There is food and water available and residents can re-charge cellphones, said village commission chairman Garry Herring.
“We have no power and we have no word on when the power is going to be on,” he told The Guardian Monday afternoon. “We have a lot of wires down, a lot of poles snapped off.”
He said the centre would be open as long as needed. It opened at 8 a.m. Monday and Herring estimated about 100 people had been in by mid-afternoon. He understands Maritime Electric crews are working on the situation, but was unsure if power would return in the community before nightfall. With some people in the community without wood stoves they have no heat in their homes.
“The temperatures are going to drop down and people don't want to stay, if it’s near freezing, in their house,” he said.
The community dealt with sporadic power outages Sunday afternoon and then power went out around 7 p.m., Herring said.
“We did have a huge storm surge last night that went right over the wharf,” he said. “It was quite a major storm in this area.”
He wants to ensure everybody is safe. He said seniors or others with health problems needing help should call 911 and firefighters are standing by to assist.
The community centre has a generator and is one of Prince Edward Island’s Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) centres.
There is food and water available and residents can re-charge cellphones, said village commission chairman Garry Herring.
“We have no power and we have no word on when the power is going to be on,” he told The Guardian Monday afternoon. “We have a lot of wires down, a lot of poles snapped off.”
He said the centre would be open as long as needed. It opened at 8 a.m. Monday and Herring estimated about 100 people had been in by mid-afternoon. He understands Maritime Electric crews are working on the situation, but was unsure if power would return in the community before nightfall. With some people in the community without wood stoves they have no heat in their homes.
“The temperatures are going to drop down and people don't want to stay, if it’s near freezing, in their house,” he said.
The community dealt with sporadic power outages Sunday afternoon and then power went out around 7 p.m., Herring said.
“We did have a huge storm surge last night that went right over the wharf,” he said. “It was quite a major storm in this area.”
He wants to ensure everybody is safe. He said seniors or others with health problems needing help should call 911 and firefighters are standing by to assist.
The community centre has a generator and is one of Prince Edward Island’s Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) centres.
