when the lights go out? Let’s set the scene.
You’re at home, scrolling through your social media feed when you see: “Severe storm warning in effect. High winds and heavy rain expected. Power outages possible.”
Your phone is at 76%, the sky is darkening, and you’ve got choices to make.
Each comes with trade-offs. Reflect before each decision. By the end, you’ll see just how storm-ready you really are.
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