Golden Hills School Division is assessing damages caused by Wednesday afternoon’s windstorm that tore a portion of the roof off Greentree School.
At about 2:30 p.m., the roof of the school was peeled back by strong winds felt in the area.
“We are still looking at it to determine exactly what our costs are going to be,” said Golden Hills Superintendent Bevan Daverne. “If there is a positive to things like this, no one was hurt, everybody was fine and while the damage was significant, it was just the top layer of roofing that was rolled up and pulled over. We haven’t lost total integrity of the roof.”
He says they are still investigating whether there were damages to the gas or electrical systems. The school was open for classes today.
“A present time, it looks as though there is work to be done to put things back together, but we are still looking for all of the issues we’ll have to deal with,” he said. “The only damage was to the building itself, we didn’t have any concerns with the health and well-being of students and staff.”
He adds there was little damage to the interior of the building.
A wind warning was issued by Environment Canada the previous evening, and carried on to Wednesday night. In the Drumheller area, a tractor-trailer unit was blown over on the Verdant Valley Road and there were reports of shingles “raining” in some areas of town. This was not the only Golden Hills School Division facility damaged.
“We have some modular classrooms set up in Trochu, and almost the identical thing happened there. That building is not occupied at the moment and the costs won’t be as much, but the same thing, a burst catches a corner of a flat roof and pulls it up,” he said.
“We’ve had some very interesting weather, I’m not sure if we are describing this as a micro burst formally.”
