Ten days after Fiona P.E.I. residents without power alarmed at pace of response

CHARLOTTETOWN —
Residents of Prince Edward Island say they’re growing exhausted, anxious and cold as thousands remain without power 10 days after post-tropical storm Fiona swept through the region.

Kylee Graham, who hasn’t had power at her Charlottetown apartment since 1 a.m. on Sept. 24., says life is increasingly difficult as she copes with cooling temperatures and a lack of heat or light.

The 26-year-old is also a volunteer with the Charlottetown Mutual Aid, and says she is encountering seniors and homeless people whose situation is worse than her own.

Wanda Arnold, a 70-year-old resident of Huntingdon Court seniors complex in Charlottetown, says she and other residents have been given blankets, but at night they’re shivering in the dark without heat or power.