Office of Public Safety Advises Islanders to Prepare for Emergencies: Know the Risks, Make a Plan, Get a Kit
Thu, 09/03/2009 - 14:50
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CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI -- The Office of Public Safety is advising Islanders and visitors to prepare themselves and their property for hurricane season.
In Atlantic Canada, hurricane season officially runs from June through November, bringing tropical depressions, tropical storms and occasionally hurricanes to the province. Any of these tropical storm systems can result in torrential rain, strong winds, storm surges and high waves.
The PEI Office of Public Safety offers the following guidelines to help Islanders prepare:
• Pay attention to weather forecasts and warnings;
• Move inland and to higher ground, away from potential tidal waves or storm surges;
• Secure all gates, doors and windows;
• Move or secure lawn furniture, trash cans, hanging plants and anything else that can be blown around;
• Trim dead or diseased branches from trees, or remove dead trees entirely; Ensure that you are not working near a power line when trimming trees;
• Park your vehicles in a garage or away from trees;
• Fill your car’s gas tank;
• Keep pets indoors;
• Move watercrafts out of water and to higher ground; and
• Do not go down to the water to watch the storm. You can easily drown if caught in large waves, storm surges or flood waters.
Storms can change direction at short notice and even a significantly weakened system can carry winds strong enough to cause widespread destruction.
Since when is the Government responsible for common sense?
It seems lately that even Governments are attempting to become the all powerful seers or controls of everything.
I have to wonder is this an attempt to convince the public that we can't survive without them and we need them to control everything....or is because they just believe we are morons and have a huge amount of contempt for the silly voters?
Lately it seems the island Government believes they should be charge of everything and all Islanders should bow down to them because they are the all powerful.
Some of the craziness they are engaged in makes me wonder though if they don't have a plan to make themselves indispensable.
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David - what a logical argument you put forward. . . if people heed government's warning and prepare to handle an emergency, that means they have bowed to the government's 'master plan' to control them.
Methinks you have too much time on your hands.