Ma kahi o 150 mau mākaʻikaʻi a me ka poʻe hahai holoholona i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka mokupuni ʻo Pelee i ke awakea Sabati ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka holo ʻana o ka moku ma muli o ka makani ikaika.
Ua haʻalele ka moku hope loa i Leamington i ke awakea Pōʻaono a ʻaʻole e hoʻomaka hou i ka hana a hiki i ke ahiahi o ka Pōʻakahi, ʻae ʻia ka manawa, wahi a kekahi limahana me ka Pelee Island Transportation Service.
Ua kū ka moku ma muli o ka pōʻino ke hoʻāʻo e ku i ka makani nui. Wahi a Environment Canada, ua ʻoki ʻia ka makani a puni ka mokupuni ma 45 km/h. He 40 km/h ka makani i ke kakahiaka o ka la Sabati, aka, e emi ana ka makani i ka 25 km/h ma ke awakea.
Aia ma kahi o 400 poʻe hahai holoholona ma ka mokupuni i ka pule, akā ʻo ka hapa nui i haʻalele i ka Pōʻalima i ka wā i ʻōlelo ʻia ai lākou e hele ana ka ʻino i ka mokupuni, wahi a Jason Culp, no St. Catharine's. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia iā ia iho he "lohi" a ʻaʻole paʻa, ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
ʻO kēia ke kolu o ko Culp kipa ʻana i ka mokupuni a i kēlā me kēia manawa ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke haʻalele i ka wā āna i hoʻolālā ai. I ka makahiki 2003, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia mai ka ferry e hoʻokipa i nā kaʻa palaoa. I ka makahiki i hala, ua lohi ʻo ia i ka hoʻi ʻana i ka home no ka mea ua hoʻopaneʻe ka wā i ka lawelawe ferry.
"Ua manaʻo ka poʻe a pau he pupule wau no ka hele ʻana mai i ʻaneʻi," wahi a Culp e hahai holoholona ana me kona ʻanakala ʻo Rob Culp.
"I kēia makahiki ua mākaukau mākou," wahi a Rob Culp, no Dunnville, Ont. “Ua lawe mai mākou i ka meaʻai keu. He aha kāu e hana ai?”
Ua hele mai ʻo Randy Miller, 51, i ka mokupuni no kahi hoʻomaha me ʻeono mau ʻohana ʻē aʻe.
"He wahi maikaʻi kēia ma ʻaneʻi," wahi a Miller. “He aloha nā kānaka a pau. Nui nā mea e hana ai. Ke mālama ʻia nei nā kānaka a pau. "
Ua lawelawe ʻo Darith Smith ma kahi o ʻumi mau mea kūʻai aku ma Westview Tavern a me Motel ma kahi o 11:30 am Sunday.
"ʻAʻole ia he mea nui," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia no nā malihini e noho ana i ʻelua mau lā. “Aohe hana keaka. ʻAʻole ia he haki. Na Makuahine Nature. Ke lawe nei nā kānaka a pau. Manaʻo wau makemake lākou e noho i ka home ma mua o ka paʻa ʻana ma ʻaneʻi.
ʻO Culp, ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e haʻalele i ka Pōʻaono ma hope o ʻekolu mau lā ma ka mokupuni, ʻaʻohe kumu e huhū ai.
"ʻAʻohe mea nui hiki iā ʻoe ke hana," wahi āna. “Hiki iā ʻoe ke huhū, akā ʻaʻole ia e holo mai ka ferry. E inu kofe mākou, kamaʻilio me nā kānaka, hele wāwae paha, hoʻomaha wale."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- There were about 400 pheasant hunters on the island during the week, but most left on Friday when they were warned bad weather was headed toward the island, said Jason Culp, who is from St.
- This is Culp’s third visit to the island and each time he hasn’t been able to leave when he planned.
- The weather forecast had the winds blowing at 40 km/h Sunday morning, but were supposed to wane to 25 km/h by the afternoon.
