When there’s a hurricane en route, members at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron (RNSYS) are asked to disconnect from power, double all lines and make sure their masts do not line up directly with a neighbouring yacht.

“The modelling shows that the eye of the storm is going to be well offshore but we may see some surf and some wind here, but we’re not going to go to panic mode until we know a little bit better. At that point, we’ll start moving the boats a little bit off the marina systems, try to tuck them in farther," said Chris Fraser, RNSYS marine services manager.

Meanwhile, farther inland in the province, crews battling an out-of-control wildfire in Annapolis County, N.S., are now faced with prospect of increased wind speed in an unfavourable direction thanks to Erin.

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