Obstructed roads have made it more difficult to haul fuel to gas stations.
Nationwide, obstructed roads and severed bridges lead to the isolation of communities in seven different parishes.
Meanwhile, the Kanowna Belle, New Celebration, Sons of Gwalia, and dozens of other open-pit mines also suspended mining activities due to obstructed roads as well as wet pits and facilities.
Drug shortages and medical device shortfalls abounded as pharmaceutical companies scrambled to find enough diesel to run their factories, deal with power outages, locate and ensure their employees' safety, and figure out how to transport people to work on obstructed roads.
But residents also want the world to know — to hear again — that they are aghast at how hard, long, slow, confused, painful and obstructed by incompetence the road back has been.
After all, so many of the dangers of winter, in particular, are self-inflicted: shoveling driveways to get to obstructed highways; driving those icy roads to places that should be closed; showing up at the office, thanks to S.U.V.'s in rarely-used four-wheel drive mode, for the sake of being able to brag about our dedication and obstinacy.
The following COD categories, which can potentially be assigned by InterVA-4, were not observed in our population: haemorrhagic fever, sickle cell with crisis, non-road transport accident, obstructed labour, and ruptured uterus.
Despite the extensive distribution of mobile phones within the community, which facilitate communication with vehicle owners or drivers for transport as well as communication with the hospital in cases of obstructed labour, aspects such as time of day, seasonal road conditions and location of dwelling delay women reaching the healthcare system once the decision has been taken to refer.
