Hurricane Fiona - Updates

[MJK]

A lot of damage in Port Aux Basque and many asked to evacuate. Extreme flooding and houses being swept away into the ocean.

[belsarius]

Originally Posted by MJK

Already starting to get quite windy here in Corner Brook, NL (West Coast) and we are not supposed to get the worst of it until 9 tonight.

My parents are up at Pasadena, were spending the summer living in their camper. Headed to my uncles when they heard about the incoming storm.

Just heard what happened to Port aux Basques.

Stay safe.

[White Out 403]

my family in Cape Breton so far made it out ok with no major damage, and, like the above poster, a tree they wanted cut down was blown over

[JohnnyB]

The situation in Port Aux Basque looks awful. Reportedly one woman was swept out to sea. Hopefully the other houses/apartments that were swept into the ocean were unoccupied.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

My folks summer spot is just up the road from Port Hood (home of Al MacInnis) in Dunvegan.

I'm in Sydney (shown on the map). So far it's just rain.

I'd uoad pictures/videos but it's nothing interesting, not yet anyway.

My brother in law is in Glace Bay and they lost fences and a couple trees but that's the extent of it. Some neighbours had vehicles damaged but nothing major so far

[PaperBagger'14]

One of my groomsmen was born in Port au Basques, his parents and lots of friends still live there. Hoping they're all safe.

[transplant99]

[Mazrim]

These were some of the last wind speed readings from the Confederation Bridge before the power went out or the thing was just blown off the bridge:

[JohnnyB]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

These were some of the last wind speed readings from the Confederation Bridge before the power went out or the thing was just blown off the bridge:

That doesn't seem so bad. Wouldn't that just be a category 1? I take it those were not the maximum wind speeds.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by JohnnyB

That doesn't seem so bad. Wouldn't that just be a category 1? I take it those were not the maximum wind speeds.

It’s no longer a hurricane according to the news this am. Still a very strong storm though.

[MJK]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

One of my groomsmen was born in Port au Basques, his parents and lots of friends still live there. Hoping they're all safe.

It’s under state of emergency

[MJK]

I’m about 3 hours drive north of Port Aux Basque wind is picking up now but the worse is yet to come for everyone, including those already hit bad.

[MJK]

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2076717123879/

[MJK]

https://twitter.com/donnieok/status/...fIcCCZpXrQkffg

[JohnnyB]

Originally Posted by MJK

https://twitter.com/user/status/1573712702589079554

Fixed that for you.

Incredible and awful video. Hopefully those homes were not occupied.

[shane_c]

Lots of photos of the damage can be seen here.....

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/in-pictu...imes-1.6082731

[OldDutch]

Originally Posted by shane_c

Lots of photos of the damage can be seen here.....

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/in-pictu...imes-1.6082731

Is that a guy surfing? Reminds me of the 2013 flood. We lived off the bow and you couldn’t pay me a million to jump in. Yet dudes were kayaking down it.

I have unhealthy fear of water despite being a string swimmer. It kept me alive.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

We made out ok.

Basement is dry.

The trees branches that fell, fell away from the house. The tree that fell, was one we wanted to take down anyway.

No power. Estimated time of restoration is Thursday.

I had at least 3 alerts on my phone to shelter in place.

Neighbors across the street had shingles blown off their roof, they were up at 10am patching. They're on the roof again as I type this.

Of the neighbors I've spoken to no real damage or issues. Just no electricity.

Same for my parents and in-laws.

Lots of trees down across the street from my inlaws in Glace Bay.

The lack of coffee I'm finding difficult but what can you do? Never occurred to me to pick up instant coffee.

The mobile data is poor. I have to be outside by the road for it to work (hence the lack of updates).

If my pictures upload to Facebook, I'll post them here.

The kids are having fun. Oldest complains there's no iPad but is otherwise fine entertaining himself.

Off to boil some water on the BBQ.

We're safe, warm and dry.

If someone wants to UberEats me a coffee, I take it black.

[PaperBagger'14]

Sounds like a friend of my friend lost his home in port aux basques, it was swept into the cove. Everyone is healthy and safe though.

[Snuffleupagus]

My family is safe, a little roof/tree damage and a cousin's ski boat is lost somewhere in the Bras d'Or Lakes as it came loose from it's mooring buoy.