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I PLAY DOMENIC DA VINCI
ON DA VINCI'
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>> Linda: I'M LINDA KELLY IN
SAMBRO.
TONIGHT, ONE YEAR LATER, WE
LOOK BACK AT THE STORM OF THE
CENTURY AND A REMARKABLE YEAR
OF REBUILDING.
>> Gloria: I'M GLORIA
MACARENKO.
GAME OVER.
THE MONTREAL EXPOS BID QUEBEC
FAREWELL AND HEAD SOUTH TO
WASHINGTON.
>>> AND CLIMBING TO ASYLUM...
>> WE'RE AN OPEN COUNTRY.
>> Gloria: NORTH KOREANS SCALE
THE WALLS OF A CANADIAN
EMBASSY IN BEIJING.
>> Announcer: FROM CBC NEWS,
"CANADA NOW."
>> Linda: GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO A SPECIAL EDITION
OF "CANADA NOW" LIVE FROM
SAMBRO.
ONE YEAR AGO, THE WORST STORM
TO HIT THIS PROVINCE IN
GENERATIONS ROARED ASHORE NEAR
THIS SPOT.
TONIGHT WE'LL REVISIT
HURRICANE JUAN'S PATH OF
DESTRUCTION.
WE'LL SHOW YOU PICTURES YOU'VE
NEVER SEEN BEFORE, AND WE'LL
FIND OUT HOW PREPARED WE ARE
FOR THE NEXT JUAN.
BUT FIRST, A QUICK LOOK AT THE
NEWS OF THE DAY FROM LAURIE
GRAHAM IN HALIFAX.
LAURIE?
>> Laurie: THANKS, LINDA.
POLICE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE
ON PRINCE ANDREW
NUMBER OF COND
PROJECT BUT SAYS IT'S THE
FASTEST WAY TO GET NATURAL GAS
TO THE AREA.
>>> MORE NEWS LATER, BUT FIRST
FIRST, BACK TO LINDA KELLY IN
SAMBRO WITH "JUAN YEAR LATER."
>> WE HAVE DECLARED A LOCAL
STATE OF EMERGENCY.
>> WE'VE GOT ABOUT 20 MINUTES,
VERY CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT,
LANDFALL CLOSE TO NOVA SCOTIA.
>> PART OF A BUILDING CAME
DOWN.
>> Linda: THE NIGHT HURRICANE
JUAN SLAMMED INTO NOVA SCOTIA
IS ONE FEW YOU HAVE US WILL
EVER FORGET.
IT WAS A DIRECT HIT.
HOWLING WINDS OF UP TO 175
KILOMETRES AN HOUR BATTERED
THE PROVINCE LEAVING A PATH OF
UNIMAGINABLE DESTRUCTION
BEHIND.
OVER THE NEXT HOUR, WE'LL SHOW
YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO PEOPLE
CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF THE
STORM AND HOW THEY'VE MANAGED
TO REBUILD OVER THE PAST
TWELVE MONTHS.
FIRST, THOUGH, A LOOK AT THE
STORM THROUGH YOUR EYES.
WE ASKED FOR HOME VIDEO OF
THAT DEADLY NIGHT.
THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOWED US.
>> Announcer: HALIFAX
INFORMATION RADIO IS ON A
HURRICANE WATCH.
ALL REGULAR FEATURES ON THIS
SERVICE HAVE BEEN CANCELLED
UNTIL THIS WEATHER WATCH ENDS.
>> HOLY ***!
>> OH, MY GOD!
LISTEN TO THAT!
SOUNDS LIKE A TORNADO!
>> OH, HERE WE GO!
LIKE YOU SAID!
LITTLE ONE, BUT IT WAS A GOOD
ONE!
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> OH, JESUS, IT'S RIGHT
BESIDE US, GUYS!
>> Announcer: HURRICANE CENTRE
SAYING THAT THE EYE OF THE
STORM WILL BE ON OUTSIDE IN
ABOUT 5 MINUTES' TIME.
>> MAYOR PETER KELLY HAS
DECLARED A STATE OF LOCAL
EMERGENCY EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY.
>> -- THE AIRCRAFT THAT WAS
FLYING IN TO THE STORM THIS
EVENING...
>> RICHARD, RICHARD, LOOK!
OH, MY GOD!
>> WHAT?
>> IT'S A BIG TREE DOWN OR
SOMETHING!
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE!
>> I CAN'T SEE IT.
>> OH, MY GOD, WINTER STREET!
>> LOOK AT DOWN HERE!
>> LOOK AT THIS!
OH, MY GOD!
OH, LOOK AT IT!
HOLY ***!
>> THIS IS DANGEROUS.
>> TOO DANGEROUS TO WALK.
>> THE MAN FROM THE HURRICANE
CENTRE SUGGESTED THAT THERE
HASN'T BEEN A STORM LIKE THIS
COME ASHORE IN NOVA SCOTIA
PROBABLY SINCE 1963...
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> HONEY, IT'S GOING TO GET
WORSE ONCE EVERYBODY GETS UP.
>> HALIFAX IS IN A STATE OF
EMERGENCY.
>> UNREAL, I'VE NEVER IN ALL
MY LIFE LIVING IN NOVA SCOTIA,
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THIS.
(Sirens)
>> THAT IS UNREAL!
>> IT DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE
HOUSE.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
TOTALLY UPROOTED.
>> OH, MY GOD, THAT CAR IS
CRUNCHED BACK THERE.
>> THIS IS CRAZY.
LOOK AT THAT.
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> OH, MY LORD, IT IS WORTH
SEEING.
>> THE TALL SHIP HECTOR
SNAPPED HER LINES AND DRIFTED
AGROUND.
>> Announcer: GOOD MORNING,
THIS IS WORLD REPORT.
OUR TOP STORY THIS MORNING, IN
THE WAKE OF HURRICANE JUAN.
RESIDENTS ARE GETTING A
CLEARER VIEW OF THE
DESTRUCTION THEY KNOW IS IN
THE STREET.
A STATE OF EMERGENCY IS IN
EFFECT AFTER HURRICANE JUAN
SLAMMED INTO NOVA SCOTIA
OVERNIGHT.
JUAN HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A
TROPICAL STORM AND HAS SINCE
PASSED OVER PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND.
>> THERE'S MY FRIEND JOHN NOW
JUST WALKING OUT TOWARDS HIS
BOAT.
JOHN, THIS IS THE BEFORE AND
AFTER, JOHN.
>> OH, IS IT EVER.
>> WE GOT THE ONE NOW.
WHAT A MESS, JOHN, HUH?
>> ME AND JOHN ARE ON THE MOVE
NOW, BUT IT'S NOT A PRETTY
SIGHT UP HERE, I'LL TELL YOU
THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BOATS.
THE GUY THAT OWNS THAT BOAT
THERE, THAT'S HIS HOUSE THERE
TOO, AND APPARENTLY HE'S DOWN
SOUTH.
HE HASN'T HAD HER UNCOVERED,
BUT HE SURE GOT HER UNCOVERED
NOW.
>> ON SHORE DRIVE...
>> THAT MUST HAVE BEEN SCARY
LISTENING TO THAT.
>> WOW.
>> HURRICANE JUAN CAME
THROUGH, UPROOTED THE APPLE
TREE WITH THE TREEHOUSE IN IT.
IT SURVIVED THE FALL.
>> LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO ME.
ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS READY?
ONE, TWO...
>> THIS IS ROBBIE STREET, MORE
DEVASTATION.
>> ALMOST LOST ALL OF THOSE
TREES.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
BEAUTIFUL TREES HAVE BEEN
THERE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS,
GONE IN A FLASH.
THIS WILL MAKE INTERNATIONAL
NEWS.
EVERYBODY'S KIND OF WALKING
AROUND WITH A LOST LOOK ON
THEIR FACE.
EVERYBODY LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
IN A LITTLE BIT OF SHOCK HERE.
>> ANOTHER ONE DOWN AND
ANOTHER ONE.
>> I THINK ALL IN ALL, OUR
STREET MIGHT HAVE FARED LUCKY.
>> Announcer: IN THE NEWS
HEADLINES TODAY, A BIG CLEANUP
IS UNDER WAY IN MUCH OF
HALIFAX COUNTY FOLLOWING
HURRICANE JUAN.
IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE TO
HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE OF ALL
THE DEVASTATION AND WHERE
THINGS STAND...
>> Linda: THANKS AGAIN TO
EVERYONE WHO SENT US TAPES,
AND WE'LL HAVE MORE OF YOUR
IMAGES THROUGHOUT THE HOUR.
UP NEXT, PICKING UP THE PIECES
HERE IN SAMBRO AND THE LASTING
IMPACT ON FARMERS FURTHER
INLAND.
YOU'RE WATCHING "JUAN YEAR
LATER."
We have superpowers.
( ♪♪♪ )
>> Linda: WELCOME BACK.
I'M IN SAMBRO.
THIS IS WHERE HURRICANE JUAN
ROARED ASHORE AT EXACTLY 12:10
a.m. ON SEPTEMBER 29th OF LAST
YEAR, AND THIS IS WHERE THE
WINDS WERE STRONGEST.
THE EASTERN EYE WALL OF THE
HURRICANE WAS DIRECTLY
OVERHEAD.
THIS FISHING VILLAGE TOOK THE
BRUNT OF THE STORM.
AT SUNRISE, EXHAUSTED
FISHERMEN TOOK STOCK OF WHAT
THEY LOST.
WHARVES WERE DESTROYED,
FISHING GEAR SUNK, AND BOATS
TOSSED ASHORE LIKE TOYS.
IT'S TAKEN A YEAR AND TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN
DISASTER RELIEF TO REBUILD AND
THE WORK ISN'T DONE.
I HAD A CHANCE TO TOUR THE
HARBOUR WITH TWO GUIDES, DONNY
HART OF THE COMMERCIAL
FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION, AND
PATRICK GREY, PRESIDENT OF THE
HARBOUR AUTHORITY IN SAMBRO.
>> Interview: WELL, I'VE ASKED
EVERYBODY THAT I KNOW, AND I
KNOW JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY IN
COMMUNITY AND NO ONE'S SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS, THIS WAS A
MAJOR STORM, A HURRICANE,
THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE IT.
>> Linda: SO HOW HARD HIT WAS
THIS AREA?
>> Interview: YOU LOOK HERE
BEHIND ME, USED TO BE A 30 X
45 BUILDING IN THERE WHERE
THAT WHITE ONE STANDS RIGHT
NOW.
COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
THIS WHARF WAS GONE, THAT
WHARF THERE WAS GONE, THAT
WHARF IN THERE WAS GONE, AND
THE THREE BOATS THAT'S ON THE
MIDDLE WHARF WERE ALL SHOVED
UP ON THE BANK, ONE ALONGSIDE
OF THE OTHER AGAINST THAT OLD
BUILDING.
CLEARLY A DISASTER, EVERYTHING
SMASHED TO PIECES IN THERE.
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
>> Linda: SO TELL US ABOUT THE
FISHERMEN.
>> Interview: SIX WEEKS BEFORE
LOBSTERING, THEIR GEAR ALL
SMASHED, NOTHING ACCOUNTED
FOR, BUOYS AND ROPES MISSING,
THEIR BAIT GONE, THEIR WHARVES
SMASHED.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT GOING
THROUGH THEIR MIND AND NO
MONEY TO PUT THINGS BACK AND
REALLY NO TIME TO PUT ANYTHING
BACK.
>> Linda: SO HOW DID THEY GET
THROUGH THE SEASON?
>> Interview: WELL, WHAT I
SEEN HAPPEN HERE ONCE
EVERYBODY ASSESSED THE
DAMAGES, FISHERMEN GOT
TOGETHER AND STARTED
REBUILDING THE WHARVES ONE AT
A TIME, MAKESHIFT WHARVES TO
GET THE LOBSTER TRAPS OUT.
>> Linda: TELL US ABOUT THE
GOVERNMENT WHARF.
>> Interview: THE GOVERNMENT
WHARF RIGHT ON THE EAST END,
THERE WAS A GREEN BOAT, SHE'S
ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE.
SHE WAS LAYING WEST AND EAST
TO THE WHARF AND THE WIND HAD
CHANGED FROM THE ORIGINAL
DIRECTION AND SHE BEAT THE
PIECES ON THE WHARF AND
HEAVILY DAMAGED.
I ESTIMATED 60 TO $80,000
DAMAGE JUST TO THE WHARF, NOT
COUNTING THE BOAT.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THE TOP,
ALL THE CONCRETE IS NEW, AND
41 STICKS IS NEW.
THAT'S WHAT THEY HAD TO
REPLACE THIS WHARF TO GET IT
BACK.
>> Linda: WHAT WERE THE
CONDITIONS LIKE OUT ON THE END
OF THAT WHARF AT THE HEIGHT OF
THE STORM?
>> Interview: WELL, IF YOU
WERE LOOKING IN AT THAT WHARF
THERE, THE WATER WITH THE
STORM SURGE AND THE ABOVE
NORMAL TIDES, IT WAS JUST
ABOUT FLUSH, SO THE WATER WAS
SLOSHING OVER THE WHARF.
>> Interview: I WAS HERE AND
SEEN IT, SO THERE WAS NO
MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
>> Linda: SO WHAT'S THE STORY
BEHIND THIS BUILDING?
>> Interview: WELL, THIS
BUILDING, THIS IS A
REPLACEMENT BUILDING THERE.
WHAT WAS THERE WAS LIKE A 25
BY 35 BUILDING AND A 25 BY 35
FOOT WHARF COMPLETELY GONE.
THE WATER SURGE AND STORM
SURGE SHOVED IT WAY OVER THERE
IN THAT CORNER.
>> Linda: WHAT WAS IN THE
BUILDING?
>> Interview: WHAT WAS IN THE
BUILDING WAS ABOUT 2 OR 300
LOBSTER TRAPS.
THAT MORNING WHEN WE GOT UP
AND DAYLIGHT BROKE, YOU COULD
SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE BUILDING
FLOATING RIGHT ABOUT WHERE WE
ARE, NO TRAPS IN SIGHT.
EVERYTHING WAS ON THE BOTTOM.
THIS MAN DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE
HAD, ESPECIALLY LOBSTER GEAR,
AND TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK
AND FISHING TO GET THEM UP OFF
THE BOTTOM.
>> Interview: MY FATHER'S
WHARF AND FISH SHED AND
WALKWAY WAS WASHED AWAY BY
JUAN.
SOME OF THE FISHERMEN WERE
ACROSS THE HARBOUR AND SAW
THIS GREEN THING COMING AND
DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT IT WAS,
AND IT WAS DAD'S SHED.
JUST LIKE A BOAT AT FULL
SPEED.
I COULD STILL SEE THE LOOK ON
MY DAD'S FACE.
IT WAS VERY MUCH OF DISBELIEF,
YOU KNOW, HE PUT THERE AS A
BOY, IT HAD JUST GONE ACROSS
THE HARBOUR AND GONE.
>> Linda: WHAT ABOUT NOW IN
TERMS OF COMPENSATION?
HOW MANY FISHERMEN ARE STILL
WAITING AND STILL REBUILDING?
>> Interview: WELL, THERE'S A
FEW STILL WAITING AND SOME ARE
REBUILDING, BUT THE DELAYS IS
LIKE PERMITS AND GETTING THE