DONKIN, N.S. — Having no access to wireless connectivity, especially in the aftermath of a major weather event, puts emergency services at real risk, a ...
, which tore through power lines and disrupted wireless and internet services throughout much of eastern Cape Breton, and even a simple call to any firefighter proved to be an irritant.
Complaints such as Howie’s grew to such a degree that Premier Tim Houston fired off a letter on Sept. 28 to François-Philippe Champagne, the federal minister of innovation, science and industry, and minister responsible for telecommunications, urging the federal government to take action and ensure telecommunications companies provide better information about service outages in the wake of major weather events.
LeBlanc added the magnitude of Fiona’s hurricane-force winds, reaching 140 kilometres an hour or more, wound up doing the most damage to a number of cell towers. Compared to previous weather events such as Juan and Dorian, LeBlanc said Fiona’s powerful winds and the sporadic path it took were main factors this time around.
“We’re making good progress,” said Mark Sidebottom, Cape Breton Emergency Operations Centre lead for Nova Scotia Power. “But we have to remember that the customers who are still without electricity will feel like it’s been out forever.” In an email to the Cape Breton Post, the utility reported that “a tree trimming truck was stolen over the weekend. It has since been found and nothing had been taken from it."
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