“... depending on what happens with Fiona, Fiona could be stronger than Dorian,' says Allister Aalders, SaltWire’s weather specialist.
“I cannot stress this enough,” said Jason Mew with the Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office, said during a new conference Wednesday. “Just being aware and prepared by securing outdoor items like furniture, items you might have on your patio, trimming or removing damaged trees or limbs and just making sure everyone has their 72-hour emergency kit ready, and obviously charging cell phones and other devices.
But it’s important not to be complacent or carried away with storm classifications, Aalders cautioned. It will ramp up overnight on Friday, he said, with the worst hitting on Saturday morning as Fiona makes landfall. What will be the same, however, is that Fiona will be a storm that will be talked about in many parts of the province for years to come, unfortunately, he added.A major complaint in the response to Dorian was telecommunication failures and that companies were not involved in the front-line response. Mew said they have been in contact with providers – recently conducted an exercise with them – and they will be fully engaged throughout the storm.
“It’s very ironic, we were just talking about possibly , we’re not sure if it’s safe to go out in the streets. It’s quite sad in that way,” said Rae Steeves, 16, rally organizer and a student at Citadel High School in Halifax.
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