High winds battered the Coast Monday, delaying ferries into the afternoon and knocking out power to many residents until the late evening.
As of Tuesday afternoon, BC Hydro was still reporting thousands of outages across the Sunshine Coast and other regions battered by winds estimated to be in excess of 100 km/h, up to 187 km/h at Merry Island lighthouse.
Between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., much of the ferry service operating between the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and other coastal areas was cancelled due to extreme weather conditions.
For residents of the Sunshine Coast using the ferries, the weather meant traffic delays throughout much of the morning before the Queen of Coquitlam returned to normal scheduling for the 11:20 a.m. Horseshoe Bay departure.
Flooding affected Highway 101 at Davis Bay, where early morning traffic had to be re-routed due to heavy wave activity along the road. One non-severe vehicle collision was also reported in that area.
Despite the extreme weather that sent waves crashing across the shores of the Coast, no significant damage had been reported.
"We lucked out for a change. Only thing we had was an automatic alarm," said Greg Phelps of the Halfmoon Bay fire department.
The Roberts Creek fire department spent roughly four hours dealing with a downed tree that had hit some power lines on Beach Avenue. Another resident had a residential power line fall onto their driveway, fire chief Bruce Searle said.
Sechelt fire chief Bill Higgs credited the work of BC Hydro to trim back problem trees near the power lines as one reason the day was "rather a snore.
"We're just happy not to have to deal with that stuff because we're busy enough as it is," he said.
