Building a food reserve and cleaning in the properties are two measures to follow from the start of the cyclone season.
Elders remember: “I remember when I was young, my parents always had a food supply at the start of the hurricane season. We always had pasta, oil, water and canned food at home. ” Today, these habits are lost, we are waiting for the last moment, that is to say, the confirmation of the arrival of a phenomenon to rush to the supermarkets to build up our food supply. A few days before Irma, the stores were stormed. In less than three days, stocks were depleted. Not only does this create stress for people, but it also disrupts the management of supermarkets who have to anticipate their orders and delivery times knowing that establishments do not have the capacity to store a large volume of goods. “At the water level, the CMA-CGN gives us a place in the port to leave containers filled with water packs to meet needs in case. Of course, we alternate the stock so as not to damage the water ”, explain the co-managers of Super U.
However, the prefecture and the community repeat it every year: it is necessary to anticipate and prepare. “We all know that zero risk does not exist but we also know that preparation and anticipation are major elements. We are all actors in our own security, I remind you, and we must therefore develop our risk culture, ”said Yawo Nuiadzi, second vice-president of the COM.
"Preparation is everyone's business and it is collectively that we must act: State, Community, Saint-Martinoises and Saint-Martinois", he continues.
The population is thus invited to vigilance and individual preparation.
This is not limited to the creation of a food stock. It is also a question of cleaning at home by evacuating all the waste which could be projectiles during a cyclone. The population can take advantage of the clean-up campaign that the COM is again implementing in July. Or go on its own initiative to throw out bulky items at the recycling center located in Galisbay.
In the event of a phenomenon, construction companies will also be asked to secure their construction sites.
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