Hurricane Lee Coverage from Nova Scotia

I woke up the next morning with a similar game plan, check to see if there were any new major developments in Lockeport overnight and then head North. Nothing new was happening in Lockeport, so I proceeded North.

I ended up spending some time watching crews cleanup a street. They were incredibly helpful. The individual responsible for this site, ended up speaking with me. He asked me if I could stay behind a certain point. I informed him I had no interest in going any further than I was. I was using a long lens and I was perfectly okay with staying further back. He chuckled, I guess the position of some photographers he dealt with before was to get as close as possible. For me, I had no interest in getting close. I had a long zoom lens.

We had a conversation about the risks. He mentioned power in the area was shut off however there may be some of these homes with generators that were generating electricity via generators, solar power, batter banks, etc. If the home owner didn’t manage their feed properly, it could send the electricity back onto the grid where these individuals were working. I informed him, I never thought of that and that I know little about electricity so I always stay further back. That said, staying further back also allows me to capture other individuals within the photos.

I continued to watch them for a bit before moving onto Lunenburg.

While in Lunenburg, I wanted to go up near the park. Sure enough there was a big tree down. Out of all the photos taken, it was composition the Globe & Mail would decide on for their cover photo the next morning.

Hurricane Lee ended up being covered a good amount. The New York Times, CNN, PBS and of course the Globe & Mail were amongst the many outlets who utilized my imagery (via Reuters of course).