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‘Hoping everybody stays safe’: N.S. fishermen scramble to secure boats as Fiona nears

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Aidan Sampson, 25, said he had been working 11-hour days in his father-in-law’s boatyard for the past week, lifting fishing vessels out of the water. Rodney Fougere, 63, a resident of Arichat, said he recalled a storm in 1974 that destroyed mobile homes.“I’m tying up my vessel as best I can so it’s still here after the storm …. They’re saying this one here is up there in terms of wind,” he said.

 

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