For much of the region, the winter storm conditions pummeling the area have meant staying home from work and taking a snow day.
For others, it’s meant a payday.
Don Lindsey of east Vancouver, an automobile mechanic by day and a Uber driver early in the morning, has been logging more hours than usual in his 2014 Dodge Durango.
Lindsey, who learned how to drive in Alaska, said his services have been in high demand. On Wednesday, as most of the region woke to the snow-covered city, Lindsey had already been cruising the streets since 3 a.m. and logged about 20 rides throughout the day. He took one passenger, who fell on his face and broke his nose in the snow, to the hospital. And he picked up a woman, who had cracked her eye open on the icy surface, from the hospital.
And as a result of the demand for services, the rates have increased by about 20 to 50 percent per ride, Lindsey said.