Last weekend's Halloween storm has spurred Port Clements to take a closer look at its emergency plans.At Tuesday night's council meeting (Nov. 2), mayor Cory Delves said the village has plans in place to deal with earthquakes and tsunamis, but perhaps hasn't done enough thinking about how to deal with more frequent, lower-impact events like power outages and road closures."Take somebody like a senior who lives down the road on their own, how are they faring in the outage, are they getting what they need?" he said. "I hate to think somebody sat for 30 hours in the dark without a means of feeding themselves because the power was out."While many Port residents have their own generators and are well-prepared to endure lengthy power outages, he said, others are more vulnerable, and the village should be thinking about how to help them.The village's emergency committee and possibly the fire department could play a role here, he said. For example, the volunteer firefighters could knock on doors during a power failure, making sure everybody is all right and getting help for those who need it. The village could also make a list of seniors living on their own or others who might need assistance, councillor Cam Traplin said.Council members discussed other issues brought up by Sunday's storm, raising questions like how Port could get ambulance or police service if the roads are closed, how firefighters could respond to a call that required driving on a closed highway, how firefighters can put on their gear in the dark, and whether the multi-purpose building's community kitchen could be used in an emergency.Council voted to have staff investigate funding possibilities for buying a generator to power the multi-purpose building, and to have the emergency committee prepare a plan for storm events.Port has been without power for a total of 62 hours since Sept. 23, administrator Heather Nelson-Smith said. That's more than two and a half days.Copyright Haida Gwaii Observer 2010.