This past Thanksgiving, Manitoba Hydro was all about gratitude when reflecting back on the October Winter Storm that rocked southern Manitoba back in 2019.

Media spokesman Bruce Owen says they were grateful to Manitoba Hydro customers who were patient when it came to getting power back up and running. Wet snow, along with trees that still had leaves on their branches, caused a lot of trouble when broken branches and trees fell on power lines and transmission towers causing over 266,000 outages.

Here's an example of the outage map from Manitoba Hydro back during the storm of October 2019 when 56 centimetres fell over three days.Owen says the front-line men and women deserve a lot of credit for working long, hard days to help out. He adds there were a lot of volunteers in rural communities that pitched in beyond their expectation and there were many unsung heroes behind the scenes.

"At the same time, there were a lot of folks who were working around the table making sure that everything was there that was needed to be there," says Owen. "That includes our logistics and supply. The fleets that had to bring the materials, not only from our stores, had to order it, bring it in from suppliers, some suppliers out of province, and get it here as quickly as possible -- where it was needed most."

There were more than 4,000 poles replaced and over 950 kilometres of power lines re-strung over the course of the clean-up.