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Weird Canadian weather : catastrophes, ice storms, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and tsunamis

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    Blue Bike Books, 2009

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  • Author: Jackson, A. H.
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    2009
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    Don't like the weather; just wait five minutes. Real Canadian culture is complaining about the weather: * The ice storm of January 1998 in Eastern Canada caused power outages in Ontario and Quebec, leaving 200,000 people in the dark and forcing more than 100,000 to seek refuge in shelters * Mercury soared to 45 degrees Celsius in Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, on July 5, 1937, the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada * Snag, Yukon, recorded the lowest temperatures in Canadian history, at -62.8 degrees Celsius * Canada's longest and deadliest heat wave occurred in Manitoba and Ontario between July 5 and 17, 1936, claiming 1180 lives, with temperatures exceeding 44 degrees Celsius * In January 1966, the temperature rose 21 degrees in four minutes when a Chinook arrived in Pincher Creek, Alberta * Canada's most destructive hailstorm occurred in Calgary on September 7, 1991, when a 30-minute storm caused over

    Sujets: Climatology | Weather
    Original Publisher: [Edmonton, Alta.], Blue Bike Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781897278390
    Collection(s)/Series: Read Alberta eBook Collection