Saturday September 4th was quite a day with Hurricane Earl making its way to land. Cape Breton came through the storm with only minor scrapes and bruises. Battery Provincial Park in St. Peter’s closed sending campers scurrying to find alternate sites to settle in to wait out the storm. The Fortress of Louisbourg , the Highland Village, and the Alexander Graham Bell Museum all closed due to the storm. Judy Madden, curator of the Nicolas Denys Museum, called me at the VIC to let me know the museum would stay open until the weather became too bad to stay open safely, which was great because it gave visitors to the St.Peter’s area someplace to go and visit during the first part of the storm. As the day progressed so did the storm, with increasing winds and rain toppling trees and knocking out power to most areas in Richmond. Thankfully Nova Scotia Power got electricity back up and running in most areas in Richmond by 3pm today. During the evening of the storm, I took a drive to check out the intensity of the wind due to the storm, making stops at the St.Peter’s Canal and Point Michaud Beach. I took some videos of the effects of Earl on the St. Peter’s coastline.
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