Bamalunga ne-150 abakhenkethi kunye nabazingeli bezilwanyana ezizingelayo bavaleleke kwiSiqithi sasePelee emva kwemini ngeCawa emva kokuba isikhephe siyekile ukusebenza ngenxa yomoya onamandla.
Isikhitshane sokugqibela esiya eLeamington sihambe emini ngoMgqibelo kwaye asizuphinda sisebenze kude kube ngoMvulo emva kwemini, imozulu ivuma, utshilo umqeshwa oneNkonzo yezoThutho yePelee Island.
Isikhephe sema ngenxa yengozi xa sizama ukumisa kwimimoya ebhudla ngamandla. Ngokutsho kwe-Environment Canada, imimoya ejikeleze isiqithi yayibanjwe kwi-45 km / h. Uqikelelo lwemozulu lube nemimoya ebhudla nge-40 km/h kusasa ngeCawe, kodwa bekufanele ukuba inciphe iye kuma-25 km/h emva kwemini.
Kwakukho malunga nama-400 abazingeli be-pheasant kwesi siqithi phakathi evekini, kodwa abaninzi bemka ngoLwesihlanu xa belunyukiswa ukuba imozulu embi yayisingise esiqithini, utshilo uJason Culp, osuka eSt. Catharine's. Wayezijonga “njengelibaziseka” kwaye akaphoswanga, utshilo.
Olu lutyelelo lwesithathu lukaCulp kwesi siqithi kwaye ixesha ngalinye akakwazanga ukuhamba xa ebecebe. Ngo-2003, wagilwa kwisikhephe ukuze afumane iilori eziziinkozo. Kunyaka ophelileyo, wafika emva kwexesha egoduka ngenxa yokuba imozulu yamisa inkonzo yesikhephe.
“Wonke umntu wayecinga ukuba ndiyaphambana ngokuza apha,” watsho uCulp owayezingela nomalume wakhe, uRob Culp.
“Kulo nyaka besizilungiselele,” utshilo uRob Culp, osuka eDunnville, e-Ont. “Siphathele ukutya okongeziweyo. Ungenzani?"
URandy Miller, oneminyaka engama-51, weza esiqithini kwiholide kunye namanye amalungu amathandathu osapho.
“Yindawo entle apha,” watsho uMiller. “Wonke umntu unobuhlobo. Kukho into eninzi yokwenza. Wonke umntu ujongwe.”
UDarith Smith wayesebenzela malunga neshumi labathengi eWestview Tavern naseMotel malunga nentsimbi ye-11:30 kusasa ngeCawe.
“Ayonto inkulu,” watsho ngeendwendwe ezihlala iintsuku ezimbalwa ezongezelelweyo. “Akukho drama. Ayifani nokuqhekeka. NguMama weNdalo. Wonke umntu uyithatha kancinci. Ndiqinisekile bangathanda ukuba sekhaya kunokuba bahlale apha.”
UCulp, obefanele ukuhamba ngoMgqibelo emva kweentsuku ezintathu esiqithini, uthe akukho sizathu sokucaphuka.
“Akukho nto ingako unokuyenza,” watsho. “Unokucaphuka, kodwa akunakwenza isikhephe ukuba size. Siza kuphunga ikofu, sithethe nabantu, mhlawumbi siyobethwa ngumoya, phumla nje.”
