Volunteer group hoping services won't be needed after Hurricane Lee
CBC
As Hurricane Lee moves toward Atlantic Canada, some people on P.E.I. are questioning whether the province is any better prepared to handle natural disasters than when Fiona hit the Island almost a year ago.
In some cases, it took days after the post-tropical storm made its landfall for comfort centres to open and vulnerable people to be checked on.
A report examining the response to Fiona still hasn't been released. But Charlottetown Mutual Aid, a volunteer group that stepped up to help then, is hoping the province learned from that experience.
"We should already know where to go," said Joanna Morrison, who co-founded the group. "If there's no power, if there's no cell service, we should already know where the warming shelters are going to be."
Charlottetown Mutual Aid worked to fill gaps left by government after Fiona, dropping off food and visiting vulnerable people.
But Morrison said the government needs to step up whenever the next big storm arrives.
"We walked into some apartments that had some situations that were not things that we were prepared for," they said.
"It still boggles my mind that it was up to us to do that and that the provincial government didn't even try to help us."
One thing the group would like to see is for the province to make emergency supplies available to Islanders who can't afford them.
But Nick Policelli, the new director of the province's Emergency Measures Organization, said it's not that easy.
"Obviously we want to make sure that people are prepared in any way possible," he said.
"It is tough to get a certain kit to a certain person depending on the needs of every Islander."
Charlottetown fire chief Tim Mamye said first responders have been lessons learned from Fiona in preparation for this hurricane season.
"We've had some initial training sessions with [the EMO]," he said "We've also had some training with our elected officials as well, so they are more aware of what's going on and just preparing behind the scenes.
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