Nathan Kember, of Paul Davis Systems Restoration Specialists, used his 4x4 to shuttle hospital staff during the overnight storm that keep most people at home.
“I have a friend that’s a nurse and she needed a drive to the hospital,” Kember said. “I was over to her house last night and she wanted a drive to work this morning. So, I called her up this morning and she said sure. I thought it was a good idea to keep doing it.’’
Kember posted a picture of his truck on Facebook offering free rides to hospital employees and the response was over - whelming.
“It ’s something you can do in a small community and it ’s the least we could do,’ ’ he said. “We’ve got about a dozen or so calls and we’ve got some more lined up.’’
Kember said he started shuttling people around 10 a. m.
“The back streets were al l pretty well not plowed,” he said. “Our truck can go through quite a bit of snow so I ’m glad we had t hat i n our vehicl e f l eet.”
Kember has a Ford F- 150 with 38- inch tires and a lift kit that made it ideal for the wintery conditions
“It was pretty bad all the way around. Central Street was plowed by 11 a.m. A lot of streets weren't open,” he said. “Greenwood Drive and Pope Road were pretty bad.’’
He said there were power crews out restoring outages.
The area around Credit Union Pl ace was “dicy,” but Kember said they could make it through.
“Down by the rink there were six and seven-foot drifts.’’
He said this is the first time he has offered this service, but it won’t be the last, especially with another storm set for Thursday.
“I was think thinking that too,’’ he said.
“Thursday won’t be a problem at all. Not much else to do on a storm day when everything is shut down. When we came through town this morning at about 8 a.m. there was not a soul around. All of the gas stations that I saw were closed. Tim Hortons was open downtown. There were two people working there and we offered them a ride home but they didn't take us seriously.’’
Kember said the response has been good and his efforts seem to be appreciated.
“A lot of people wanted to pay us, but we didn’t take anything. It was t he l east we could do.’’
