Water levels have reached historic highs in southern regions of the province, surpassing levels seen in 1973. Residents living along the St. John River are being advised to continue using extreme caution and remain alert to rising water levels.
There have been questions raised by some as to why the military hasn’t been called in as of yet to help.
Director of New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization Greg McCallum says he has been meeting with the senior levels of military in the Atlantic region on a daily basis.
“This is an ongoing conversation and a continual, very careful assessment of needs. It is being done by hundreds of people and reported in a very orderly way. People often want to speculate about what people could do, or should do, or should have done. I am not in the business of being terribly concerned about opinions. I am concerned with facts. I am concerned with addressing requirements and I can assure everyone the requirements are being met,” MCallum says.
McCallum adds if circumstances change, and if there is an instance in any place, that additional assistance is required, whether it is military or some other federal department or other agency, then further help will be requested.
