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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday January 1, 2015 1 January 2, 1948 A19-month-old girl wearing only tights Ablizzard swept across Ontario from and adiaper was found in an outdoor Windsor to Kingston, coating some 2 recycling dumpster in Winnipeg, MB. surfaces with a layer of ice and piling up The temperature was -l7"C and -25 huge snow drifts elsewhere. Gale-force with the wind chill. Her lips were pale, winds drove a 50-year-old lighthouse and her face was all puffy. The little and part of a nearby pier at Bronte into girl would likely have died within an Lake Ontario. Meanwhile, fishermen hour had ateenager not heard the along the shore strapped down their whimpering child and rescued her. shacks with ropes and cables in an attempt to prevent them being blown into the lake.

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January 3, 2007 January 4, 2012 January 5, 2014 January 6, 2014 January 7, 2014 January 8, 1982 QUIZ Mice and rats not only survived but Southern Alberta set records for mild Whereas much of the rest of North Winnipeg, MB, came through its Police and media in southern Ontario Residents in Red Bank, NB, began thrived during southern Canada's 3 temperatures and howling winds that 4 America was caught up in a polar 5 coldest December in 80 years, and 6 and Quebec were inundated with calls 7 feeling their homes shake around 8 In which city would you not hear the 9 record mild winter. The warmth also fanned grass fires. Those same winds vortex deep freeze, the West Coast became a minor Twitter sensation when from the worried or the curious after 9 a.m. One resident thought that a term wind chill used in the forecast? woke hibernating bats, resulting in a also rolled a number of large trucks. was unseasonably mild and at times it was revealed the city was colder than residents heard and felt loud banging hurricane was rocking his home. At one 1) Stockholm flurry of calls to exterminators. If it is not Grassland fires closed highways and shrouded in fog. The impact on ski Mars. It was -37"C with a wind chill that noises and tremors from what most reSidence, Fluffy, an 8-year-old mongrel 2) Moscow cold enough, rats lose their fat reserves city streets and left behind a swath of resorts was widely felt, including made it feel like -51. The ultra-frigid thought were falling trees, sonic booms, who was terrified of thunderstorms and 3) Edinburgh and must find something to eat or die. charred fields and buildings. Pincher the mid-January closing of Mount weather prompted closed schools, late gunshots, or earthquake activity. In rifle shots seemed rattled and needed 4) Washington Some southwestern Ontario wineries Creek saw winds reach 109 km/h. Washington ski resort on Vancouver garbage pick-up parking bans, and fact, they were experiencing "frost company 6 hours before the "shaking" 5) Vancouver gave up on their ice wine crop and made Officials warned people to tie down Island, due to lack of snow, and the discouraged outdoor recreation. Quakes"-the result of freezing water began. People from Halifax to Gaspe "slush" wine instead. barbecues, outdoor furniture, garbage layoff of 400 workers. Ayear earlier, the splitting deep soil or rock or causing reported their pets going crazy when the Answer on inside back cover cans, and other items. resort had 350 cm of snow; this year it frost heaving. tremors started. had 20 cm.

Epiphany New Moon January 10, 1906 10 January 11, 2014 11 January 12, 1975 12 January 13,2014 13 January 14,2003 14 January 15,2014 15 January 16, 1948 The remains of aman who fell More than 20,000 customers in Two little boys recently arrived Asuper-charged Pacific "breeze" It was so cold in Winnipeg, MB, Abrief warm-up in New Anurse from Gladstone, MB, • over a precipice in the Kluane, YT, Nova Scotia were left in the dark from Kenya saw ice for the first blew from northern British with -40 wind chills, that the minor Brunswick that featured melting trudged akilometre to an army 16 mining district had to stay until spring after 60 mm of heavy rains and 15 time and it almost killed them. They Columbia to eastern Manitoba. Winds hockey association called off the Ice snow and rain caused ice-jamming on barracks at MacDonald while clasping a melted the snow covering his body. The mm of freezing rain-all driven by ventured out on thin ice covering 2 m of clipped along at record hurricane-force Bowl, an annual outdoor tournament. major water courses. The false spring sick 2-year-old boy, after acar bringing victim, who arrived the previous year strong winds gusting to over 100 dirty, freezing water in aNorth York, ON, speeds of 120 km/h. The wicked winds The decision upset both kids and caused localized flooding, leading to the youngster to hospital became from New York, was hunting mountain km/h-pounded the region. Roads apartment swimming pool and fell in. A rattled and broke windows, shook cars organizers. The Free Press wrote: road closures. From Drummond to snowbound in adrift in frigid weather. deer in the northern camp, far above were flooded, city streets were littered third-floor resident heard afaint cry for and semi-trailer trucks, and ripped away "Heaven help us if Don Cherry Dieppe, ice jams and fast-flowing melt Rescue vehicles slid off the road. The the timber line, when he fell down a with tree limbs, signage, garbage help and saw one boy hanging onto a at downtown bUilding fa,ades, inflicting hears through the grapevine that waters inundated a number of backyards medical party set out on foot with the deep crevasse. Asearch party lacked cans, and other debris, and flights and chunk of ice. The other boy was face up millions of dollars in property damages. Winterpeggers, the hardiest of all in and roads with the kind of conditions nurse carrying the patient most of the sufficient length of rope to bring up ferry crossings were either delayed or about a v.. munder the water. Both boys The winds even knocked down hockey, wussed out." people typically expect in April. way. The child, suspected of having the body. cancelled. The same storm also brought were rescued. pedestrians and bent cell towers. diphtheria, was later transported to several hours of freezing rain to New Winnipeg. Brunswick and Newfoundland.

First Quarter January 17, 2012 January 18, 1932 18 January 19, 2003 19 January 20, 2003 20 January 21, 2014 21 January 22, 2015 22 January 23, 2014 Saskatchewan residents set a An OPP constable tramped more The city of White horse, YT, public Awinter storm pounded Atlantic Anasty nor'easter featuring The west enjoyed unseasonable The Grape Growers of Ontario • record for gas consumption as 17 than 60 km over 2 days on works employees could thank the Canada for several days. In powerful winds, heavy snow, double-digit temperatures as reported a record fall harvest of 23 wind-chill readings hovered around snowshoes in order to investigate recent cold and snow for their jobs. SI. John's, NL, heavy snowfall and and widespread whiteouts whipped high as 20+°C in Lethbridge, AB­ 79,756 tonnes of grapes that could -40. The raw cold meant vehicles the death of a trapper, whose body Earlier in January, city management driving winds reduced visibility to zero. through the Maritimes. Charlottetown, warmer than Los Angeles. Sabari, the produce enough wine to fill about 22 wouldn't turn over, batteries Quickly lost was found lying on his trap line near met with workers to discuss layoffs and Firefighters were slowed, looking for PE, suffered the worst weather with Calgary Zoo's resident rhinoceros, took Olympic-size swimming pools, making it their charge, oil thickened, seals leaked, Wintering Lake, ON (Longlac district). volunteer vacation time in light of the fire hydrants under snowbanks. In one more than 37 cm of snow and winds full advantage of the nice weather to one of the best years for the number of <><'nn<>hl\l lAl<:I,.-m u,,,,,,,tr.n..- ~lnul tr.n rlnl"" fi..-n rln..trnllnrl <> hrirl<>1 <,,,I ... n "'nrl n,,<'tinn ""or 7('\ L- ..... /h_onn"nh t,., .., .... lIn..' in ...... ,,,L,,, "rH""·.ji.;"... ",, 0 .. nn..,+..,'''''+ Perihelion 18:00 EST New Year's Day Last Quarter January 3, 2007 3 January 4, 2012 January 5, 2014 January 6,2014 January 7, 2014 January 8, 1982 8 QUIZ Mice and rats not only survived but Southern Alberta set records for mild Whereas much of the rest of North Winnipeg, MB, came through its Police and media in southern Ontario Residents in Red Bank, NB, began thrived during southern Canada's temperatures and howling winds that 4 America was caught up in a polar 5 coldest December in 80 years, and 6 and Quebec were inundated with calls 7 feeling their homes shake around In which city would you not hear the 9 record mild winter. The warmth also fanned grass fires. Those same winds vortex deep freeze, the West Coast became a minor Twitter sensation when from the worried or the curious after 9 a.m. One resident thought that a term wind chill used in the forecast? woke hibernating bats, resulting in a also rolled a number of large trucks. was unseasonably mild and at times it was revealed the city was colder than residents heard and felt loud banging hurricane was rocking his home. At one 1) Stockholm flurry of calls to exterminators. If it is not Grassland fires closed highways and shrouded in fog. The impact on ski Mars. It was -3JOC with a wind chill that noises and tremors from what most residence, Fluffy, an 8-year-old mongrel 2) Moscow cold enough, rats lose their fat reserves city streets and left behind a swath of resorts was widely felt, including made it feel like -51. The ultra-frigid thought were falling trees, sonic booms, who was terrified of thunderstorms and 3) Edinburgh and must find something to eat or die. charred fields and buildings. Pincher the mid-January closing of Mount weather prompted closed schools, late gunshots, or earthquake activity. In rifle shots seemed rattled and needed 4) Washington Some southwestern Ontario wineries Creek saw winds reach 109 km/h. Washington ski resort on Vancouver garbage pick-up parking bans, and fact, they were experiencing "frost company 6 hours before the "shaking" 5) Vancouver gave up on their ice wine crop and made Officials warned people to tie down Island, due to lack of snow, and the discouraged outdoor recreation. quakes"-the result of freezing water began. People from Halifax to Gaspe "slush" wine instead. barbecues, outdoor furniture, garbage layoff of 400 workers. Ayear earlier, the splitting deep soil or rock or causing reported their pets going crazy when the Answer on inside back cover cans, and other items. resort had 350 cm of snow; this year it frost heaving. tremors started. had 20 cm.

Epiphany New Moon January 10, 1906 10 January11,2014 11 January 12,1975 12 January 13, 2014 13 January 14, 2003 14 January 15,2014 15 January 16, 1948 The remains of a man who fell More than 20,000 customers in Two little boys recently arrived Asuper-charged Pacific "breeze" It was so cold in Winnipeg, MB, Abrief warm-up in New Anurse from Gladstone, MB, • over a precipice in the Kluane, YT, Nova Scotia were left in the dark from Kenya saw ice for the first blew from northern British with -40 wind chills, that the minor Brunswick that featured melting trudged akilometre to an army 16 mining district had to stay until spring after 60 mm of heavy rains and 15 time and it almost killed them. They Columbia to eastern Manitoba. Winds hockey association called off the Ice snow and rain caused ice-jamming on barracks at MacDonald while clasping a melted the snow covering his body. The mm of freezing rain-all driven by ventured out on thin ice covering 2 m of clipped along at record hurricane-force Bowl, an annual outdoor tournament. major water courses. The false spring sick 2-year-old boy, after acar bringing victim, who arrived the previous year strong winds gusting to over 100 dirty, freezing water in a North York, ON, speeds of 120 km/h. The wicked winds The decision upset both kids and caused localized flooding, leading to the youngster to hospital became from New York, was hunting mountain km/h-pounded the region. Roads apartment swimming pool and fell in. A rattled and broke windows, shook cars organizers. The Free Press wrote: road closures. From Drummond to snowbound in adrift in frigid weather. deer in the northern camp, far above were flooded, city streets were littered third-floor resident heard afaint cry for and semi-trailer trucks, and ripped away "Heaven help us if Don Cherry Dieppe, ice jams and fast-flowing melt Rescue vehicles slid off the road. The the timber line, when he fell down a with tree limbs, signage, garbage help and saw one boy hanging onto a at downtown building facades, inflicting hears through the grapevine that waters inundated a number of backyards medical party set out on foot with the deep crevasse. Asearch party lacked cans, and other debris, and flights and chunk of ice. The other boy was face up millions of dollars in property damages. Winterpeggers, the hardiest of all in and roads with the kind of conditions nurse carrying the patient most of the sufficient length of rope to bring up ferry crossings were either delayed or about a l> munder the water. Both boys The winds even knocked down hockey, wussed out." people typically expect in April. way. The child, suspected of having the body. cancelled. The same storm also brought were rescued. pedestrians and bent cell towers. diphtheria, was later transported to several hours of freezing rain to New Winnipeg. Brunswick and Newfoundland.

First Quarter January 17, 2012 January 18,1932 18 January 19, 2003 19 January 20, 2003 20 January 21, 2014 21 January 22, 2015 22 January 23, 2014 Saskatchewan residents set a An OPP constable tramped more The city of White horse, YT, public Awinter storm pounded Atlantic Anasty nor'easter featuring The west enjoyed unseasonable The Grape Growers of Ontario • record for gas consumption as 17 than 60 km over 2 days on works employees could thank the Canada for several days. In powerful winds, heavy snow, double-digit temperatures as reported arecord fall harvest of 23 wind-chill readings hovered around snowshoes in order to investigate recent cold and snow for their jobs. St. John's, NL, heavy snowfall and and widespread whiteouts whipped high as 20+°C in Lethbridge, AB­ 79,756 tonnes of grapes that could -40. The raw cold meant vehicles the death of a trapper, whose body Earlier in January, city management driving winds reduced visibility to zero. through the Maritimes. Charlottetown, warmer than Los Angeles. Sabari, the produce enough wine to fill about 22 wouldn't turn over, batteries quickly lost was found lying on his trap line near met with workers to discuss layoffs and Firefighters were slowed, looking for PE, suffered the worst weather with Calgary Zoo's resident rhinoceros, took Olympic-size swimming pools, making it their charge, oil thickened, seals leaked, Wintering Lake, ON (Longlac district). volunteer vacation time in light of the fire hydrants under snowbanks. In one more than 37 cm of snow and winds full advantage of the nice weather to one of the best years for the number of and fuel lines froze. The deep freeze The coroner told him to bury the body unseasonably warm weather. Now the delay, fire destroyed a bridal salon and gusting over 70 km/h-enough to wallow in mucky conditions. By contrast, harvested grapes in Ontario, with total had its usual effects-garbage pickup if no marks of foul play were found. He city was back to seasonal norms for 150 wedding dresses waiting to be shutter businesses, hospital services, the zoo cancelled the penguin walk. value of the harvest at $100 million. delays, a rash of last-minute vacation concluded death from heart trouble. To snow and ice. The situation paralleled picked up by brides-to-be. schools, and government offices. Over On the same day, they also could have bookings to the south, and a spike in bury the body, the constable had to thaw the Yukon Quest-where officials faced eastern Newfoundland, a mix of snow, reported the loss of 3/4 of the grape business for tow truck companies and out the ground with fires. a "cancel or not" situation. ice pellets, freezing rain, and rain vines, owing to recent deep persistent furnace repair shops. The deep freeze occurred in a rare winter thundersnow. cold. also led to a drop in crimes.

Full Moon January 24,2014 24 January 25, 1842 25 January 26, 1953 26 January 27,2014 27 January 28, 1933 28 January 29, 1977 January 30,1906 Record warm temperatures The schooner Cherub's arrival at Anorthern BC pilot was the sole Blowing snow and black icy roads Near Moncton, NB, a massive Two men and two children Weather conditions were hard prevailed across the Yukon. Lehave, NS, was quite pleasing, if survivor of 7 men aboard a plane forced Maritimers to spend the snowstorm rendered the area survived 75 hours in blowing 29 on ice harvesters in Quebec. 30 Burwash shattered Yukon's all-time unexpected. The previous October, forced down in a storm in Fraser Beach, day huddled inside as businesses, impassable with 3 m drifts. Asnowplow snow on frozen Georgian Bay in Ontario Their usual ice-cutting site was wide record high maximum temperature for she sailed from Lunenburg for Boston, BC. He swam 220 mto shore, reaching offices, schools, and other public places train left Moncton but stalled in a huge by sleeping in shifts around afire pit open and running, and wind had blown any day in January at 16.5°C, eclipsing MA, with a load of cordwood and 3 an isolated rock through icy waters. closed for the day. Even Canadian Red drift near Grangeville that even buried in asnow-banked shelter, sparingly away what ice there was. Where there its previous record of 9.5°C. passengers, but nothing was heard of The majority of passengers died of cold Cross offices closed, although disaster the engine's smokestack. A 16-wheel sipping rye whisky and ahot remedy was ice, it was flooded. Further, roads her until now. Astorm drove the vessel exposure. Ahigh tide swept over his personnel and equipment remained on locomotive, the largest engine in the for colds, and thinking about pizza. The were in poor condition and could not January 31, 2014 to Barbados, where the cargo of wood rocky perch with cold waters up to his standby in case of emergencies. For a entire CNR system, was dispatched to four set out by snowmobile from Cedar bear heavy loads. Ateam of horses Montreal, QC, was cold in January but was sold, thus making a more lucrative thighs for 2 hours. Twenty-one ships different kind of emergency, all locations clear the tracks but crashed into the Point for Christian Island where they broke through the ice; 1 horse was not snowy. Only 15 cm of snow fell in trip than if she had succeeded in getting sailed right by the beached pilot. He of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. were stalled train, killing 3 railway men in one planned to clear snow from the roofs lost, the other was rescued after ahard the city (normal is 50 cm), making it to Boston. shouted out, but stormy winds obscured closed at 1 p.m., and most stores, malls, of the worst railway crashes in Atlantic of their cottages. About 30 volunteer struggle. the most snowless January since 1988 his voice. Eventually, a fishing boat and restaurants were closed, with even Canada's history. snowmobilers and apolice helicopter when 14 cm fell. picked him up. pizzerias unable to deliver. took part in the rescue.

31 Last Quarter • UARY MARCH 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 FEBRUARY 2016 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday February1,2015 1 February 2, 1947 February 3, 2015 3 February 4, 1972 February 5,1926 ASuper Bowl Sunday storm brought Today began aweek of blizzards Astorm Ihal started on Groundhog Day Auniversity student was killed and Anor'easter blizzard raged for .,,' ~ widespread heavy snows (25 to 40 cm) across the southern Prairies in what 2 dumped 37 cm of snow in parts of the 12 others injured when achartered 4 12 hours over Nova Scotia, sending 5 Which is the busiest month of the year to southern Ontario, Blizzard conditions oldsters called the worst storm in the Maritimes and wind gusts surpassed bus carrying 47 students to aski lodge ships hurrying to their harbours, piling for Canadian cardiologists'? history of man. While unlikely, it was hurricane strength. Across Cape Breton, was rammed by an oil tanker during a the roads with snowdrifts, and isolating 1) July , no exaggeration 10 call it the worst temperatures did afree fall-from 9 snowstorm near Mount Forest, ON, The several districts for a week or more, 2) October lowered visibilities to less than 200 m. storm in Canadian railway history, Huge to _9°C in six hours, causing pooling students had disembarked from the bus Schools and businesses closed and 3) January In Windsor, the storm dumped 37 cm snowbanks blocked cuts and buried water and slush to freeze Quickly, Citizen when they came upon abeer truck stuck train and ship traffic came 10 a halt 4) April of snow-enough to interfere with the rails under 4 m of snow, No fewer than weather rage was triggered by slippery in the snow, While students gang- The marine steamer Canadian Settler 5) no difference between monlhs delivery of some Super Bowl pizzas, 5 trains were stalled between Oxbow surfaces, narrow roads, high snow pushed the beer trUCk, atanker loomed from Antwerp limped into port, dragging Monday was a snow day for schools, and Estevan, SK. In towns, drifts were banks, Ice fog, bone-chilling cold, and through the storm and struck the rear of her anchors and nearly crashing into Answer on inside back cover colleges, and most campuses, banked to the housetops and stretched idiot drivers, the bus, crushing the students, the pier. ablock,

Groundhog Day February 7,2013 7 February 8, 1890 February 9, 1969 9 February 10, 1987 10 February 11,1999 11 February 12,1999 12 February 13, 1923 13 Afast-moving weather disturbance Asnow slide detained trains rains and fierce gales hit the AsnOW-laden section of roof' Tahtsa Lake, BC, recorded Hundreds of natural snowballs In Edmonton, AB. shivering from Alberta and amoist low from mountainous section 10 km west of 8 west coast of Vancouver Island, BC, collapsed at aSI. John's, NL, Canada's greatest single-day called snowrollers dotted the crowds waited for streetcars Texas morphed into the biggest blast GlaCier, RC" near Ross Peak, The slide Winds blew as strong as 135 km/h shopping mall, injuring 7 people, snowfall at 145 cm, Nearby, Terrace­ landscape near SI. John's, NL The as Ihe temperatures plunged to -34 Q C, of winter weather in years, dropping spread over the rails for adistance of at Capa SI. James, accompanied by None was seriously injured as most Kitimat reported a record snowfall of cylindrical mounds occur when warm But that was nothing compared to as much as 60 cm of snow between 400 mand to a depth of 16 m, The adump of tOo mm of rain, Freeze­ shoppers, warned by the noise of the 127 cm failing at a rate of 12 cm an weather converts snow into awet, the -50"C at House River and Fort Falls, New Yarn City, and snow was so hard packed that picks and thaw cycles triggered arock fall along creaking roof at the Sears department hour. There was so much snow on the cohesive mass and strong winds blow Four people in Ontario died dynamite had to be used to loosen it Highway 99, 10 km north of Lions Bay, store, escaped before the cave-in, runway that the Terrace Airport closed the mound down aslope until it e~her amid treacherous roads and blinding The transfer of passengers took 3 days. Aone-tonne slab of rock landed on a Earlier in the week, ablizzard had for the first time in history, At Tahtsa levels off or becomes so large that the blizzards, At one time, it was snowing No one was injured, moving car, killing 3 people, Snowslides dropped more than 30 cm of snow in the Lake, the 6-day snowfall total was 242 snowroller stops in its tracks, across the entire Maritimes. A storm also closed the Cheakamus Canyon on city's worst storm that winter. cm; monthly amount 488 cm; and the the Squamish to Pemberton highway, September-ta-June total awhopping trapping several cars, 1,522 cm.

Family Day (BC) Chinese New Year (Year of the Monkey) • New Moon .~I______~ Ash Wednesday February 15, 2014 15 February 16, 1813 February 17, 2015 17 February 18, 1863 18 February 19, 2015 19 February 20,1879 Affer 20 years of below-average More than 550 men marched Some residents of Charlottetown, Two men left Victoria, BC, In a In weather cold enough to Ahorrendous winter storm ice, it was back in ahuge from Fredericton, NB, to enforce 16 PE, were likening the recent 2-day river canoe with aload ot freeze exposed fiesh in less than raged across the Maritimes with into the Strait the garrison at Kingston, ON, against a snowfall of 87 cm to that from White provisions, bound for New Westminster, 30 minutes, a 3-year-old toddler clad snowdrifts reaching 5 m, Halifax. possible American invasion, The 1,100­ Juan in February 2004 (74,4 cm in en route to the mines. On the second only in adiaper, athin T-shirt, and a NS, streets were lined with km march look 54 days as the men one day), All government offices were day, agale blew up and the sea became pair of boots ventured from his Toronto, mountains of snow thrown trudged through deep snow and freezing closed as well as all schools and many violent. Heavy snows overwhelmed the ON, apartment building around 4 a.m, sidewalks. Commerce was temperatures in one of the worst winters businesses, In the past 3 weeks, voyageurs and capsized the little craft Amassive search was marshalled by suspended in the city and there on record, Poorly dressed against the 243 cm of snow had fallen on the PE With the sea roiling over them, hundreds of police and volunteers. no arrivals from the sea, No mall biting winds, they blazed their own capital, during which Meals on Wheels numbed with the cold, relinquished his Tragically, Baby Elijah'S frozen body communication was possible in trails and lived off the land as best they volunteers were unable to deliver hot hold and sank out of sight The lone was found 6 hours later only 300 m areas. The train from Moncton, NB, COUld, As many as 200 soldiers suffered meals on 7 separate days, survivor beached on asmall island; from his home, The city of Toronto had stuck at Amherst frostbite, he was later rescued by a Native who battled through 26 days of extreme-cold brought him via canoe to acamp at weather alerts this winter, Cowichan,

+-­ t-eoruary 23,2014 23 February 24, 1862 24 February 25, 2014 25 February 26, 1969 26 February 27, 2000 • Snow blanketed several cities In southern New Brunswick, More than 300 Winnipeg. MB, A2-day storm piled snowdrifts A"false spring" in Montreal, 22 along the coast at British the snow fell thick and fast, homes and busineeses had 3 m high in Quebec, leaving QC. with 11"C temperatures, Columbia, challenging highway crews the wind howled piteously with terrific frozen pipes-the most in more than hundreds of motorists and bus shattered records for the day, but thrilling skiers with the winter's first force, and the cold was intense, Roads 35 years, Winnipeg'S water mains passengers stranded, Abulldozer was Montrealers sunned themselves substantial snowfall. In Victoria, the were blocked in every direcllOn, and are between 2,1 and 2.7 mbelow the used and enjoyed April in February, At clean airport was forced to delay and cancel houses were blown down in some surface but, owing to the coldest winter Sherbrookll, QC, the temperature a block.

Groundhog Day February 7, 2013 February 8, 1890 February 9, 1969 February 10, 1987 10 February 11,1999 11 February 12, 1999 12 February 13, 1923 13 Afast-moving weather disturbance Asnow slide detained trains Asnow-laden section of roof ' Tahtsa Lake, BC, recorded Hundreds of natural snowballs In Edmonlon, AB, shivering from Alberta and a moist low from 7 mountainous section 10 km west of 8 9 collapsed at aSt. John's, NL, Canada's greatest single-day called snowrollers dotted the crowds waited for streetcars Texas morphed into the biggest blast Glacier, RC., near Roas Peak. The slide Winds blew as strong as 135 km/h shopping mall, injuring 7 people. snowfall at 145 cm. Nearby, Terrace­ landscape near SI. John's, NL. The as the temperatures plunged to -34°C. of winter weatl1er in years, dropping spread over the rails far adistance 01 at Cape St. James, accompanied by None was seriously injured as most Kitimat reported arecord snowfall of cylindrical mounds occur when warm But that was nothing compared to as much as 60 cm of snow between 400 mand to adepth of 16 m. adump of 100 mm of rain. Freeze­ shoppers, warned by the noise of the 127 cm falling at a rate of 12 cm an weather converts snow into awet, the -50'C at House River and Fort New York City, and snow was so hard packed that picks and thaw cycles triggered arock fall along creaking roof at the Sears department hour. There was so much snow an the cohesive mass and strong winds blow McMurray. Fearing being punished for Four people in Ontario died dynamite had to be used to loosen Highway 99, 10 km north of Lions Bay. store, escaped before the cave-in. runway that the Terrace Airport closed the mound down aslope until it either missing school, ayoung boy in Regina, amid treacherous roads and blinding The transfer of passengers took 3 days. Aone-tonne slab of rock landed on a Earlier in the week, ablizzard had for the first time in history. At Tahtsa levels off or becomes so large that the SK, hid in astraw stack for 3 days and blizzards. At one time, it was snowing No one was injured. moving car, killing 3 people. Snowslides dropped more than 30 cm of snow in the Lake, the 6-day snowlalltotal was 242 snowroller stops in its tracks. nights. He froze his feet and part of his across tI1e entire Marttimes, Astorm also closed the Cheakamus Canyon on city's worst storm that winter. cm; monthly amount 488 cm; and the scalp and had to spend several weeks in Shelburne, NS, was the the SQuamish to Pemberton highway, September-ta-June total awhopping hospital recovering. Angry seas tossed chunks trapping several C

Full Moon February 28, 2015 28 February 29,1940 29 February 2015 was the coldest The frozen bodies of 2 lumbermen in 115 years in Ontario and and their pilot were found in a Quebec. The Arctic air mass became cabin on Northwest Island near Lake stuck in the P.llst, resutting in Melville in Labrador. The trio flew from temperatures 5 to 9 degrees colder than Montreal 5 months eanier but became normal. In Toronto, as elsewhere, there lost in astorm, ran out of gas, and were forced to put down before reaching something seen only in 2 other months their destination. Search from air and at Pearson airport. In fact, whether land involving a dozen aircraft and 300 the airport or downtown, with records trappers was fruitless. The cabin had dating back to 1840, there has never plenty of fuel but the group succumbed been acolder montl1. to the weather and starvation. FEBRUARY APRIL 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 CH 2016 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 28 29 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Sunday Monday Tuesday Saturday Maroh 1, 2014 This winter avalanche killed 13 in British Columbia and Alberta, including 1 heli-ski excursion suffocated after an 5 snowmobilers, backcountry skiers, avalanche engulfed them in the rugged hikers, and afather and son who had Monashee range of southeastern British gone tobogganing. Sustained dry Columbia. The skiers were traversing weather created an underlying snow single file over a run when awall of layer featuring a hard, smooth surface. near. snow about ametre thick and up to 150 New snows up to 2 m deep didn't stick Essex County, much of the farmland mwide rolled toward them, well to the slabs underneath, leading to was under water. Farmers manned frequent snow slides. boats and rafts to inspect their property.

Last Quarter March 7, 2004 March 8, 2001 March 12, 1898 1 Off Pouch Cove, NL, 3 boys died as Following amild spell and heavy cold intensity throughout, it was no 6 Most early-season fires 7 table-sized chunks rains that melted much of the surprise that the Great Lakes ice cover emanate from ground left smouldering shore. One John's, NL, icicles became a recurring winter's snow cover, several rivers in was thick, expansive, and lasting. through winter. Mild temperatures and sight on older buildings with poor attic southern Ontario rushed into flood The Lakes were 92.2% ice-covered. strong winds kepI fire crews scrambling insulation. The icy stalactites were stage, carrying away fences, bridges, only exceeded once, in the winter of to contain afire in Weldwood, about the ocean trying to save him. sharp and heavy, and as long as 2 m. and outhouses. The Mayor and 1978-1979. Shipping channels were 15 km southwest of Hinton. Aforestry on ice fioes, called 'copying' or mess. One Several people came to emergency Aldermen made house calls, warning choked with ice, prompting Coast Guard expert said that the early fire could 'ballycatting" in Newfoundland. participant told organizers that his rooms claiming icicle-related injuries. residents in West London to secure icebreakers to work non-stop clearing signal along, fierce fire season this year. when winds blow ice into the parade noat was still frozen solid in his Homeowners and businesses were likely paths for vessels hauling cargoes of of coastal communities. driveway. Hospitals were busy, dealing liable for injuries by falling icicles. heating 011, salt, and coal. with fractures and concussions from frequent slips and falls.

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March 13, 2004 March 14, 1913 March 15, 2014 March 16, 1931 March 17, 1927 March 18, 2015 Ahuge project to drain and deepen 13 The Grand River, jammed with 14 Nasty nor'easters and Arctic • 128 survivors of the Avigorous storm tracked just 18 Wascana Lake in Regina, SK, was ice, put huge strains on bridges deep freezes in Atlantic Canada 15 wrecked American sealer Viking 16 17 Off the Atlantic coast of completed; 1.3 million cubic metres of in Dunnville, ON, forcing families to made this winter the harshest in 20 came ashOre on Horse Island, NI Hed outside when fire razed their home. Nova Srotia, bringing heavy snow (40 to earth were dug from the 38-ha lakebed. evacuate. Water poured into streets years. The latest onslaught resulted Ignited gunpowder had blown out tts With all the exits blocked, high winds (60 to 90 km/h). Ontario. An Oakville policeman was Work halted 3 times because of snow. and filled cellars, At midnight, dynamite in numerous schOOl closures, flight stern, leaving 20 dead. Rescue ships leaped tram a second-story bedroom Charlottetown, PE, set a new record of trapped in acruiser by fallen hydro In later stages, warm weather made was used to free the river of stuck ice. cancellations, treacherous road were prevented from reaching the island window, landing safely in adeep 159 cm of snow on the ground at the wires. In BUllington, 4 schools were the road slippery and mud caked. Cold conditions, and power outages. Strong by an ice barrier 20 mhigh and 8 km snowdrift The party tramped through airport, eclipsing the old mark of 122 opened for residents whose homes were weather arrived to help finish off the northeasterly winds in the Gulf of SI wide. In Washington, DC, the Secretary the heavy drifts to aneighbouring farm a cm on February 13,1956, and 10 times without power. They were told to bring work, Officials huddled together to Lawrence pushed ice onto northeast­ of State ordered an American ice cutter kilometre away. the normal total for this time of year. The their own blankets. Between Manitoulin celebrate the project's end, seeking and furnaces were snuffed out, making facing shorelines along the New to proceed immediately to Horse Island, city received awhopping 5 m of snow Island and Sudbury, 30 to 40 cm of shetter from wind gusts of 50 km/h. some homes uninhabitable. Brunswick coast carrying food and medical supplies for this winter-a new seasonal record. snow and 4 cm of freezing rain buried the desperate survivors. cars in icy-topped drifts.

Daylight Saving Time Begins ______+ SI. Patrick's Day March 20, 2015 March 21, 1955 March 22,2015 March 23, 1902 23 March 24, 1940 24 March 25,1939 March 26, 2015 26 Residents in Victoria, BC, were Southern Saskatchewan Marine Atlantic's MV Blue • Amonster ice jam extended In Quebec, 8,000 skiers and Warm weather and Snow measuring15 to 30 cm enjoying their warmest winter 20 marshalled all of its snow· 21 Puttees was stuck in heavy ice 22 40 km above Saint John, NB. hundreds of Laurentian residents throughout the central 25 over the Gaspe and North on record along with an abundance of removal equipment in an effort to dig about 30 km off Low Point Lighthouse, Adding to the concern were millions were stranded on 18 stalled trains. of BC caused asudden ice breakup Shore of Quebec, and up to 40 cm daffodils. It was so mild, in fact, that out after the season's worst snowstorm. NS, for 4 days. Even icebreakers had 01 logs held back by the ice. The ice Gale-force winds packed railway cuts about 10 days earlier than usual. In hit the Magdalen Islands. Gusts blew winter was snowless. The unseasonable South of Regina, SK, a Bombardier difficulty getting through. Restricted jam flooded an immense tract of land with up to 10 mof snow. Trains halted the north, the Murray River suddenly from 90 to 110 km/h and reached a warmth was credited to the Pacific suspended icebreaking including several islands. Adozen or where passengers could get food and overflowed its banks at East Pine, west maximum of 140 km/h at Cape Whittle, March 9, 1921 9 March 10, 2015 March 11, 2007 11 March 12, 1898 12 an early onset to winter and Following high tides, torrential rains, Aweek before SI. Patrick's With wide fluctuations in freezing Following amild spell and heavy intensity throughout. it was no In Alberta. Most early-season fires and moving ice in the Annapolis River, Day, organizers in Halifax, NS, 10 and thawing temperatures in SI, rains that melted much of the rise that the Great Lakes ice cover emanate from ground left smouldering 5 m of Hood waters covered the railway cancelled the parade because John's, NL, icicles bocame a recurring winter's snow cover, several rivers in was thick, expansive, and lasting, through winter. Mild temperatures and tracks near Brldgetown, NS, When downtown sight on older buildings with poor attic southern Ontario rushed into flood The Lakes were 92,2% ice-covered, strong winds kept fire crews scrambling the tide subsided, it revealed ripped ice and snow. insulation. The icy stalactites were stage, carrying away fences, bridges, only exceeded once, in the winter of to contain a fire in Weldwood, about up sections of track up to 25 mlong to travel along the narnower streets, sharp and heavy, and as long as 2 m, and outhouses. The Mayor and 1978-1979, Shipping channels were 15 km southwest of Hinton, Aforestry Workers immediately began repairing and sidewalks were also amess. One Severat people came to emergency Aldermen made house calls, warning choked with ice, prompting Coast Guard expert said that the early fire could the tracks but were forced to withdraw participant told organizers that his rooms claiming icicle-related injuries, residents in West London to socure icebreakers to work non-stop clearing signal a long, fierce fire season this year. when the full tide once more ftooded parada float was still frozen solid in his Homeowners and businesses were safer quarters, In the evening, water paths for vessels hauling cargoes of the rail lands, driveway, Hospitals were busy, dealing liable for injuries bY falling icicles. rose above the wheels of the Mayor's heating oil, salt, and coal. with fractures and col1Cussions from carriage, forcing him to scrambte to frequent slips and falls, safety,

March 16, 1931 16 March 17, 1927 17 March 18, 2015 18 March 19, 1963 1 In all, 128 survivors of the During ablizzard at Benito, Avigorous storm tracked just Freezing rain and ice pellets, 3 wrocked American sealer Viking MB, afamily and a farmhand off the Atlantic coast of accompanied by thunderstorms, came ashore on Horse Island, NL. fled outside when fire razed their home, Nova Scotia, bringing heavy snow (40 to struck large sections of southern Ignited gunpowder had blown out its With all the exits blocked, the family 70 cm) and high winds (60 to 90 km/h), OntariO, An Oakville policeman was stern, leaving 20 dead, Rescue ships leaped from asecond-story bedroom Charlottetown, PE, set anew record of trapped in a cruiser by fallen hydro were prevented from reaching the island window, landing safely in a deep 159 cm of snow on the ground at the wires, In Burlington, 4 schools were In Ourham, the rampaging Saugeen by an ice barrier 20 mhigh and 8 km snowdrift. The party tramped through airport, eclipsing the old mark of 122 opened for residents whose homes were swept away the dam and endangered wide, In Washington, DC, the Secretary the heavy drifts to a neighbouring farm a cm on February 13, 1956, and 10 times without power. They were told to bring the railway bridge, Most cellars flooded of State ordered an American ice cutter kilometre away, the normal total for this time of year. The their own blankets, Between Manitoulin and furnaces were snuffed out, making to proceed immediately to Horse Island, city received awhopping 5 m of snow Island and Sudbury, 30 to 40 cm of some homes uninhabitable. carrying food and medical supplies for this winter-a new seasonal record, snow and 4cm of freezing rain buried the desperate survivors, cars in icy-topped drifts,

I Daylight Saving Time Begins I First Quarter • I ..St.....Pa..tr"_ick'~Sl~Day~~~~~~~~!---~~~~~~~~~~~!---~~"""""""" March 20, 2015 20 March21,1955 21 March22,2015 22 March23,1902 23 March 24, 1940 24 March25,1939 March26,2015 26 Residents in Victoria, BC, were Southern Saskatchewan Marine Atlantic's MV Blue Amonster ice jam extended In Quebec, 8,000 skiers and Warm weather and heavy rains Snow measuring15 to 30 cm enjoying their warmest winter marshalled all of its snow- Puttees was stuck in heavy ice 40 km above Saint John, NB. hundreds of Laurentian residents throughout the centrat interior 25 fell over tha Gaspe and North on record along with an abundance of removal equipment in an effort to dig about 30 km off Low Point Lighthouse, Adding to the concern were millions were stranded on 18 stalled trains, of BC caused asudden ice breakup Shore of QU(ibec, daffodils, It was so mild, in fact. that out after the season's worst snowstorm. NS, for 4 days, Even icebreakers had of logs held back by the ice, The ice Gale-force winds packed railway cuts about 10 days earlier than usual. In M the Magdalen Islands. Gusts btew winter was snowless, The unseasonable South of Regina, SK, aBombardier difficulty getting through, Restricted jam flooded an immense tract of land with up to 10 mof snow, Trains halted the north, the Murray River suddenly from 90 10 110 kmlh and reached a warmth was credited to the Pacific snowmobile carrying 20 children got visibilfty also suspended icebreaking including several islands, Adozen or where passengers could get food and overflowed its banks at East Pine, west maximum of 140 kmlh at Cape Whittle, lost Two !Joys followed the telephone activities and marine traffic, Two other more barns were swept away and avast engineers could get coal and water of Dawson Creek, Residents marvelled QC, Hundreds of homes were without line to afarm for help, At Carnduff, ferries were tied at the dock in North Quantity of hay was ruined, About 30 for steam to keep coaches heated. at the speed with which agreat wall power and many roads, schools, and SK, farmers tried to take children to Sydney, One official said they would highway bridges were destroyed and Throughout the ordeal, thousands of of ice 21 mhigh suddenly appeared, institutions were closed, school but had to turn back when the be staying at the dock so they wouldn't many more were damaged, skiers remained cheerful, except the six Floodwaters swept away dwellings in horses pulling the sleighs foundered in have three vessels stuck in the ice with broken legs or sprained ankles, East Pine, Nine lives were lost. the drifts, instead of one,

Palm Sunday World Meteorology Day Spring Equinox 00: 30 EDT Moon 30er I',""Crid" Im March 27, 1959 March 28, 1955 28 March 29, 2015 29 March 30, 2004 March31,LU14 31 Adebris avalanche about 30 m With strong 60-km/h winds An Air Canada Airbus A320 Albertans shed their parkas Prince Edward Island took a wide and 2 m deep came down 27 blowing, officials dropped carrying 133 passengers and a for atew days as July-like frequent east of Revelstoke, BC, without warning, dynamite charges from helicopters in 5-member crew crash-landed at the temperatures smashed rocords across heavy snowfalls, At Charlottetown, an Aslide of slithering gumbo pushed order 10 break up ice dams plugging the the province. The nation's hot spot average of one storm per winter will a2-storey frame house over on one Niagara River gorge in Ontario, It took was Drumheller at 28°C, In Edmonton, dump more than 25 cm, This year there end, Four people trapped inside were all the charges before the massive ice gardeners headed to garden centres, were 5 major dumps. Even school kids killed. Said a highway crewl "The cake jarred loose and began to float looking for bedding plants. Said one were gelling restless with the novelty of whole thing flowed down the hill like away, The blasts shook buildings for garden centre managerl "I know snow days wearing off. In March there water, completely devoid of noise." miles around, One huge floe of Ice, 330 the newcomers, Long-time Alberta were more snow days than school days, The foreman saw one of his workmen macross and 5 m thick, tloated out into residents know better-you don't start "bobbing up and down" the 180 m Lake OntariO, lessening the pressure planting for 6to 8weeks from now." slopa. within the ice pack, Easter Sunday Easter Monday Last Quarter • MARCH MAY 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 APRIL 2016 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday April1,2014 1 An April Fool's storm struck Atlantic canada hard. New Brunswick residents faced another massive power outage 48 hours during asevere blizzard, due to freezing rain, ice pellets, and Seventy-eight men perished during heavy snow. Warming centres were the ordeal. Afather and son opened in sev6rnllocations. Fredericton were discovered frozen in an had 68 cm on the ground-the deepest Another sealer, snow cover ever measured for April. capsized with no survivors. The early April blast was also one of low in the water due to Its full the worst in a "winter of storms" for seal pelts on board, Newfoundland and Labrador,

April 3, 2003 April 5, 1955 5 April 6, t998 April 8, 1912 April 9, 1996 The Edmonton Economic Development Acrew abandoned Its 3D-tonne boat Residents of Lakehurst. ON, spent 1.1 million Quebecers. or 7 The South Sasketchewan River in Ahuge break-up and ensuing ice Group wanted a new slogan and in heavy ice off Glace Bay, NS, Asis1er the day cleaning up debris following 6 20% of the eligible voters, had already Sasketoon, SK rose 6 m in afew 8 jam too large to dynamite created logo for the 'City of Champions." An concerned officials about polenlial ship that went to their aid also became previous days small tornado and voted in advance polls. The increased hours, taking out arailroad bridge and abottleneck on the Bulkley River in Edmonton (AB) newspaper offered spring flooding was the depth of frost trapped and sank with the loss of 500 violent thunderstorm that swept across turnout was likely due to sunny and submerging the waterworks plant, British Columbia, In Telkwa, BC, several suggestions to counter the city's and potential jamming from ice 30% The hulls of both ships were the Kawartha Lakes, Eyewitnesses warm spring weather-or maybe not wharves, and several residences, So families were evacuated from pr image of being too cold: Edmonton­ lhicker than normal. Ironically, the frigid by the cruShing, heaving recounted seeing three 4-m aluminum As one official explained, some people rapid was the rise in discharge following covered with mini-icebergs and piles of snow joke, we're awarm community; temperatures that residents cursed all ice that extended about 7 km offshore, 110 kg each lifted go for a walk intending to vote, but they the sudden thaw, those living along its river silt One fully camperized school Edmonton-we're warmer than winter kept the moisture content of the The 6 men aboard the 2vessels made the ground and swirled keep on walking and never come back to shore were almost caught unaware, bus residence suffered the most severe Winnipeg; Edmonton-hot damn what snow very low and, through sublimation, it safely to shore In dories. Fas1er action in the wind like pieces of paper. The the polling station. damage when it was broadsided and aplace; and Edmonton-at least it's reduced its water content. would have saved both ships. blow lasted only 15 seconds, aithough began floating before jamming against never snowed in July! the rains and flooding continued much a fence, longer.

New Moon April 10, 2014 10 QUIZ April 13, 1951 13 April 14, 1952 April 15, 2014 15 Aplil16,1972 16 In southern Ontario, flooding was Heavy rains and melting snow Flood waters ran nearly ametre Across southern Quebec, April Kamloops, BC, felt the effects almos1 asure bet when athick What is often adeciding factor in 11 12 Increased flood dangers in several deep through southwestern 14 showers of 25 to 45 mm of rain 01 adevastating flood when the gefting people to move toward a Northern OntariO towns, Flooding spread Saskatchewan, forcing the evacuation and arapid snowmen on stili-frozen North Thompson River breached the sturdy public building during a tornado Ontario's Premier, Leslle Frost, lost his through Espanola as overflow from of 700 people from Eastend, An attempt ground meant huge river discharges. In dyke north of town, inundating Oak COld temperatures lasting well into warning? boathouse and dock to crushing Ice, but the Spanish River inundated several to run an emergency train to the flooded Beauceville, a kilometre-long ice jam Hills, One resident had just moved into spring, Several towns along the north 1) comfortable cots friends rescued his boat before it was buildings, More than 250 men battled town ended in failure owing to washouts along the Chaudlere River prompted his 2-week-old home only to lose a shore of Lake Ontario came 2) vehicle shetters damaged. Agovernment wharf was also the rampaging river, trying to protect along the ePR line, Instead, acavalcade authorities to evacuate dozens of homes freezer full of pork, moose meat, and 20 astate of emergency, About 1,600 3) no-gun rule wrecked. On Balsam Lake at Rosedale, the bridge, aroad from the mill, and of cars from Shaunavon rescued most and businesses, Near Morln Heights, chickens, plus irreplaceable personal volunteer sandbaggers in Belleville 4) pet policy a lighthouse was torn from its moorings afiltration plant Generator officials residents, The town had only one a rain-fed landslide dislodged massive belongings such as photographs. worked frantically as water on the 5) segregating genders and landed 400 mdownstream, transported ashipment of 5,000 working telephone to the outside. chunks of earth, destroying several Amazingly, a new 3n x4 metre rug MOira River reached the historic levels sandbags from Toronto. summer cottages, survived the ordeal because it was so of 2008. Answer on inside back cover tightly rolled

First Quarter Aprllt7.1963 Aprllt8, 1910 April 19, 1915 19 23.1921 The first major thunderstorm Melting snow and frost-heaving nbecame SO unseasonably Manitoba residents Despite disparaging words of the year across southern 17 loosened awall of sand across 18 warm in Toronto, ON, that the hunkered behind sandbags and 21 22 from the head of the Canadian 23 the railroad track near Coocoocache, Meteorological Service was asked for an earthen dykes as muddy water swirled weather service that cloud seeding QC. Landslides severed all explanation, Could It be because of such through communities. In Portage la could do little to make it rain, Charles communications, Agang of men was an excess of sunspots or did the War Prairie, amass of ice plugged the M, Hatfleld, a wealthy professional lightning. Parts of Hamilton and Guelph sent to clear away Ihe sand, The side have anything to do with it? Children Asslnlboine River. In Douglas, residents rain maker from Los Anoeles, CA. arrived April 3, 2003 3 April 4, 2014 4 April 5, 1955 5 April 6, 1998 April 7, 2014 7 April 8, 1912 April 9, 1996 9 The Edmonton Economic Development The mid-winter snowpack in southern Acrew abandoned its 30-tonne boat Residents of Lakehurst, ON, spent More than 1.1 million Quebecers, or The South Saskatchewan River in Ahuge break-up and ensuing ice Group wanted anew slogan and Manitoba was double the norm. What in heavy ice off Glace Bay, NS. Asister the day cleaning up debris following 6 20% of the eligible voters, had already Saskatoon, SK, rose 6 m in a few 8 jam too large to dynamite created logo for the "City of Champions." An concerned officials about potential ship that went to their aid also became previous days small tornado and voted in advance polls. The increased hours, taking out arailroad bridge and a bottleneck on the Bulkley River in Edmonton (AB) newspaper offered spring flooding was the depth of frost trapped and sank with the loss of 500 violent thunderstorm that swept across turnout was likely due to sunny and submerging the waterworks plant, British Columbia. In Telkwa, BC, several several suggestions to counter the city's and potential jamming from ice 30% kg of fish. The hulls of both ships were the Kawartha Lakes. Eyewitnesses warm spring weather-or maybe not. wharves, and several residences. So families were evacuated from properties image of being too cold: Edmonton- thicker than normal. Ironically, the frigid ripped open by the crushing, heaving recounted seeing three 4-m aluminum As one official explained, some people rapid was the rise in discharge following covered with mini-icebergs and piles of snow joke, we're a warm community; temperatures that residents cursed all ice that extended about 7 km offshore. boats weighing 110 kg each lifted go for a walk intending to vote, but they the sudden thaw, those living along its river silt. One fully camperized school Edmonton-we're warmer than winter kept the moisture content of the The 6 men aboard the 2 vessels made about 10 m off the ground and swirled keep on walking and never come back to shore were almost caught unaware. bus residence suffered the most severe Winnipeg; Edmonton-hot damn what snow very low and, through sublimation, it safely to shore in dories. Faster action in the wind like pieces of paper. The the polling station. damage when it was broadsided and aplace; and Edmonton-at least it's reduced its water content. would have saved both ships. blow lasted only 15 seconds, although began floating before jamming against never snowed in July! the rains and flooding continued much a fence. longer.

New Moon April 10, 2014 QUIZ April 12, 1957 12 April 13, 1951 13 April 14, 1952 April 15, 2014 April 16, 1972 16 In southern Ontario, flooding was At Pleasant Point on Sturgeon Heavy rains and melting snow Flood waters ran nearly a metre Across southern Quebec, April Kamloops, BC, felt the effects almost a sure bet when athick 10 What is often adeciding factor in 11 Lake, ON, considerable damage increased flood dangers in several deep through southwestern 14 showers of 25 to 45 mm of rain 15 of adevastating flood when the layer of pre-Christmas ice coated the getting people to move toward a occurred from ice-moving floes. Northern Ontario towns. Flooding spread Saskatchewan, forcing the evacuation and a rapid snowmelt on still-frozen North Thompson River breached the ground, followed by deep snows and sturdy public building during a tornado Ontario's Premier, Leslie Frost, lost his through Espanola as overflow from of 700 people from Eastend. An attempt ground meant huge river discharges. In dyke north of town, inundating Oak cold temperatures lasting well into warning? boathouse and dock to crushing ice, but the Spanish River inundated several to run an emergency train to the flooded Beauceville, akilometre-long ice jam Hills. One resident had just moved into spring. Several towns along the north 1) comfortable cots friends rescued his boat before it was buildings. More than 250 men battled town ended in failure owing to washouts along the Chaudiere River prompted his 2-week-old home only to lose a shore of Lake Ontario came under 2) vehicle shelters damaged. Agovernment wharf was also the rampaging river, trying to protect along the CPR line. Instead, acavalcade authorities to evacuate dozens of homes freezer full of pork, moose meat, and 20 astate of emergency. About 1,600 3) no-gun rule wrecked. On Balsam Lake at Rosedale, the bridge, a road from the mill, and of cars from Shaunavon rescued most and businesses. Near Morin Heights, chickens, plus irreplaceable personal volunteer sandbaggers in Belleville 4) pet policy alighthouse was torn from its moorings afiltration plant. Generator officials residents. The town had only one arain-fed landslide dislodged massive belongings such as photographs. worked frantically as water on the 5) segregating genders and landed 400 mdownstream. transported ashipment of 5,000 working telephone to the outside. chunks of earth, destroying several Amazingly, a new 3)7 x 4 metre rug Moira River reached the historic levels sandbags from Toronto. summer cottages. survived the ordeal because it was so of 2008. Answer on inside back cover tightly rolled up.

First Quarter April 17, 1963 17 April 18, 1910 18 April 19, 1915 19 April 20, 1948 April 21, 1956 21 April 22, 1938 22 April 23, 1921 23 The first major thunderstorm Melting snow and frost-heaving It became so unseasonably Six men were drowned in the • Southern Manitoba residents At noon in Winnipeg, MB, Despite disparaging words of the year across southern loosened a wall of sand across warm in Toronto, ON, that the raging spring floods of Alberta's 20 hunkered behind sandbags and darkness grew and birds from the head of the Canadian Ontario triggered aspectacular display the railroad track near Coocoocache, Meteorological Service was asked for an Red Deer River. The Red Cross and earthen dykes as muddy water swirled retreated to their nests. Strong southerly weather service that cloud seeding of lightning. In Toronto, firemen put out QC. Landslides severed all explanation. Could it be because of such several church groups and unions went through communities. In Portage la winds blew dust from Minnesota into could do little to make it rain, Charles minor roof fires at 3 houses struck by communications. Agang of men was an excess of sunspots or did the War to the aid of 3,000 homeless persons in Prairie, a mass of ice plugged the the Manitoba capital. Along the way, M. Hatfield, awealthy professional lightning. Parts of Hamilton and Guelph sent to clear away the sand. The side have anything to do with it? Children the Drumheller Valley. In Calgary, trolley Assiniboine River. In Douglas, residents motorists reported seeing rolling dust rainmaker from Los Angeles, CA, arrived were pummeled by hailstones the of the mountain broke away and buried peeled off their clothes and wandered buses and a score of cars and trucks plied boats down the main street. A clouds. Women along Portage Avenue in Medicine Hat. AB, determined to size of golf balls. Following the storm, them, killing almost the entire gang of off. Police were kept busy returning were unable to move up or down the Winnipeg woman wearing a wide-brim were shocked to see their faces make it rain, three months later, he heavy rain flooded several basements 25, including 20 Italians, 3 Englishmen, 100 wanderers to their anxious and muddy and slippery hills. white hat floated down the swollen Red streaked with mud and their new silk collected his fee of $8,000 when atotal in Hamilton and left 1-m-deep pools of and 2 French-Canadians. perspiring parents. River on an ice floe. Luckily, police in a stockings discolored from sand. of 123.7 mm had fallen as stipulated in water on Guelph roads. boat rescued her. the contract.

Earth Day Full Moon First Day of Passover April 24, 1954 April 25, 2014 April 26, 2013 26 April 27, 2011 April 28, 2011 28 April 29, 1958 April 30, 1923 About 75 mm of rain fell at The ice was so thick in the lower Firemen contained alarge Rescuers tethered to shore Winds gusting over 180 km/h in Near Green Island, NS, a sudden • Floods said to be the worst in Fredericton, NB, over 2 days, 24 Richelieu River in Quebec that 25 grass fire in Calgary's Fish pulled a stranded Saskatchewan 27 southwestern Newfoundland's downdraft in cold weather led 29 36 years inflicted extensive 30 forCing up the water level on the Saint even a hovercraft couldn't break it Creek Park (AB) just before winds blew driver to safety just in time before his Wreckhouse area blew an empty tractor­ to an explosion in an oil stove on board property damage along the Saint John John River by 1/3 of a metre. Several during a flood threat. The highway the blaze close to some homes in the van was washed off a bridge and into a trailer off the Trans-Canada Highway. atrawler. The ship's afterdeck was River and its tributaries, while railroad families were forced to evacuate their bridge between New Brunswick and neighbourhood of Deer Run. At one flooded creek. The driver knew he was The driver reported that his rig was engulfed in flames. Rescue efforts were traffic came to astandstill all over homes on Water Street. Outside the Quebec had ice almost to its bottom. point, residents used garden hoses to in trouble when the water in the raging actually lifted in the air and thrown into hampered by dense fog but, fortunately, New Brunswick. The water in the Saint city, acres of farmland were inundated The bridge was weighted down with rail extinguish flames in their backyards. creek was up to his windows and the the ditch. If anyone tried to open their clouds of black smoke billowed from John River rose 1 m in 6 hours. Ten and highways became impassable. The cars full of stone. On the Quebec side, The province also helped, using flow rocked his van back and forth. vehicle doors, more than likely they the blazing stern-a perfect signal for kilometres of the CNR were washed curling rink at St. George was flooded in the village of Matapedia, firefighters helicopters to dump buckets of water. would blow off their hinges. searchers. One passenger's feet were away. Also destroyed were 3 highway with water reaching the base of first­ were busy pumping water off the road Dry, windy weather prompted officials so numb he jabbed afork into one of bridges, 3 mills, a packaging factory, floor windows. and over a levee into the river. to invoke fire bans near Cochrane and them but couldn't feel it. and about a million and a half feet of Chestermere. lumber.

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday May 1,1996 May2,1927 2 May 3,2014 May4,1936 4 May 5,2011 May 6,2002 May 7,2013 Atornado touched down between Aheavy downpour swelled hundreds In Calgary, AB, city officials had to Apowerful storm caused widespread Drenched by 150 mm of rain over Vancouver, BC, shivered in snow and More than a dozen people were forced Orangeville and Shelburne, ON, hitting 1 of streams flowing into the Assiniboine cancel the annual pathway and river 3 damage in Michigan and Ontario. Winds 10 days, the Richelieu River in Quebec 5 3°C temperatures. May snowfalls are 6 from their homes in the Onion Lake 7 close to the area ravaged by twisters River in Manitoba, inundating prime cleanup event following aheavy swamped 3 fishing boats on Lake St. rose again, prolonging the agony ararity here. About 6 cm fell in the Cree Nation north of Lioydminster, SK, almost 2 weeks ago. Amunicipal farmland around Brandon. Homeless snowfall. About 2,700 customers Clair, drowning 2 fishermen. In Windsor, of the worst flood on record. One eastern lower mainland and about 1 because of grass fires. At the same employee in Primrose hid in a closet. flood sufferers in the city were housed were without electricity as downed the grandstand at the Devonshire farmer suffered "a bad day" when cm in North Vancouver. In other parts time, flooding was avoided, in part Only 11 days earlier, he had crouched in the immigration hall. Rising waters tree branches took out power. At Racetrack lost half its roof and the winds he was forced to take shelter and, of the province, they had their heaviest because of along, drawn-out spring in his basement as a tornado lifted his swept away chicken houses and garden Lake Louise, it was the season's last damaged several barns. In an oddity of upon returning home, found his farm spring snowfall in 65 years. The cold melt. Fortunately, water flowed in Shelburne-area home and workshop sheds and emptied the refuse and significant snowfall in what had been sorts, the storm sheared off the roof of underwater. He shrugged and decided temperatures pushed back the growing stages rather than all at once. Still, 48 and smashed them to bits. Today's sewerage from outhouses and stables aclose-to-record year-730 cm. Area a home in Riverside and carried it 30 m, the best thing to do was go fishing for season by 5 weeks. Saskatchewan communities requested twister lifted up the 30-cm-thick roof into residences. highways were in poor condition. only to return to tear off the front porch. carp on his former wheat field, but he flood disaster assistance. of the county building and dropped it got the ultimate insult when he was back down. fined for fishing without a licence.

New Moon May8,2011 8 May 9, 1534 9 May 10,1934 QUIZ May 12, 2014 May 13,2014 May 14, 1927 14 Atotal of 800 soldiers including 100 Jacques Cartier, aBreton sea captain Astrong wind drove clouds of On average, Canada gets 62 Golf courses in southern Ontario During the afternoon, acold • Three trainmen were killed and naval reservists were stationed along from Saint-Malo, France, set sail with fine sand over Meaford, ON. 10 confirmed tornadoes a year. 11 struggled to recover from what 12 front moved into Ontario, 13 22 people suffered burns when the Richelieu River in Quebec, there to 2small ships and acrew of 61 men to Farmers throughout the township But what is the suspected number might have been the worst winter/spring generating a long line of thunderstorms, a CPR train derailed 5 km east of place sandbags in flooded areas and explore the "new lands," hoping to find reported fields and roads covered in of tornado hits annually? in 50 years. Among the losses were: one of which moved through the Nipigon, ON. Alandslide caused by rescue stranded residents. The floods- gold and other riches. The weather was layers of sand and dirt. Motorists were 1)31 downed trees and broken branches, community of Mildmay. It triggered continuous rains and flooding rivers the worst in more than 140 years­ on his side, and he made it across the forced to travel slowly as clouds of dust 2) 62 dead grass on greens, broken irrigation an EF-1 tornado with peak winds of precipitated a small slide of earth and inundated more than 3,000 homes in 20 Atlantic in just 20 days. In 3 voyages and dirt reduced visibility. During the 3) 124 lines, frozen and broken pipes inside approximately 150 km/h. About 15 rock onto the track. The derailed train municipalities and forced nearly 1,000 to North America, he mapped the Gulf wind and sand storm, fire destroyed a 4) 180 clubhouses, and a spring so cold minutes later, a weak tornado touched slid into the avalanche of mud and rock. people from their homes. Provincial of St. Lawrence and claimed Canada home and all its contents as 2 elderly 5) over 230 and wet that no one wanted to golf. down southeast of Listowel. All the baggage, mail, and express cars police and troops patrolled in inflatable for France. He also gave the country its women narrowly escaped. At Burlington Golf and Country Club, were destroyed by fire. Passengers boats to make sure that residents were name after hearing natives use the word Answer on inside back cover inclement weather destroyed all 18 formed abucket brigade and chemical okay and to deter looters. "Kanata." greens and about 13 acres of fairways. extinguishers were used to fight the fire.

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May 15,2014 May 16,1931 May 17, 2002 May 18,2014 May 19,1898 May 20, 1958 May21,2012 Warm, wet weather in mid-May In Beechy, SK, lightning struck 16 ABritish explorer attempting his 17 Many campers and cabin-owners 18 Throughout southern Ontario, Tonnes of topsoil whipped into 20• Halifax firefighters battled a 21 prompted the BC River Forecast 15 a young boy, knocking him second walk to the North Pole in Saskatchewan, excited to get lightning sparked fires and high 19 fine silt plugged irrigation ditches forest fire near Spryfield, NS, Centre to issue an early high-streamflow unconscious for afew hours. The across Canada's Arctic asked to be on their boats during the May long winds spread flames everywhere. The and culverts and covered roads in forcing the evacuation of 150 advisory for the southern interior. The lightning bolt dislodged alarge piece of airlifted from ahand-built runway after weekend, were shocked to see ice still worst damage was to the old Spectator Manitoba as another week of warm, dry people. Deep tree roots smouldered saturated ground set off a mudslide cement and charred some flooring. Fire becoming trapped on floating ice, covering lakes in the north. At Meeting building in Hamilton and aBaptist weather combined with strong winds underground. Helicopters scooped that caused apartial closure of the broke out but it was quickly controlled. caught between ice rubble and open Lake near Spiritwood, acottager heard church in Ingersoll. Several barns were robbed the fields of their top layer. water from nearby lakes to extinguish Trans-Canada Highway between Golden The boy's farmstead on the top of a water. Threatened by polar bears, he agrinding noise. When he looked razed and scores of horses and cattle At times, soil-drifting blackened the the flames. Some people used Twitter to and Revelstoke. The early melt helped high hill was awell-known landmark worried that in a week there would outside, he saw his neighbour's twisted were burned alive. In London, lightning skies near Neepawa-Minnedosa and share images of dark smoke clouds that mitigate later June flooding when the in the district and a natural magnet for be afull moon that would trigger a boat launch in the trees, his mangled struck amale invalid after burning holes Brandon-Souris. Farmers speculated could be seen from the Dartmouth side larger Fraser and Thompson rivers lightning. gravitational pull so great the ice would shed on top of his paddle boat, and his in the ceiling just above his bed. about apossible minor drought because of the harbour a few kilometres away. usually start to swell. rise up around him. deck covered by chunks of ice. wells were exceptionally dry.

Full Moon e May 28,2014 May 22,1945 22 May 23, 1903 23 May 24,1861 May 25, 1957 25 May 26,2011 May 27, 1957 27 Awoman at Burlington BeaCh, Agreat 2-day snowstorm was Lightning struck several men When water levels on the Yukon Weeks of steady rain across the Sixty men drove more than Aschool gymnasium at Outlook, ON, was about to enter her home said to be the most disastrous working to keep the booms clear 24 River rose 3 m above normal near Maritime Provinces began taking 26 45,000 cords of pulpwood SK, lost part of its roof when 28 when afierce blast of wind pushed her storm in history for Alberta ranchers. of logs at the Gatineau Mills near Dawson City, YT, officials evacuated atoll. The incessant downpour kept down the Bear River to apulp mill at violent plough winds blew through off the porch. Pedestrians scampered Snow fell to a depth of 60 cm and Ottawa, ON. They complained of severe ahospital and declared astate of potato farmers off their fields, golfers Pine Falls, MB. Adrive that could only southwestern Saskatchewan. Heavy for safety when alarge pane of glass drifts collected to a depth of 2to 3 m. blows to the back of the head. Six of emergency. Sandbags and pumps were off courses, and pub patrons away from last 3 days because the river would soon rain, golf ball-sized hail, and wind gusts loosened by the wind fell from the fourth Businesses in Macleod and Pincher them were struck by the flash, and two flown in from Edmonton and Whitehorse. outdoor patiOS. There wasn't much become too low to float the millions of up to 90 km/h occurred. Luckily, no one flnn,. nf -::l hllilrlinn -::lnrl C'h.::.ttcrcrl nn tha r"'lI:>1i r-::lml'> tn '::l C't-::lnrlctill 1-11 mrlrarlc nf tham wan::. thrnlMn intn thlll lM'::ltllor f'hilrlrl'::on QC I/nllnn QC R I/CHlrC nlr! fillorl r'::lin j, lC't "'<>\1(' "nrt rl<>llC' nf it nn Drin.... c '.''::It' hllrt '::Inn tha C'l'hnnl ..",m'::linen nnon back down. fined for fishing without a licence.

New Moon May8,2011 8 May 9,1534 May 10,1934 QUIZ May 12, 2014 12 May 13,2014 May 14, 1927 Atotal of 800 soldiers including 100 Jacques Cartier, aBreton sea captain Astrong wind drove clouds of On average, Canada gets 62 Golf courses in southern Ontario During the afternoon, a cold • Three trainmen were killed and naval reservists were stationed along from Saint-Malo, France, set sail with 9 fine sand over Meaford, ON. 10 confirmed tornadoes ayear. 11 struggled to recover from what front moved into Ontario, 13 22 people suffered burns when 14 the Richelieu River in Quebec, there to 2 small ships and acrew of 61 men to Farmers throughout the township But what is the suspected number might have been the worst winter/spring generating a long line of thunderstorms, a CPR train derailed 5 km east of place sandbags in flooded areas and explore the "new lands," hoping to find reported fields and roads covered in of tornado hits annually? in 50 years. Among the losses were: one of which moved through the Nipigon, ON. Alandslide caused by rescue stranded residents. The floods- gold and other riches. The weather was layers of sand and dirt. Motorists were 1)31 downed trees and broken branches, community of Mildmay. It triggered continuous rains and flooding rivers the worst in more than 140 years­ on his side, and he made it across the forced to travel slowly as clouds of dust 2) 62 dead grass on greens, broken irrigation an EH tornado with peak winds of precipitated a small slide of earth and inundated more than 3,000 homes in 20 Atlantic in just 20 days. In 3 voyages and dirt reduced visibility. During the 3) 124 lines, frozen and broken pipes inside approximately 150 km/h. About 15 rock onto the track. The derailed train municipalities and forced nearly 1,000 to North America, he mapped the Gulf wind and sand storm, fire destroyed a 4) 180 clubhouses, and aspring so cold minutes later, a weak tornado touched slid into the avalanche of mud and rock. people from their homes. Provincial of St. Lawrence and claimed Canada home and all its contents as 2 elderly 5) over 230 and wet that no one wanted to golf. down southeast of Listowel. All the baggage, mail, and express cars police and troops patrolled in inflatable for France. He also gave the country its women narrowly escaped. At Burlington Golf and Country Club, were destroyed by fire. Passengers boats to make sure that residents were name after hearing natives use the word Answer on inside back cover inclement weather destroyed all 18 formed a bucket brigade and chemical okay and to deter looters. "Kanata." greens and about 13 acres of fairways. extinguishers were used to fight the fire .

Mother's Day First Quarter May 15, 2014 May 18,2014 May 16, 1931 16 May 17,2002 17 May 19,1898 19 May 20, 1958 May21,2012 Warm, wet weather in mid-May 21 In Beechy, SK, lightning struck ABritish explorer attempting his Many campers and cabin-owners Throughout southern Ontario, Tonnes of topsoil whipped into • Halifax firefighters battled a prompted the BC River Forecast 15 a young boy, knocking him second walk to the North Pole in Saskatchewan, excited to get 18 lightning sparked fires and high fine silt plugged irrigation ditches 20 forest fire near Spryfield, NS, Centre to issue an early high-streamflow unconscious for afew hours. The across Canada's Arctic asked to be on their boats during the May long winds spread flames everywhere. The and culverts and covered roads in forcing the evacuation of 150 advisory for the southern interior. The lightning bolt dislodged alarge piece of airlifted from ahand-built runway after weekend, were shocked to see ice still worst damage was to the old Spectator Manitoba as another week of warm, dry people. Deep tree roots smouldered saturated ground set off a mud slide cement and charred some flooring. Fire becoming trapped on floating ice, covering lakes in the north. At Meeting building in Hamilton and a Baptist weather combined with strong winds underground. Helicopters scooped that caused apartial closure of the broke out but it was quickly controlled. caught between ice rubble and open Lake near Spiritwood, acottager heard church in Ingersoll. Several barns were robbed the fields of their top layer. water from nearby lakes to extinguish Trans-Canada Highway between Golden The boy's farmstead on the top of a water. Threatened by polar bears, he agrinding noise. When he looked razed and scores of horses and cattle At times, soil-drifting blackened the the flames. Some people used Twitter to and Revelstoke. The early melt helped high hill was awell-known landmark worried that in a week there would outside, he saw his neighbour's twisted were burned alive. In London, lightning skies near Neepawa-Minnedosa and share images of dark smoke clouds that mitigate later June flooding when the in the district and a natural magnet for be afull moon that would trigger a boat launch in the trees, his mangled struck amale invalid after burning holes Brandon-Souris. Farmers speculated could be seen from the Dartmouth side larger Fraser and Thompson rivers lightning. gravitational pull so great the ice would shed on top of his paddle boat, and his in the ceiling just above his bed. about a possible minor drought because of the harbour a few kilometres away. usually start to swell. rise up around him. deck covered by chunks of ice. wells were exceptionally dry.

Full Moon May 22,1945 May 23,1903 May 24,1861 May25,1957 25 May26,2011 26 May 27,1957 May 28, 2014 28 Awoman at Burlington Beach, Agreat 2-day snowstorm was Lightning struck several men When water levels on the Yukon Weeks of steady rain across the Sixty men drove more than Aschool gymnasium at Outlook, ON, was about to enter her home 22 said to be the most disastrous 23 working to keep the booms clear 24 River rose 3 m above normal near Maritime Provinces began taking 45,000 cords of pulpwood 27 SK, lost part of its roof when when a fierce blast of wind pushed her storm in history for Alberta ranchers. of logs at the Gatineau Mills near Dawson City, YT, officials evacuated atoll. The incessant downpour kept down the Bear River to a pulp mill at violent plough winds blew through off the porch. Pedestrians scampered Snow fell to a depth of 60 cm and Ottawa, ON. They complained of severe a hospital and declared a state of potato farmers off their fields, golfers Pine Falls, MB. Adrive that could only southwestern Saskatchewan. Heavy for safety when a large pane of glass drifts collected to a depth of 2 to 3 m. blows to the back of the head. Six of emergency. Sandbags and pumps were off courses, and pub patrons away from last 3 days because the river would soon rain, golf ball-sized hail, and wind gusts loosened by the wind fell from the fourth Businesses in Macleod and Pincher them were struck by the flash, and two flown in from Edmonton and Whitehorse. outdoor patios. There wasn't much become too low to float the millions of up to 90 km/h occurred. Luckily, no one floor of abuilding, and shattered on the Creek came to astandstill. Hundreds of them were thrown into the water. Children as young as Byears old filled rain, just days and days of it. On Prince logs. The men were stationed at points was hurt and the school remained open. sidewalk. Strong winds whipped huge of horse and cattle carcasses dotted One worker drowned, and the other was 14,000 sandbags over 36 hours. Gold Edward Island, cold wet weather was along the 70-km stretch, constantly The storm also mangled anumber of waves in Hamilton Bay and tossed spray the prairie. Of a trainload of 250 cattle rescued by grabbing hold of apike-pole dredge "tailings" were used to fill some horrific for golfers, with some courses breaking up the log jams. When they rural storage sheds, tossed tree debris right across the highway. Fish, including shipped from Texas to High River, 128 that was extended to him as he neared bags. seeing no one walking the course. had to cross the water, flat-bottomed through houses, and flattened buildings, at least one 2-foot carp, were hurled died from exposure. the rapids. boats were used, since the 1-m logs cattle sheds, and greenhouses. far inland. could not support a man.

Victoria Day May 29,1908 May 30,1929 May31,1886 31 An electrical thunderstorm east Afarmer/market gardener in Lightning struck the lightning rod of Lethbridge, AB, killed a 29 North Monaghan, ON, was 30 on the spire of Trinity Church in well-known horse rider instantly. His planting tomatoes when he collapsed, Yarmouth, NS, following it down friend riding with him had a narrow and died from sunstroke. In Wallaceburg until it met with some broken insulators escape. The charge burned him badly, a newcomer from England drowned about 10 mfrom the ground. The charge bursting his thumbs and the gloves he while swimming in the Sydenham River, then passed inside, splitting some floor wore. The electric charge singed his hair trying to escape the heat. Arailroad joists and ripping up flooring. Next, it and tore the legs of his trousers. Both worker in Toronto also succumbed to broke the globe on a gas fixture, and horses were killed. the heat and humidity. The intense heat smashed apane of glass over each finally broke in aterrific lightning storm of the entrance doors. Total damage that left alarge hole in the slate spire was $25. of achurch.

Last Quarter JULY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 JUNE 2016 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday June 1, 2014 1 June 2, 2014 2 June3,1929 3 June 4,1986 Temperatures soared to 30°C in Acouple near Tofield, AB, credited an The Elbow and Bow rivers Hooded In Winnipeg, MB, but, Ironically, about Alberta RCMP officer with saving their Calgary, AB, taking out a bridge in 400 reSidents were still contending lives atter a bolt of lightning hit their the worst city flooding In 27 years. with frozen water pipes from the cold est pickup truck, instantly filling the vehicle At Bowness Park, the bathhouse was winter in 118 years, The thaw had yet with lethal smoke. The airbags deployed swept away and the big dance pavilion to reach the frost line, which penetrated and parts of the truck ripped by the floor crumpled, At St. George Island, to record depths of up to 3 m, leaving charge melted, When the doors and 200 zoo animals were turned loose many to continue relying on neighbours windows wouldn't open, the Mountie when waters started rising, The two for water even with summer just around used his baton to smash out awindow, bears not released clung to the top of the corner. then helped the couple escape, saving their cages until waters receded. them from suffocating,

New Moon June 5, 1996 5 June 6, 1852 6 June 7, 1903 7 June 8, 1906 June 9, 1925 9 June 10,2013 10 June 11, 2011 Two BBC filmmakers, shooting apiece In the midst of adrought, the In Sault Ste, Marie, ON, fire broke out Aviolent wind storm blew across Sizzling heat baked southern Ontarto Funnel clouds were spotted More than 2,000 volunteers on polar bears, and their Inult guide temperature in Fredericton, NB, among some lace ;n the window of a southern Ontano, In Harrietsville, the 8 the past week. Casualties of the torrid near Saltcoats and Grenfell, SK, descended on flood-ravaged spent 24 hours floating on a huge chunk reached 31 'C just before gale-force dry goods store, Winds spread the fire roof of a cheese factory blew off. weather Included a Ilneman near Aschool principal wisely kept students properties south of Montreal, of drifting ice off Baffin Island, NU. A winds blew up, People could scarcely so rapidly that the whole downtown Brantiord, winds lifted a windmill 15 Ottawa, overcome while working on a Inside for recess and during the lunch help In amassive cleanup effort storm prevenled rescue planes from walk the streets without swallowing block was soon in ruins, To the south in mhigh and blew over a shed 7 m telephone pole, who fell to the ground, hour. Kids from the second level were half amillion s taking off until the next day, To the clouds of dust As well, smoke from Hamilton, lightning struck and ignited a high, which safely landed fracturtng his skull, while sevsrol brought downstairs to huddle close to up, along with RCMP detachment near Arctic Bay, such fires 3 km away hung thick in the air. In sawdust pit and torched several barns, position, undamaged, At a Niagara Falls drownings also occurred. The heat interior walls and away from windows, behind by May's flood waters, missions were becoming routine. Lincoln, fences and dwellings, and some sheds, stables, farm implements, and hospital, tonnes of masonry crashed and dryness hurt Niagara fruit and The funnel clouds were likely small residents stili hadn't returned imported animals burned, Two days tonnes of hay and grains, through 3 floors to the basement. strawberry fields, In St. Catharines, landspouts formed in the updraft of amid heartbreaking tales of later, a sharp frost arrived such that any Chatham, the tower of the Methodist street pavement softened. thunderstorms, belongings, the smell of mOUld, pools of water froze, collapsed, and at the Central building rot. The water was stili School, falling bricks penetrated the roof a metre higher than normal on and the sky lights blew off. Richelieu River-the worst in

World Environment Day Ramadan June 12, 1920 June 13, 1906 13 June 14,1990 June 15, 2014 15 June 16, 2014 June 17, 2014 17 Snow fell in Alberta's Peace River The circus performance was The hull of a 150-m oil tanker Two major slow-moving weather Northwestern Ontario An EF-2 tornado struck Angus Country-more than 12 cm, 12 nearty over and one of the trapeze cracked when IT was struck by 14 systems stalled near the experienced soaking rains In 16 18 km southwest of Barrie, ON, Edmonton gardens did not fare so artists had just alighted from his ropes apiece of ice while returning to Saskatchewan-Manitoba border, June from several slow-moving Twisting winds of 220 km/h damaged luckily in the early morning hours when when a great roar of wind spilt the Dartmouth, NS, after unloading Relentless rains turned into biblical- thunderstorms. Fort Francis recorded 102 homes (14 beyond repair) and three degrees of frost (29'F) occurred, canvas, With rain descending in torrents kerosene In Goose Bay, NL The North sized deluges over 3 days. Flooded the greatest monthly rainfall of 231 left 300 homeless, The debris field Tomatoes, beans, corn, some potatoes and the wind blowing at terrific speeds, Atlantic was uncharacteristically calm, pastures resembled rioo paddies, mm, nearly double Its June average stretched nearly akilometre, wrth and a few of the more tender Howers the big circus lent in Regina, SK, was and a rescue ship just happened to be and crop fields featured lakes with total. Rains flooded fields and washed some houses missing roofs, walls, and were badly frost-bitten, rent from end to end as rain poured nearby, whitecaps, leaving some of the best out roads and sections of Highway even top floors. The swirling mass of on the spectators, There was farmland in Canada too soggy to farm, 11, Storm winds eroded beaches on punishing winds blew out windows, rush of paople as women and The loss was $1 billion. Rainy Lake. Officials In Fort Francis, tore up fences and sheds, flipped over fainted. Rainy River, Emo, and several First vehicles, uprooted trees, and tossed Nations communities declared states of hot tubs. damage, emergency,

First Quarter June 19, 1876 June 21, 1984 21 June 22,1923 22 June 23, 1929 23 June 24, 2014 24 June 25, 1955 The Fraser River rose almost 2 Alightning storm coupled with Lightning struck under a bed in The climax to 8 sweltering days An EF-1 tornado moved through Asevere storm caused the a heavy downpour interrupted a Glace Bay, NS, setting the house came as thunder crashed and the community of Laurel Station, worset river flooding in 25 years 25 Canadian Football on fire. The family barely escaped in lightning crocked and rain northwest of Orangeville, ON. Peak the Kootenay and Cariboo areas game between the time-younger children were snatched Adevastating tornado tracked across winds associated with the tornado were of BC, The roaring water awakened the Lions in from their beds as their rooms caught Quebec from the Laurentians to the between 135 and 175 km/h-slmnn residents living close to the riverbanks, Yale, ablacksmith shop and several began 7 fire, Only asuitcase was saved, The Eastern Townsilips, enough to push a vehiCle 3 Five bridges on the Trans-Provincial

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World Environment Day Ramadan June 13, 1906 13 June 14, 1990 June 16, 2014 June 17, 2014 June 18, 2014 The circus perfonmance was The hull of a ISO-m oil tanker Northwestern Ontario An EF-2 12 nearly over and one of the trapeze cracked when it was struck by 14 experienced soaking rains In 16 18 km southwest of Barrie, 17 artists had just alighted from his ropes a piece of ice while returning to June from several slow-moving Twisting winds of 220 km/h damaged when agreat roor of wind spirt the Dartmouth, NS, after unloading thunderstorms, Fort Francis recorded 102 homes (14 beyond repair) and canvas. With rain descending in torrents kerosene in Goose Bay, NL. The North the greatest monthly rainfall of 231 left 300 homeless, The deMs field and the wind blowing at terrific speeds, Atlantic was uncharactelistically calm, mm, nearly double its June average stretched nearly akilometre, with the bia circus tent in Regina, SK, was and arescue ship just happened to be total. Rains flooded fields and washed some houses missing roofs, walls, and were badly frost-bitten, end to end as rain poured nearby. out roods and sections of Highway even top floors. The swirling mass of on the spectators. There was agreat 11, Storm winds eroded beaches on punishing winds blew out windows, adozen communities. rush of people as women and children Rainy Lake, Officials in Fort Francis, tore up fences and sheds, flipped over Reserve, 20 families were forced from lainted. Rainy River, Emo, and several First vehicles, uprooted trees, and tossed their homes and 200 homes reported Nations communities declared states of hot tubs, damage, emergency,

First Quarter June 19,1876 QUIZ June21,1984 21 June24,2014 24 June 25,1955 25 The Fraser River rose almost 2 m • Alightning storm coupled with An EF-1 tornado moved through A severe storm caused the higher than ever before, Serious 19 At major professional golf 20 a heavy downpour interrupted a the community of Laurel Station, worset river flooding in 25 years flooding did considerable damage to tournaments, the day's first weather Canadian Football League exhibition northwest of 0rangeville, 0N. Peak in the Kootenay and Cariboo areas crops, especially around Chilllwack, lorecast is often for game between the Blue Bombers and winds associated with the tornado were of BC. The roaling water awakened BC. Rail fences also flooted away, At 1) temperature the Lions in Winnipeg, MB, The storm between 135 and 175 km/h-strong residents living close to the riverbanks, Yale, ablacksmith shop and several 2) occurrence of dew began 7 minutes after the opening enough to push avehicle 3 m, un-roof Five bridges on the Trans-Provincial warehouses had to be secured with 3) wind speed and direction kickoff, With lightning flashes filling the afew homes, and down several trees, Highway washed away was while others ropes and chains, Farm animals seemed 4) lightning possibilities skies around the Winnipeg Stadium and Ahalf-hour later another EF-l tornado were dangerously weakened, The storm bewildered at the contracted limits of 5) rainfall the scoreboard lights out, the referee struck east of Tottenham, The twister forced aplane down at Bear Lake, 80 their domain, Dogs howled and moaned sent players to their dressing rooms, prompted several road closures and km nonh of Prince George, as waters lapped against their abode, Answer on inside back cover At the same time, 20,000 fans left the damaged ariding stable where it killed stands, ahorse.

Summer Solstice 18:34 EDT Father's Day Full Moon SI. John-Baptiste Day June 26, 1907 26 June 27, 1948 June 28, 2011 June 29, 2005 During astorm, while the Attracted roof,27 Newfoundland was cold and wet Tourists often visited the steamer Sen/ac was lying at lightning and miserable, It was June-uary, 28 spectacular Ste-Anne Roman 30 anchor off Partridge Island near Halifax, in abuilding in downtown with SI. John's tallying 25 of 28 days Catholic Church, the heart and NS, lightning struck the main mast, ON, tearing a gaping hole through with rain, The temperature hadn't the 300-strong Acadian burned out the electric lights, and demolishing a cracked 20°C, making it the most brutal of Ste-Anne-de-Kent, NB, Sadly, damaged the rail on the main deck. jewellery store, month in 30 years, Gardeners returned blessed church now lay in One wcman passenger, looking out of unoccupied when falling plaster began to garden centres to replace freshly alightning-triggered fire, the saloon window when the bolt struck knocking chinaware from the shelves, planted flower beds that washed away formed ahuman chain tu pull and splintered the window casing, was Cups had their handles torn off and or were infested with grubs, Grass artifacts from the burning overcome with the shock but soon saucers were splintered. Upstairs a was growing like crazy but was too flames devoured more than recovered, family dog scrambled under the krtchen wet to cu!, and arare chandelier. table,

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday Saturday 2014 1 July 2, 1909 2 The Great Lakes weren't just fuller than Ahailstorm raged across Eastern usual, waters were colder, In the middle Saskatchewan, Near Carlievale, 11 of lakes Ontario and Huron, surface families were left homeless, 3 persons water temperatures were about 6°C were killed, and 30 injured. Large hall colder than they were on Canada Day stones, half the size of hen's eggs and last year. The water was so cold that driven by fierce winds, did extensive even kids stayed away. Vacationers, damage to crops, Building day trippers, and beachgoers facing were broadcast across the conditions more conducive to sweaters thrashing machines, disk than Speedos were asking the same

July 5, 2014 5 July 6,2014 July g, 2014 An EF-2 twister caused extensive a 91-day span Avigorous cold front brought heavy storm, damage to farm buildings and weekend onward, Yellowknife, smoke and haze northward to British 7 rain and strong gusty winds between southwestern Nova Scotla, The manager equipment north of Oullook, SK, A received only haK its normal rainfall. So Columbia to hover above Kamloops, Montreal, QC, and the Eastern were uninjured. Her husband who had of the Canadian Hurricane Centre called second tornado (EF-O) near Kenaston it was no surprise that the Territories Pemberton, and the Cariboo Townships, Rare nocturnal tornadoes just left the room was partly stunned by Arthur "a nor'easter, with attitude," Its blew through acemetery, knocking over had Its worst fire season in 30 years, region. The smoky haze masked any with EF-2 wind speeds (150 the shock. In Stayner, lightning passed slower speed gave it time to inflict a tombstones and felling trees, However, with neal1y 3.4 million hectares razed­ new blazes in the BC interior. The struck Saint-Fabien·de·Panel, through awindow into abedroom of longer punch, Arthur's winds topped more destruction was inflicted by hall six times the size of Prince Edward layer EF-l speeds (130 km/h) slammed another house, tearing off the wainscot 140 km/h and it rained hard, Nova than winds. On Grenfell Beach, I-m Island. Smoke and ash plumes affected into Sainte-ApoIllDe-de-Patton and some plaster. Four men standing Scotia's power utility admitted that waves pushed cabins completely away, air quality In parts of North America and was slight. Bellechasse, Wooded areas revealed in the doorway were scorched but not Arthur's damage was equal to that from as far as Portugal, twister damage with long tracks of injured, years uprooted trees and broken branches. earlier.

Aphelion 12:00 EOT New Moon Nunavut Day July 10, 1921 10 QUIZ July13,2011 13 2001 July 15. 1984 15 JUly 16, 1852 16 Asevere thunderstorm raged for The Incessant rain and cool Four-month-old Ashley and her When a Quebec cottager at Blue Astorm raced across central New nearly 12 hours, inflicting lightning mortality rates in North temperatures hurt BC tourist- father waited in the car while 14 Sea Lake saw adark tornado Brunswick, learing up young trees extensive America are declining, Why? oriented retailers. Summer water sports Ashley's mother registered In the approach, he linked arms with his by the roots and severely damaging ON. Storm 1) climate change (kayak, paddleboards) and bike revenue Pine Lake, AB, camp office. Tornadlc wife and daughter on the kitchen floor gardens, Torrential rains swelled the and the lightning was incessant. Aboo 2) more IIghtning-rodded buildings from sales, rentals, lessons, and tours winds blew the windows out of the car, thinking they were about to die. The river above Fredericton, It was deemed slruck Ihe pressroom of the London 3) public education about in was down 25%, Was the summer flipped it a dozen times, and sucked cottage shook violently before being atimely blessing, as thousands of felled Free Press, selting fire 10 the building 4) fewer telephone landlines a horrlhc death scene, They fell in apile ever going to emerge from behind the out Ashley and her father. He found her levelled. The tornado tossed the family logs were lying high and dry due to and destroying 10 tonnes of paper in 5) fewer convertibles and open-back and eyewitnesses could actually see clouds? As one w~ said: June turned afew hundred metres away, stripped 12 monto a nearby beach. Winds lifted low water levels from lack of rain, Mill addition to melling every roller on the trucks lightning streaks down tree trunks and into June-uary; July promiSes to be and shaken, Ashley is remarkably well nearby cottages and dropped them a J12 owners were beginning to despair for press, Downtown merchants with stock amongst the corpses, mnre like July-tober. km away, The storm injured 38 people, want of logs. in their cellars lost everything in the Answer on inside back cover flood. Thousands of chickens drowned in their coops.

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July 19. 1903 July 20, 1951 July 21,1819 • At Toronto's Riverdale Zoo (ON), 19 Alandslide caused atsunami Arctic explorer Sir Edward Parry 18 several animals were genuinely wave in Okanagan Lake near 20 sailed from England in May of in the province cabins, scared by the thunderstorm, running Penticton, BC, Before an immense wall 181 9 in search of the Northwest began more than 60 years power lines. boats, campers, and cars. Into corners and clasping each other. Passage, On July 21, the long, cold winter. The Canadian the major fi res were those Resort villages north of Saskatoon were The monkeys chattered with fear, and toward Lancaster Sound from Association of Professional Apiculturists In vast dead pine forests hit by grapefruit-size hall. Almost every the Russian bear ceased showing his NT, he saw reported 58% mnrtality rate in Ontario, """,,,,,,,1"1 ,,"'r h,..,,~ hr..... l..-nn ,.,in,1"..", .,nrl f .... "'fh In th"" h"II"... 1+..." h"H",I" "tn""'" f,.."~,,.... ~ ,.""rn-,," .~,.,." u,atino"'; h ..n",,,,+h ,..h;l" n+h",~ "~,.."; .... ",,,,, 1".... 1 "'" .... ,,"~ .... "''' Canada Day July 3,1883 3 July 4, 2014 4 July 5, 2014 July6,2014 6 July 7,2012 July 8,1981 8 July 9, 2014 Near Bobcaygeon, QN, lightning struck After transitioning into a post-tropical An EF-2twister caused extensive In a91-day span from the May long Colorado wildfires sent clouds of An Air Canada jet on aflight to Toronto, Avigorous cold front brought heavy and killed a woman sitting at the storm, Hurricane Arthur barreled into damage to farm buildings and 5 weekend onward, Yellowknife, NT, smoke and haze northward to British 7 ON, from St. John's, NL, was struck by rain and strong gusty winds between 9 bedside of her children, The children southwestern Nova Scotia, The manager equipment north of Outlook, SK, A received only half its normal rainfall. So Columbia to hover above Kamloops, lightning, The pilot decided to make an Montreal, QC, and the Eastern were uninjured, Her husband who had of the Canadian Hurricane Centre called second tornado (EF-O) near Kenaston it was no surprise that the Territories Merritt, Pemberton, and the Cariboo unscheduled landing at Stephenville, NL Townships, Rare nocturnal tornadoes just left the room was partly stunned by Arthur "a nor'easter, with attitude," Its blew through acemetery, knocking over had its worst fire season in 30 years, region, The smoky haze masked any No one was injured, Air Canada officials with EF-2 wind speeds (150 km/h) the shock, In Stayner, lightning passed slower speed gave it time to inflict a tombstones and felling trees, However, with nearly 3.4 million hectares razed- new blazes in the BC interior. The said the pilot decided the bolt was struck Saint-Fabien-de-Panet, and through awindow into abedroom of longer punch, Arthur's winds topped more destruction was inflicted by hail six times the size of Prince Edward lingering smoke was capped by alayer strong enough to warrant an inspection EH speeds (130 km/h) slammed another house, tearing off the wainscot 140 km/h and it rained hard, Nova than winds, On Grenfell Beach, 1-m Island, Smoke and ash plumes affected of warm air overlying a layer of cooler of the aircraft. The damage to the plane into Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton in and some plaster. Four men standing Scotia's power utility admitted that waves pushed cabins completely away, air quality in parts of North America and air, effectively trapping smoke, dust, and was slight. Bellechasse, Wooded areas revealed in the doorway were scorched but not Arthur's damage was equal to that from as far as Portugal. other pollutants at the surface, twister damage with long tracks of injured, Hurricane Juan more than 11 years uprooted trees and broken branches, earlier.

Aphelion 12:00 EDT New Moon Nunavut Day QUIZ JUly 10, 1921 10 July 12, 2013 12 July 13, 2011 July 14, 2001 14 July 15,1984 15 July 16,1852 16 Asevere thunderstorm raged for ASaskatchewan farm family near The incessant rain and cool Four-month-old Ashley and her When a Quebec cottager at Blue Astorm raced across central New nearly 12 hours, inflicting Lightning mortality rates in North 11 Yellow Creek was devastated after temperatures hurt BC tourist­ 13 father waited in the car while Sea Lake saw adark tornado BrunswiCk, tearing up young trees extensive property damage on London, America are declining, Why? lightning killed 18 purebred cattle, oriented retailers, Summer water sports Ashley's mother registered in the approach, he linked arms with his by the roots and severely damaging ON, Storm rainfall exceeded 80 mm 1) climate change When it started to rain, the cattle (kayak, paddleboards) and bike revenue Pine Lake, AB, camp office, Tornadic wife and daughter on the kitchen floor gardens, Torrential rains swelled the and the lightning was incessant. Abolt 2) more lightning-rodded buildings huddled under atree, Asingle bolt of from sales, rentals, lessons, and tours winds blew the windows out of the car, thinking they were about to die, The river above Fredericton, It was deemed struck the pressroom of the London 3) public education about lightning lightning struck the tree, killing them in was down 25%, Was the summer flipped it a dozen times, and sucked cottage shook violently before being a timely blessing, as thousands of felled Free Press, setting fire to the building 4) fewer telephone landlines a horrific death scene, They fell in apile ever going to emerge from behind the out Ashley and her father, He found her levelled, The tornado tossed the family logs were lying high and dry due to and destroying 10 tonnes of paper in 5) fewer convertibles and open-back and eyewitnesses could actually see clouds? As one wit said: June turned afew hundred metres away, stripped 12 monto anearby beach, Winds lifted low water levels from lack of rain, Mill addition to melting every roller on the trucks lightning streaks down tree trunks and into June-uary; July promises to be and shaken, Ashley is remarkably well nearby cottages and dropped them a ]I., owners were beginning to despair for press, Downtown merchants with stock amongst the corpses, more like July-tober. adjusted given the boisterous event in km away, The storm injured 38 people, want of logs, in their cellars lost everything in the Answer on inside back cover her early life, Rarely did the family camp flood, Thousands of chickens drowned again, if at all. [77Je Edmonton Jouma~ in their coops,

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July 18, 2011 July 17, 2014 17 July 19,1903 19 July 20,1951 July21,1819 21 July 22,1993 22 July 23,2014 23 In British Columbia, an overheated Aband of thunderstorms across • At Toronto's Riverdale Zoo (ON), Alandslide caused atsunami Arctic explorer Sir Edward Parry Abutcher near Charlottetown, PE, Ontario beekeepers expressed wildfire season scorched the third- central Saskatchewan toppled 18 several animals were genuinely wave in Okanagan Lake near 20 sailed from England in May of was hit by lightning while carving grave concern that nearly 6 of biggest loss of timber in the province trees that crashed into houses, cabins, scared by the thunderstorm, running Penticton, BC, Before an immense wall 1819 in search of the Northwest apiece of meat. The lightning bolt 10 of the province's bees didn't survive since records began more than 60 years power lines, boats, campers, and cars, into corners and clasping each other. of water completely destroyed ahouse, Passage, On July 21, looking westward somehow entered the building, travelled the long, cold winter. The Canadian ago, Among the major fires were those Resort villages north of Saskatoon were The monkeys chattered with fear, and a baby was rescued from the ruins, toward Lancaster Sound from Baffin through the electric saw he was using, Association of Professional Apiculturists that burned in vast dead pine forests hit by grapefruit-size hail. Almost every the Russian bear ceased showing his Fifteen boats were also lost. In another Bay, NT, he saw 130 km of heavy ice passed through his body, and exited reported 58% mortality rate in Ontario, killed by mountain pine beetles or on second car had broken windows and teeth, In the hollow, the buffalo stood town, a woman was wedged beneath and treacherous "middle pack," and through the toes of his boots, Although while other provinces lost on average steep, inaccessible terrain, Nearly 400 dents, Winds also ripped off enclosed defiant of the lightning, but the deer ran achaise lounge on averanda, whose around him he counted 88 towering the man experienced some momentary about 19% of their swarm, Weather firefighters from Ontario, the Maritimes, decks and knocked down trees big for cover. There was joy in the heart of railing had kept her from being swept icebergs, all of which he successfully numbness, he was unharmed, The saw was fingered as the main culprit, among Alaska, and Australia pitched in to help, enough to destroy minivans, the Mississippi crocodile as he wallowed away, Silt was imbedded on the top of forced his way through, was still in working condition, others, for the deaths, in the mud, acupboard shelf, and dead fish were found on the roof.

Full Moon July 24, 20141n Saskatchewan, 24 July 25, 2014 25 July 26, 1931 26 July 27, 2014 July 28, 2014 28 July 29, 1902 July 30, 2014 30 wind gusts, heavy rain, and wind- Alarge, slow-moving but All the lightning flashes in Gimli, Two dozen or so people It was the coldest July Windsor, Acloudburst occurred on the Smoke and falling ash from driven hail led to widespread vigorous storm brought heavy MB, seemed to strike one home competing in a road race in 27 ON, had in 22 years, nearly Humber and Dominion creeks 29 extensive wildfires cloaked power outages, extensive property damage, rains and strong winds to much of during an electrical storm, One lightning St. John's, NL, required medical 2,5'C below normal. June was warmer in the Yukon, Awall of water came Yellowknife, NT, in athick red haze late and flattened crops, Peak wind gusts clipped Alberta, With close to a month's worth bolt demolished the front wall. Another attention when temperatures rose to the by almost afull degree, Today set a low roaring down and filled narrower in the day, At the same time, a cold front along at 130 km/h in Mankota, of rain-80 mm in one day-Edmonton strike tore through the kitchen roof, high 20s by mid-morning, High humidity record high of 20,9'C, making it the portions of the valleys to a depth of 3 m, swung through the southern Mackenzie was left with water-filled basements flattened a stove pipe, and cut a hole made it feel closer to 30'C, Organizers coldest July afternoon in history, The The flash flood carried off sluice boxes Valley, triggering dry lightning, Flashes July 31, 1906 A horse handler had a and trashed flowerbeds, Persistent rain in the floor. Athird ripped the roof off a increased water supplies at thirst entirety of the summer had only 7 hot and flumes, filled drifts and open cuts, of light filtered through the smoke and miraculous escape from death while cleaning forced the Interstellar Rodeo and the lean-to at the rear of the house, stations, Later that week the humidex days-compared to the normal of 24, submerged boilers and engines, and, in ash giving the sky an eerie, deep red stables in downtown Regina, SK, Lightning Taste of Edmonton to shut down, Wind topped 38,7-a new-all time record, In The scarcity of hot days plus the delayed the end, did thousands of dollars' worth tinge, entered the building, cut the line to a horse, speeds peaked at 95 km/h, leading to St. John's, July was the hottest month planting in spring had a negative effect of damage, and knocked another animal to its knees, numerous flight interruptions and power ever in 140 years, on agriculture, The fire was extinguished and the man outages, suffered no permanent injury, 31 Last Quarter • ULY SEPTEMBER 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AUGUST 2016 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sunday Wednesday Saturday ------,-----­ ---r------­ August 1, 2014 August 2,2011 2 August 3,1890 3 August 4,2014 The Pacific coast featured its third The NWT Beach Volleyball Asevere thunderstorm in Aband of thunderstorms generated a warmest summer in 67 years, It was 1 Championship at long lake took Peterborough, ON, fp.atured violent massive rainfall in Burlington, ON, 6 also splendidly dry-the seventh place with 20 teams competing despite winds that twisted shade trees and estimated rains at 150 mm, however, an driest-with total rainlall 26% below the rainy, cool weather, which made the levelled fences. Outside of town, amateur weather observer recorded 190 strategy-aeriat normal and drier than any previous balls heavy. Participants played lightning set fire to several barns and mm-a 2-month along the Speeding at better than 150 km/h, the summer that was warmer. Water the rain. Said one female organizer: stables, destroying their contents of 4 hailstones were float-eqUipped plane could drop nearly temperatures rose to 27 Q C, stressing these players are troopers-especially hay and barley. At Stoney Lake summer roofs of vehicles, fon;ing motorists At ReslOn, hail smashed every window atonne of water in 9 seconds. Tanks fish. Several dead fry started to appear. the women. When it started raining resort, winds blew down tents. Near the and passengers to swim to safetv. The in town and pulverized vegetables into could be refilled in a matter of seconds crazily, all the women corner of one cottage, tightning stnuck, mayor claimed the ground. by taxiing along the water after landing. but the men cowered shivering the timbers and stunning the in 20 years. Yet no rain fell nearby in occupants. Hamilton.

Civic Day (most regions) New Moon Royal st. John's Regatt,_a,-(N-,l)~______~-+~~~~~~~~___~~~+~~_ August 7, 2014 7 August 8, 2003 8 August 9, 2014 August 10, 2014 10 August 11, 2014 11 August 12, 2014 12 Airdrie, AB, 40 km north of Calgary, Very humid air helpeil ignite a mini- Just ahead of Tropical Storm Bertha, • Beautiful summer weather in Aslow-moving storm crossed Wildfire smoke blowing in from upooming mild was hit hard by hail, injuring 6people cloud of wood, coal, and crop dust, the Maritimes experienced some 9 parts of Canada was having an the DetrOit River into Canada. outside Metro Vancouver, BC, temperatures and warm rains, 13 badly enough to require hospitalization. leading 10 aviolent explosion in the strong gusty winds. heavy rain, and pea­ unexpected negative impact on Torrential downpours in excess of 70 prompted an air Quality advisory for City of Winnipeg (MB) staff at the public Hailstones broke shingles, punched Halifax (NS) harbour. The force punched to dime-sized hail with afunnel cloud or Canadian Blood Services. Thousands mm over a10-hour span fell in Windsor the region and Fraser Valley area. works yards were confident they could through siding and eaves, smashed a hole t~rough t~e side of agrain two across Cape Breton Island. Winds of appointments to donate blood and county (ON), fitting basements and Authorities laid anyone with a chronic get rid of last winter's snow pile, which windows and lights, and dented roofs on elevator, forcing hundreds of people at Halifax International Airport (NS) btew went unfilled, resulting in the national swamping yards and streets. A month's medical condition to avoid strenuous was stubbornly hanging on. One of the vehicles and buildings. Property damage from nearby homes. The explosion also at 70 km/h. inventory hitting a Jive-year low. In some worth of rain fell-the second highest exercise because of high concentrations harshest winters In acentury led to the from the intense stonn toppeil $450 tore sheet metal from Ih cities, more than 20% of scheduled August rainfall ever recorded at the of fine particles hanging in the air; remarkable pile-up of snow-18-m million. Weeks later, the town's mayor and teft a pungent smell bookings were no shows. Windsor Airport. speCial mention was directed to the deep. Further, acool sprll came to realize the extent of the hailer hovering over the waterfront. care of infants, seniors, and those with reluctant summer slowed when the city hall parking diabetes, lung, or hp.art disease. new vehicles.

First Quarter QUIZ August 15, 1698 15 August 16. 1917 16 August 17, 2014 August19,2014 19 August 20, 1924 lightning instantly killed a Near Quebec City. OC, most Rains associated with aslow­ In less than aweek, asecond Among the 400 buildings After getting medical attention, 14 14-year-old girl near Tweed, ON, residents were recovering from low pressure system accompanied by large quarter- to 18 powerful storm ripped through damaged by atornado in 20 what do the majority of lightning as she sat with her family at the tea the eHects of aterrific downpour when northward across southern baseball-sized hail, damaging winds, Windsor, ON, bringing down huge tree Kamsack, SK, victims do next? table. None of the rest of the family adazzling lightning storm filled the Baffin Island, NU. The storm dumped and adeluge of rain (25 mm) struck branches and tossing around backyard car inside. The twister carried them over 1) hug someone suffered serious injUries, In london, skies over and outside the city. On a between 20 and 40 mm of rain in Winnipeg and environs (MB). While gazebos that were boiled into concrete. a wood pile before setting them upside 2) put on more clothes lightning struck abarrel filled with tar. farm, lightning struck and destroyed many locations, including Baker acouple went to church. abolt of Two EF-O tornadoes touched down- down. The wood pile was undisturbed. 3) sleep coal oil, abarn and all the stored crops. In the Lake, Pangnirtung, and Kimmirut. lightning hit their South dale home. the fIrst in south Windsor and the In the west end, wooden sidewalks 4) buy a lottery ticket Flames Chaudiere Valley, the river rose 2 m, Thunderstorms to the west of Hudson Their furnace chimney was burnt black. second northeast of Harrow, Agazebo were piled up along streets and against 5) pray ran around the front door of the store, flooding hundreds of cellars. Bay struck several communities, and Every electroniC device ptuQoed into sat at the bottom of t!1e swimming pool, houses. In Melville, winds demolished a arousing the proprietor in time to strong northwesterly winds persisted surge protectors was okay, blacksmith shop and tossed abarn 200 Answer on inside back cover extinguish the fire. long after the weather system passed. other electroniCS-TV, router, cordless mover 2fences. phones-were fried.

Discovery Day (Yukon) ! Full Moon .f------~- August 21, 1922 August 23, 2014 23 2011 August <0, l~lU August 26, 2001 26 August 27, 2014 27 A hailstorm near Wetaskiwin, 21 AColorado low-more typical SK, pest control A furious gale lashed Haileybury, • Rescuers came to the aid of This summer's warm weather AB, travelled east to Wainwright, 22 of tate fall than summer-pushed officers tasked with removing 24 ON, inflicting extensive damage 25 a New Brunswick man and his and lack of rain resulted in the damaging crops in astrip of territory 100km/h, aswath of rain with embedded wasp nests trom civic property were around the shores of the lake. 1O-year-oId son while they were wind declaration of water restrictions for from 14 to 18 km wide. Hailstones were Island. At SPuns, the rare sou 'easter thunderstorms through parts of southern run off their feet this summer. The city The storm dragged boats trom their residents of Fortune and Grand Bank. piled at the sides of several barns. At washed away 30 mof breakwater and Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Storm had 5 times the number of calls as last moorings. In north Cobalt, winds blew Nl. Water limitations remained ir 10 o'ctock the next morning, it was still drove ashore a 1,000-lOnne barge, the rainfall totals ranged from 65 to 80 mm. yea'- Fntomologists suggested that the over asmall house; signs and loose until enough rain felt to reptenish Civic Day (most regions) New Moon _I. Royal St. John's Regatta (Nl) August 7, 2014 7 August 8,2003 8 August 9, 2014 August11,2014 August 13, 2014 13 Airdrie, AB, 40 km north of Calgary, Very humid air helped ignite amini- Just ahead of Tropical Storm Bertha, Aslow-moving storm crossed in from With the help of upcomlng mild was hit hard by hail, injuring 6 people cloud of wood, coal, and crop dust, the Maritimes experienced some 9 10 the Detroit River into Canada. 11 outside Metro Vancouver, BC, 12 temperatures and warm rains, badly enough to require hospitalization. leading to aviolent explosion in the strong gusty winds, heavy rain, and pea­ Torrential downpours in excess of 70 prompted an air quality advisory for Cny of Winnipeg (MB) staff at the public Hailstones broke shingles, punched Halifax (NS) harbouL The force to dime-sized hail with afunnel cloud or over a 10-hour span fell in Windsor the region and Fraser Valley area, works yards were confident they could through siding and eaves, smashed a hole through the side two across Cape Breton Island. Winds and county (ON), filling basements and Authorities told anyone with achronic get rid of last winter's snow pile, which windows and lights, and dented roofs on elevator, forcing at Haltiax International Airport (NS) blew rds and streets. Amonth's medical condition to avoid strenuous was stubbornly hanging on. One of the vehicles and buildings. Property damage from nearby homes, The explosion also at 70 km/h. fell--- the second highest exercise because of high concentrations harshest winters In acentury led to the from the intense storm topped $450 tore sheet metal August rainfall ever recorded at the of fine particles hanging in the air; remarkable pile-up of snow-18-m million. Weeks later, the town's mayor and left a punge Windsor Airport. special mention was directed to the deep, Further, acool spring and a came to realize the extent of the hailer hovering over the waterfront, care of infants, seniors, and those with reluctant summer slowed the melt when the city hall parking lot had all diabetes, lung, or heart disease. new vehicles.

First Quarter QUIZ August 15, 1898 15 August 16, 1917 16 August 17, 2014 August 18,2013 18 August 19, 2014 19 AuguSl20, 1924 20 Installlly killed a Near Quebec City, QC, most Rains associated with aslow­ Aline of severe storms In less than aweek, asecond Among the 400 buildings After getting medical attention, 14 near Tweed, ON, residents were recovering from moving low pressure system 17 accompanied by large quarter- to powerful storm ripped through damaged by atornado in what do the majority of lightning as she sat with her family at the tea the effects of a terrific downpour when spread northward across southern baseball-sized hail, damaging winds, Windsor, ON, bringing down huge tree Kamsack, SK, were agarage and the victims do next? table. None of the rest of the family adazzling lightning storm filled the Baffin Island, NU. The storm dumped and adeluge of rain (25 mm) struck branches and tossing around backyard car inside. The twister carried them over 1) hug someone suffered sefious injuries. In London, skies over and outside the city, On a between 20 and 40 mm of rain in Winnipeg and environs (MB), While gazebos that were botted into concrete, awood pile before setting them upside 2) put on more clothes lightning struck a barrel filled with tar, farm, lightning struck and destroyed many locations, including Baker acouple went to church, abolt of Two EF-O tornadoes touched down- down, The wood pile was undisturbed, 3) sleep shavings, pieces of staves, coal oil, abarn and all the stored crops, In the lake, Pangnirtung, and Kimmirut ing hi! their Southdale home, the first in south Windsor and the In the west end, wooden sidewalks 4) buy a lottery ticket and other flammable stuff. Flames Chaudiere Valley, the river rose 2 m, Thunderstorms 10 the wastof Hudson furnace chimney was burnt black, second northeast of Harrow, Agazebo were piled up along streets and against 5) pray ran around the front door of the store, flooding hundreds of cellars. Bay struck several communities, and Every electronic device plugged into sat at the bottom of the swimming pool. houses, In Melville, winds demolished a aroUSing the proprietor in time to strong northwesterly Winds persisted surge protectors was okay, but all blacksmith shop and tossed abarn 200 Answer on inside back cover extinguish the fire. long after the weather system passed, other electronics-TV, router, cordless mover 2fences. phones-were tried,

Discovery Day (Yukon) e August 26, 2001 August 21,1922 21 2014 August 24, 2011 24 August 27, 2014 27 Ahailstorm near We\askiwin, 23 Saskatoon, SK, pest control Rescuers came to the aid of This summer's warm weather AB, travelled east to Wainwright, 22 of late fall than summer-pushed officers tasked with removing 25 aNew Brunswick man and his 26 and lack of rain resulted in the damaging crops in astrip of territory Prince Edward aswath of rain with embedded wasp nests from civic around the shores of the lake. 10-year-old son while they were wind declaration of water restrictions for from 14 to 18 km wide. Hailstones were Island, At Souris, the rare sou'easter thunderstorms through perts of southern run off their feet this summer. The storm dragged boats from their surfing off PEI. They clung to their residents of Fortune and Grand Bank, piled at the sides of several barns. At washed away 30 mof breakwater and Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Storm had 5times the number of calls as last moorings, In north Cobalt, winds blew boards more than akm from shore, Nl, Water limitations remained in place 10 o'clock the next morning, It was still drove ashore a t,OOO-tonne barge, the rainfall totals ranged from 65 to 80 mm. i year. Entomotogists suggested that the over asmall house; signs and loose Two swimmers braved the winds and until enough rain fell to replenish the possible to gather hail stones by the Gazelle, near Wood Island. The storm Gainsborough, SK, was still recovering plague was either because the freeze roofing were everywhere, Also lost strong cunrents and helped them to a town reservoir. The restrictions included pail-full in the hollows of fields. toppled buildings and trees across the from June's floods, with the majority was too shallow previous winter to kill was afence around agarden. Astray sand bar, where they were later rescued aban on watering lawns and washing province, of residents living in campers without hibernating wasps, or hot. wet summer cow found easy access to the plot and by firefighters, vehicles, weather was ideal for the insects to feasted on cabbages, turnips, and breed feverishly, everything, so that when the owner awoke he was without agarden,

last Quarter August 28, 1903 28 August 29,2014 August 30, 2013 30 August31,1904 31 Aworker at aquartz mine on Hurricane Cristobal tracked Sections of the Trans-Canada Alabourer for the local parish lepine Creek in Yukon was northeastward across the 29 Highway in central Newfoundland priest in Cheeseville, ON, loading acar, of ore when he stepped southeastern Grand Banks, bringing were washed out and basements tending to crops on afarm with over acable lied to the ore car, just as rainy weather to the Avalon Peninsula, flooded after adeluge of rain drenched 3 others, was killed by lightning, The abolt of lightning struck, The electric NL. Significant rainfall amounts also parts of the province. Between Gander victim's hat was torn off and portions charge hurled him to the ground with occurred over the southern part of and Gambo, 125 mm of rain tell in the of it were found 15 maway, Apitchfork considerable violence, leaving him the Gaspe in Quebec where Chandler 2-day storm. The Bay d'Espoir highway that had been in his grasp was broken to unconscious or dazed for along time. recorded 50 mm of rain, was also closed for several hours. Some bits, Ablack line ran down the full length Ever since, he has complained of a people were stranded in their cabins of his spinal column. pricking sensation; that he escaped because of impassable side roads. death was miraculous. -. AUGUST OCTOBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 25 26 27 28 28 29 30 31 23 24 29 30 31 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday September 1, 2011 1 September 2, 1983 September 3,1996 3 Edmonton, AB, had the perfect habitat It was hot In Winnipeg, MS-the High winds delayed arrival of a tugboat for mosquito breeding, one not seen in hottest September day in 111 years, 2 and barge sent to rescue a luxury more than a decade, The weather made The mercury climbed to arecord cruise liner stranded for 5 days on a it difficult for spraying, leaving golfers 38,8°C, while temperatures in Hell, gravel bar in the Arctic Ocean, The and hikers calling it unbearable, At one Norway, were a chilly 20°C. Winnipeg Hanseatic ran aground about 240 km course, golfers bought up nearly 300 was warmer than Nassau, Rio de east of Cambridge Bay, NT, In the cans of bug repellent spray, compared Janeiro, Beirut, Honolulu, Jakarta, and meantime, the ship's 115 crew and to 3 cans sold the year before. Some Miami. The city was even hotter than 153 passengers, mostly German and foursomes started out only 10 give up, Hell Hole, Australia. Record highs also American, entertained themselves requesting "mosquito cheques." were set at Gimll, Bissett, and Dauphin. with the ship's duty-free shops, sauna, [adapted from Winnipeg Free Press] swimming pool, and other luxuries.

New Moon September 4, 1905 4 ISeptember 5, 2014 September 6,2013 6 September 7,1924 7 September 8, 1996 September 9, 2014 September 10, 1948 Following one of the holiest and An American adventurer failed Fed by 4 days of almost continuous , Hurricane Fran brought rain, strong • Longtime Calgarians (AB) were More than 20 fishermen in most humid summer days, a severe 5 to cross the fabled Northwest Passage rain, rivers in the Eastern Townships of winds, and distant birds to the shores 8 shoCked when 3 snow days after 9 3 launches saw a huge 10 thunderstorm tracked through southern on a Jet Ski. Initially, Ihe 4-member Quebec turned into raging floods, The of Lakes Erie and Ontario, Blrders Labour Day dumped 28 cm of snow on waterspout 15 km out in Georgian Bay Ontario from west to east. In Ottawa, team made progress jet-skiing through lower town of SI. Raymond was under became ecstatic over the prospect of It was the highest September near Meaford, ON. It appeared to go passed down his the cold-front-triggered storm flooded Amundsen Gulf, NT, but out in the water. Aseries of washouts occurred on seeing some rare birds blown inland, before the autumn equinox at least 2 km into the sky and was a'" feet streets and temporarily stopped the Arctic Ocean, the water started forming the main line of the CPR to Murray Bay. Some birders admitted thay didn't in the last 130 years. Trees still flush km wide. Oddly, the huge cone-shapad left pent leg was split open from hip to Ottawa Redblacks football game. On a millions of little pancakes about the size Many cattle and sheep were swept away sleep well after reporting such "gifts with green leaves bowed, and spout was blue in calor. It appeared heel. His right leg had aburn the entire tragic note, lightning struck aUniversity of aquarter. It was like riding on top by the flood, and several log booms from the hurricane" as: blaCk-capped during alull in the storm. Waves were length, and his boots were completely of Waterloo student after she took of a Slurpee, When ice clogged their broken from their moorings were adrift, petrel, sooty tern, long-tailed jaegers, a snow. Tree damage was incalculable, both coming and going with the wind. torn off his feet shelter under a tree; another death engines, they had to call the At St. Albans, the flood carried away a fork-tailed flycatcher, and a wandering changing the look of Calgary's streets occurred in Orillia when acyclist was hit Coast Guard, farm house, tallier. [adapted from Peter Whelan, for years to come with gaping holes and by falling tree branches, Toronlo Slatj lost canopy.

f-______~+Labour Day -f---I_-----1 September 11, 2014 11 September 12, 2013 September 13,1920 13 September 14,1925 14 September 15,1977 September lb, l~~U September 17, 2014 A large, slow-moving low-pressure Crews restored power to Aseries of rain-triggered After a search extending across A severe storm crossed the Abrief windstorm destroyed The Arctic sea ice shrunk to its system crossed the Great Lakes thousands of customers in 12 washouts along the Canadian Lake OntariO from Toronto to Port Maritimes, bringing heavy rains 15 several tents at the Ottawa 16 6th lowest extent, reinforcing the 17 and tracked through central and western New Brunswick. after afierce National Railroad held up passenger Dalhousie, ON, personnel from the of 50 mm and wind gusts of 100 Exhibition (ON). One large tent owned long-term downward trend in the northern Quebec before reaching lightning storm brought down trees and and freight traffic between Halifax, NS, Toronto Ufe-Saving Station rescued 2 km/h, The storm caused heavy losses by the Perley Home Auxiliary, crowded concentration of Arctic ice, It was 1.6 Labrador, In Abitibi-TSmiscamingue, the Woodstock and Cape Breton, At Mulgrave, where a sailors from SI, Catharines, clinging to to fishing equipment and to the PEI with 300 visitors having supper, crashed million square km above the record wind gusts of over 50 km/h and landslide occurred, passengers unable their 20-foot yawl for 28 hours. They tobacco crop. to the ground, burying the spectators in minimum extent of 2012, Unlike most devastating hail, along with heavy rains, to secure rooms in the town remained sailed in agale with heavy seas, and the ruins. Several booths on the midway recent years, the Northwest Passage wreaked havoc on soybean farms. instead, on the sleeping cars, The track was torn were in a semi-conscious condition, also blew away. Cries and shouts rang remained closed and choked with ice, Farmers lost nearly 85% of their crop. damage was associated with straight up for adistance of 20 mand to adepth and were able to furnish only the barest out Other concession stands had dishes whereas the Northeast Passage along Other large crops line winds up to 85 of 3 m, The flood carned away the iron details of their experience, smashed and signs blown away, the coast of Siberia remained open, canola, and corn. bridge and concrete abutments at the head of Port Hawkesbury Harbour,

Full Moon September 18, 2000 QUIZ September 21,2014 September 22, 1942 22 September 23, 2011 September 24, 1907 The RI. Hon. Joe Clark called An intense storm laden with Abright red parachute floating Aweek of heavy rain led 10 • Old men described the for the government to cut heating 18 19 Which of the following cities is 20 tropical moisture brought up to 21 near Smiths Falls, ON, almost some major problems with 23 storm as the worst in Bonavista, 24 taxes because the Farmers' likely to have the highest Incidence of 100 mm of rain landed on top of the car of a family flooding and mudslides in Stewart. BC. in the past 40 years. One report Almanac was calling for colder than kidney stones because of the weather? to the Maritimes. Hoads flooded on heading to their cottage. The parents The latest storm knocked out power, stated: "sometimes we read about a normal temperatures. "This is awinter train was delayed near Liverpool, where 1) Vancouver Prince Edward Island, Winds there and cylinder affixed vessel being driven on the rocks and country, I1I may quote an authoritative freshets had washed out the roadbed, 2) Windsor in Nova Scotia brought down tree limbs After beaten into matchwood, and regard it New Moon September 4, 1905 4 September 5,2014 5 September 6, 2013 September 7, 1924 September 8, 1996 September 9, 2014 September 10, 1948 Lightning struck ateenager in Stinson, Following one of the hottest and An American adventurer failed Fed by 4 days of almost continuous • were More than 20 fishermen in MB, killing him instantly. His brother most humid summer days, asevere to cross the labled Northwest Passage 6 rain, rivers in the Eastern Townships of 7 8 3snow days after 9 3 launches saw ahuge 10 found him lying on the road. The electric ttHlnfiprdnrm on aJet Ski. Initially, the 4-member Quebec turned into raging floods. The Labour Day dumped 28 cm of snow on waterspout 15 km out in Georgian Bay charge struck the victim on the head, Ontario from west to east. In team made progress jet-skiing through lower town of SI. Raymond was under became ecstatic over the prospect of the city. It was the highest September near Meaford, ON, It appeared to go passed down his body and oul at his the cold-front-triggered storm flooded Amundsen Gulf, NT, but out in the water, Aseries of washouts occurred on seeing some rare birds blown inland. before the autumn equinox at least 2km into the sky and was ah feet. His hair was badly singed and his streets and temporarily stopped the Arctic Ocean, the water started forming the main line of the CPR to Murray Bay, Some birders admitted they didn't in the last 130 years Trees still flush km wide. Oddly, the huge cone-shaped left pant leg was split open from hip to Ottawa Redblacks football game, On a millions of little pancakes about the size sleep well after reporting such "gifts with green leaves bowed, sagged, and spout was blue in color. It appeared heel. His right leg had aburn the entire tragic note, lightning struck aUniversity of aQuarter. It was like riding on top by the flood, and several from the hurricane" as: black-capped snapped from the weight of the sticky during a lull in the storm, Waves were length, and his boots were completely of Waterloo student after she took of a Slurpee. When ice clogged broken from their moorings were adrift, petrel, sooty tern, long-tailed jaegers, a snow. Tree damage was incalculable, both coming and going with the wind. tom off his feet. shelter under a tree; another death engines, they had to call the At SI. Albans, the flood carried away a fork-tailed flycatcher, and awandering changing the look of Calgary's streets occurred in Orillia when acyclist was hit Coast Guard, farm house. taUler. [adapted from Peter Whelan, for years to come with gaping holes and by falling tree branches. Toronto Star] lost canopy,

labour Day First Quarter September 11, 2014 11 September 12, 2013 12 September 13,1920 13 September 14,1925 14 September 15,1977 September 16,1920 September 17, 2014 Alarge. slow-moving low-pressure Crews restored power to Asenes of rain-triggered After asearch extending across Asevere storm crossed the Abrief windstorm destroyed • The Arctic sea ice shrunk 10 its 17 system crossed the Great Lakes thousands of customers in washouts along the Canadian Lake Ontario from Toronto to Port Maritimes, bringing heavy rains 15 several tents at the Ottawa 16 6th lowest extent, reinforcing the and tracked through central and western New Brunswick after afierce National Railroad held up pessenger Dalhousie, ON, personnel from the of 50 mm and wind gusts of 100 Exhibition (ON), One large tent owned long-term downward trend in the northern Quebec before reaching storm brought down trees and and freight traffic between Halifax, NS, Toronto Ufe-Saving Station rescued 2 km/h. The storm caused heavy losses by the Perley Home Auxiliary, crowded concentration of Arctic ice. It was 1,6 Labrador. buildings. In the Woodstock and Cape Breton, At Mulgrave, where a sailors from SI. Catharines, clinging to to fishing equipment and to the PEI with 300 visitors having supper, crashed million SQuare km above the record area, the Carleton Civic Centre lost landslide occurred, passengers unable their 20-loot yawl for 28 hours. They tobacco crop. to the ground, In minimum extent of 2012. Unlike most devastating hail, along with heavy rains, There was no evidence to secure rooms in the town remained sailed in a gale with heavy seas, and the ruins, Several the midway recent years, the Northwest Passage wreaked havoc on soybean farms. instead, on the sleeping cars. The track was torn were in asemi-conscious condition, also blew awey. Cries and shouts rang remained closed and choked with ice, Farmers lost nearly 85% of their crop. damage was associated with straight up for adistance of 20 mand to adepth and were able to furnish only the barest out. Other concession stands had dishes whereas the NorthE Other large crops lost included cereals. line winds up to 85 km/h. of 3 m. The flood carried away the iron details of their experience, smashed and signs blown away. the coast of Siberia canola, and corn. bridge and concrete abutments at the head of Port Hawkesbury Harbour.

Moon September 18, 2000 September 19, 1936 19 QUIZ September 21,2014 September 22, 1942 22 September 23, 2011 23~1-~--SeptembeU4, l~ur -j The Rt. Hon, Joe Clark called The tail end of atropical An intense storm laden with Abright red parachute Hoating Aweek of heavy rain led 10 • Old men described the 18 hurricane that lashed Nova Which of the following cities is 20 near Smiths Falls, ON, almost some major problems with storm as the worst in Bonavista, 24 Scotia left widespread property damage. likely to have the highest incidence of landed on top of the car of afamily flooding and mudslides in Stewart, BC, NL, in the past 40 years. One report The CNR's Yarmouth-bound Halifax kidney stones because 01 the weather? to the Maritimes, heading to their cottage. The parents The latest storm knocked out power, stated: "sometimes we read about a train was delayed near Liverpool, where 1) Vancouver Prince Edward Island. Winds there and figured the glittering tin cylinder affixed brought down trees, and disrupted vessel being driven on the rocks and freshets had washed out the roadbed, 2) Windsor Nova Scotia brought down tree limbs to the parachute was abomb, After travel. The high winds forced BC Ferries beaten into matchwood, and regard it Between Liverpool and Yarmouth, more 3) Regina and caused power outages to 50,000 waiting for some time, the husband to cancel several sailings, Massive as afigure of speech, In the case of the than adozen washouls were reported. 4) Toronto customers. Schools and businesses retrieved the peckage, tagged "Property swells pounding the sides of the ferries SnolTe, that is what actually happened." Three men drowned 5) Montreal closed, The next day, the storm tracked of the US Weather Bureau." The lett passengers staggering like di77Y What had been awell-built vessel northward west of Newfoundland, instruction tag promised the finder a drunks with green complexions. was reduced to afew wagon-loads of Answer on ir/Side back cover winds of 130 km/h to crisp dollar bill if the spent weather firewood. balloon was returned,

______~______+ Autumn Equinox 10:21 EDT Last Quarter _I September 27, 2005 2 7 September 28, 1933 28 September 29,1958 29 September 30, ;;UU4 In Stephenville, NL, hundreds Terrific winds left aswath of Hurricane Helene smashed Acold front blew inlo Regina, 26 Hed their homes after 150 mm damage throughout the BC into Cape Breton, NS, with one SK, dropping temperatures 30 of rain from Hurricane Rlta breached Interior. In Kamloops, the chimney of of the most damaging gales in the 12 degrees in 3 hours, Snow flurries 2 rivers, and in the downtown, water the United Church was blown down and island's history. Traffic in Sydney and ice washed out roods and swamped crashed through the rool. Billboards, became immobilized as 150-kmlh bridges, prompting astate of trees, vines, bushes, and yards of winds sent trees crashing across main emergency. About 80 homes had water fences were flattened in different streets, smashed store windows, and to first-Hoor windows. In adoor-to-door parts of the city, Fruit was blown from buckled homes. Afreighter drifting 6 km evacuation, some people were rescued trees and apples rolled down Ihe offshore rode through the storm with its abody suit, black owing to several months of wetter than with afront-end loader and Zodiac, streets. Green leaves lay ankle deep engines in reverse to avoid grounding. pants, and atoque, One thinly clad fan normal weather. Some could not return home for several on sidewalks, Okanagan orchards lost The storm drove 60 Portuguese and warmed himself using the washroom weeks, between 13,000 and 14,000 boxes Spanish fishing trawlers to shelter in st. hair dryer. of apples, John's harbour, Newfoundland. New Moon • SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 OCTOBER 2016 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday ---,------'"'' October 1, 1985 1 lightning struck astudent from Markham, ON, while she was planting trees at awork camp near Chapleau, ON, The intense power of the bolt knocked her unconscious and burned a hole in her bandana, burst an eardrum, burned her neCk, left ankle, and fused

ringing injury, she was anxious to return the following summer.

October 2, 1910 2 October 3, 2007 3 October 4, 1990 October 6,2014 October 7,2011 7 October 8,2013 Two men were killed, two seriously Strong wind gusts over 100 km/h left An early season snowstorm developed Thunderstorms moving southeast High winds of 90 to 110 km/h in a The northern lights are seen in Injured, and avast amount of damage around 11,000 homes in Timmins and over mountainous and central Alberta, 5 of Cambridge, ON, trigoered a late 6 late season thunderstorm left awide Saint John, NB, maybe 25 nights 8 done in Montreal, QC, following asevere Kapuskasing, ON, without power and an Authorities closed the Icefields Parkway evening EF-llOrnado. swath of destruction in ayear on average, compared to places 15-minute cyclone, The storm packed apartment building in Timmins without between Banff and Jasper when 30 cm Included siding and shingles ripped Winnipeg, MB. Traffic like Yellowknife, NT, with 243 nights, or hurricane-force winds, accompanied a roof. The fire departm of snow covered the highway. Streets from homes, downed trees, and Also damaged were several houses and Edmonton, AB, about 90 times. On this by heavy rain and frequent lightning, to levelled traffic lights, became accident· clogged before drivers the displacement of steel stor< vehicles, Toppled newspaper boxes occasion, the weather cooperated with The two victims were installing a wires, uncovered roofs, and several could adjust to the slippery conditions. containers, horse trailers, and littered downtown streets and chunks of clear skies, More recent sightings are The wind alarms activated by power outages. bleachers at alocal ballpark that were metal from broken business signs were owing to favourable space weather: a tossed some 50 m, strewn across roads, Strong winds also spike in the solar winds and flares, This fanned 2 large brush fires south and year also marks the peak of an l1-year east of Steinbach, cycle of solar activity,

Rosh Hashanah October 9,2012 October 10,2012 October 11,1934 QUIZ October 14,1893 October 15,1871 Not since 1937 has there been Parts of Alberta and An early snowstorm played havoc Aviolent windstorm struck The keel of the schooner Snow such adevastating harvest for apple 9 Saskatchewan saw enough 10 with communication services and 12 The summer of 1816 featured 13 Ottawa, ON, and district Barns, 14 Squall was launched In asnow 15 producers in Ontario, with losses of slushy snow to build the season's first hampered vehicular traffic along the frost, snow, and Ice. The harsh sheds, trees, fences, and walls were storm. Coincidentally, on this day she $100 million, Following acouple of snowmen, It was a quick blast of winter, SI, Lawrence Valley. Telephone service weather prompted the inspiration of blown down for miles around, Winds was also lost in a snow storm while on weeks of spectacularly warm weather with some areas north of Edmonton, was severed between Levls, QC, and what classic work? tore a boathouse at the Ottawa Rowing atrading voyage to Newfoundland, All in March, apple growers knew the AB, getting more than 10 cm of snow. Edmundston, NB, when wind and New Brunswick suffered the worst Mary Shelley's Frani

First Quarter Thanksgiving Day Yom Kippur October 16, 1936 October 17,1996 October 18, 1976 October 19, 2014 October 20,2014 20 October 21,2014 For one Laplander, the Canadian • Astorm said to be the worst in 17 Three survivors from a 15-man The Avalon Peninsula got quite a 19 Western farm producers had Winter storms walloped BC, winter in the Mackenzie River 16 35 years struck the British crew on the Dutch ship Gabriel/a 18 soaking from 50 mm of rain from one of the most challenging and 21 district (NI) was apparently too cold. Columbia coast, cutting boats adrift, were plucked from raging 12-m seas the remains of Hurricane Gonzalo. While stressful growing seasons ever as Some of the heavy rains The expert reindeer herder, brought to knocking out power to thousands of 200 km southeast of SI. John's, NL, most Newfoundlanders simply slept they battled floods, heavy rains, frozen and winds came from Tropical Storm the Northwest Territories to tend the people, and disrupting ferry schedules, in an air-sea helicopter rescue, One through the storm, cool weather, recurrent hailers, Ana-which earlier soaked Hawaii. herd Canada was developing to provide At Saturna Island, rain was hitting the seaman's body temperature was The storm left more than 100,000 summer.

October 2,1910 2 October 3, 2007 3 October 4, 1990 4 October 5,1923 5 October 6, 2014 6 October 7, 2011 7 October 8,2013 8 Two men were killed, two seriously Strong wind gusts over 100 km/h left An early season snowstorm developed Torrential rains and record floods Thunderstorms moving southeast High winds of 90 to 110 kmlh in a The northern in injured, and avast amount of damage around 11,000 homes in Timminsand over mountainous and central Alberta. swamped Truro, NS, and nearby late late season thunderstorm left awide Saint John, maybe 25 nights done in Montreal, QC, following a severe Kapuskasing, ON, without power and an Authorities closed the Icefields Parkway villages, resultino in the destruction of swath of destruction in its path across ayear on average, compared to places 15-minutecyclone. The storm packed apartment building in Timmins without between Banff and Jasper when 30 cm Included siding and shingles ripped Winnipeg, MB. Traffic lights came down, like Yellowknife, NT, with 243 nights, or hurricane-force winds, accompanied aroof. The fire department responded of snow covered the highway. Streets from homes, dOwned trees, and Also damaged were several houses and Edmonton, AB, about 90 times. On this by heavy rain and frequent lightning. to levelled traffic lights, several dOwned became accident-clogged before drivers flagpole at the post office, breaking the displacement of steel storage vehicles. Toppled newspaper boxes occaSion, the weather cooperated with The two victims were installing a wires, uncovered roofs, and several could adjust to the slippery conditions. at ground level. Sheaves of grain and containers, horse trailers, and aluminum littered downtown streets and chunks of clear skies, More recent sightings are stone crusher at aQuarry. The wind alarms activated by power outages. drowned pigs Hoated down the swollen bleachers at alocal ballpark that were metal from broken business signs were owing to favourable space weather: a Salmon River. The enlarged river also tossed some 50 m. strewn across roads. Strong winds also spike in the solar winds and flares. This on. Athird labourer was blown into an took out a barn from which a horse fanned 2 large brush fires south and year also marks the peak of an l1-year apple tree, Winds also blew ahorse and disappeared, east of Stelnbach. cycle of solar activity. rig into the harbour,

Rosh Hashanah October 9, 2012 October 10, 2012 QUIZ October 14,1893 14 October 15,1871 15 Not since 1937 has there been Parts of Alberta and Aviolent windstorm struck The keel of the schooner Snow such adevastating harvest for apple 9 Saskstchewan saw enough 10 blizzards 12 The summero! 1816 featured 13 Ottawa, ON, and district. Barns, Squall was launched in asnow producers in Ontario, with losses of slushy snow to build the season's first across QUllbec. In Ouebec City, the frost, snow, and ice. The harsh sheds, trees, fences, and walls were storm. CoinCidentally, on this day she $100 million, Following acouple of snowmen. nwas aQuick blast of winter, snowfall was so heavy that children weather prompted the inspiration of blown down for miles around. Winds was also lost in asnow storm while on weeks of spectacularly warm weather with some areas north of Edmonton, could make the season's first snowmen. what classic work? tore aboathouse at the Ottawa Rowing atrading voyage to Newfoundland. All March, apple orowers AB, geffing more than 10 cm of snow. New Brunswick suffered the worst 1) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Club from its moorings and depOSited it hands pertshed, crop would snow delayed Governor General damages in gales with thunder, hail, 2) Vivaldi's Four Seasons on the opposite side of the river. Winds warmth caused apple trees to bud early, rain, and freeZing rain, The fierce winds 3) Handel's Messiah also bowled over achimney at City Hall, and expected frosts in April killed all northern Saskatchewan to meet with hurt crops, interrUPted utility services, 4) Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" premature blossoms. Consumers paid students from the Hatchet Lake First and flattened farm buildings. In Nova 5) Lord Byron's Don Juan deaJ1y for apples from out of province. Nation. Scotia's Annapolis Valley, winds blasted 50,000 barrels of apples from orchards. Answer on inside back cover

1 First Quarter _I Thanksgiving Day Yom Kip:p~u.. ~r~ ____ OctOber 16, 1936 October 17,1996 17 October 18,1976 October 19, 2014 19 October 20,2014 20 October 21, 2014 21 OctOber 22, 2014 22 For one Laplander, the Canadian Astorm said to be the worst in Three survivors from a 15-man The Avalon Peninsula got Quite a Western fann producers had Winter storms walloped BC, Aslow-moving storm passed winter in the Mackenzie River 161 35 years stnuck the British crew on the Dutch Ship (labriella 18 soaking from 50 mm of rain from one of the most challenging and triggering flash fioods and through the Maritimes. The district (NT) was apparently too cold. Columbia coast, cutting boats adrij\, were plucked from raging 12-m seas the remains of Hurricane Gonzalo. While stressful growing seasons ever as mudslides, Some of the heavy rains heaviest downpours-partnered with The expert reindeer herder, knocking out power to thousands of 200 km southeast of SI. John's, NL. most Newfoundlanders simply slept they battled floods, heavy rains, frozen and winds came from Tropical Storm high winds-pummeled southeastern people, and disruptinc in an air-sea helicopter rescue. One through the storm, participants of the ground, cool weather, recurrent hailers, Ana-which earlier soaked Hawaii. New Brunswick, Flooding occurred herd Canada was developing to provide At Satuma Island, seaman's body temperature was Cape to Cabot 20K half marathon-a the threat of an early frost, and summer The storm left more than 100,000 low-lying areas with motorists food for northern reSidents, decided windOws so hard that it must have hurt dangerously low, so the helicopter crew race that bills itself as one of the snow, Hailstorms were so violent and hydro customers on Vancouver Island hvrlmnl'onillO Top winds to return home. those outdoors. Strong winds and high took off their own clothes and snuggled toughest in Canada-faced even expansive that the average claim in and In Greater Vancouver wtthout Island (189 said: 'I Quit the. _ seas left thousands of customers on against him. Hot coffee and later hot tougher conditions, with sections of 2014 was up 42% from last vear. As a services, Wind gusts of 90 km/h forced while the greatest rainfalls over reindeer because it was too cold and I Vancouver Island without electricity, At water with sugar were poured down his the hilly terrain washed out and strong consequence, production BC Ferries to delay sailings between four days (162 mm) were recorded at was afraid we would die,' Oak Bay Marina, more than 50 boats throat during a helicopter flight back to in-your-face winds adding to the down 15 to 30% from last year's record Vancouver and Nanaimo. Grand Manan, NB. were driven ashore, SI. John's, NL. experience. numbers,

Full Moon e Last Quarter October 23, 1998 23 October 24, 2001 24 October 25, 1920 October 26,2014 October 27, 1997 October 28, 1921 28 October 29. 2006 Wet weather in the Maritlmes A major weather system barreled It was drier than atemperance The little brown bat Is dying in 26 Ottawa, ON, residents awoke to 27 Forty people died in Britannia Ahomeless man who spent • had potato fanners in PEI worried over Lake Superior into southern tea party as Nova Scotia voted 25 droves across parts of Eastern the start of the largest teachers Beach, BC, in some of the most 20 hours stuck in aFredericton, 29 about the harvest. The rain turned soil Ontario, bringing with It torrential rains In a yes to prohibition. Not adrop Canada, extirpated by white-nose walkout in Canadian history, and to the disastrous flooding in history, Half of NB, garbage dumpster apparently into a sea of mUd. Han of the 1998 crop thunderstorm and winds 01 80 km III Two­ of rain fell anywhere in the syndrome. In New Brunswick, It's aftermath of afreak snowstorm. The was trying to escape the weekend's was still in the ground, and the potential metre-high waves on Lake Nipissing tossed province on voting day, estimated about 99% of the bat species storm created atransportation mess, severe weather. Apasserby heard his was there to lose most of it nthe rains boulders onto yards and washed away 45-kg have died, The disease is caused by a sending dozens of cars into ditches and moans and alerted authorities. The man didn't cease, sandbags, fungus that grows over the bats' faces stranding OC Transpo's big articulated of the injured or bewildered villagers, became wedged in the dumpster in a and is especially virulent in cold weather buses. The storm even knocked the One man climbed onto the roof of his V-formation-hls feet and head up, his October 30, 2012 Awarm spring/summer October 31, 2014 FollOWing one of the during hibernation, Biologists expect Virgin Mary statue from her pedestal house, which was bobbing about in bum dOwn, While he was stuck, rain, led to a boom in Toronto's (ON) stray snowiest Septembers in years, Calgary, AB, that the entire Canadian pc outside SI. Patrick's Basilica on Nepean Howe Sound, blustery winds, and frigid temperatures cat population 01 300,000. With the experienced adelightful October-one of the bats will be affected within Street. gripped the area. unseasonably warm weather, the cats had warmest, sunniest, and driest on record, The one more birthing period than normal. average temperature was the fourth warmest in 135 years, 30 New Moon 31 Halloween OCTOBER LJECEMB ER 1 1 2 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2016 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 NOVEMBER 27 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 25 26 30 31 Sunday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday November 1, 2014 1 November 2, 2013 2 November 3,2014 3 November 4,2011 4 November 5,1952 5 An intense storm off Cape Hatteras, Severe winds and intense rains forced Apowerful storm soaked Metro Motorists spun, slipped, and skidded Gale·force winds whip-sawed across-- NC, tracked northward, spreading 20 Vancouver, BC, the province's south their way across snow-covered roads Lake Huron and Lake Erie, forcing to 30 cm of snow across northern throughout BC's coast, the Fraser Valley, and Hows in southern and central Alberta. In several ships to take cover in harbours. Brunswick and 40 to 70 mm of cold rain wind gusts exceeded 80 km/h. The Sound with up to 85 mm of rain. The Calgary, there were close to 400 Construction work on the pier at over southern portions of the province. storm was blamed for pushing the deluge led to a torrent of water rushing crashes, exacerbated Goderich, ON. had to be halted as waves With wicked winds came power outages Queen at Nanaimo into aferry dock as down mountainsides, overflowing rush hour. Car and bus washed over. Westerly winds off Lake to 12,000 customers, forcing some well as ripping apart a private dock at several creeks and culverts, flooding into ditches, bounced off curbs, and Superior brought 15 anchored vessels utility workers to use snowmobiles to Mayne Island. The ferry was backing homes, and forCing numerous slid backward down Icy ramps and to astandstill in the SI. Marys River. reach remote customers. In Prince out when it struck a private float Tug evacuations. Afew days later, another hills. Some Calgary Stampeders rookie Several weather stations reported zero

Edward Island, boats pulled the vessel back to its home storm drenched the region. ExceSSive players had never experienced so much 1 visibility. northern coast was an added terminal on Salt Spring Island. early November rains followed above­ snow and took the opportunity to throw average precipitation (184 mm) snowballs after practice. October.

All Saints' Day November 6, 2002 6 November 7, 1929 7 November 8, 1957 QUIZ November 10, 2005 November 12, 1907 Acouple of middle-age modern-day Weather forced a plane down near Awintry blast first struck the northern Foul, wet, and windy weather pirates off the west coast of Vancouver Cambridge Bay, NT. Days of aimless part of Ontario with 25 cm of snow. In 8 WhiCh of the following is not a basic 9 caused opening day of th cyclone on Earth 11 Island, BC, stole a 16-m sailboat from wandering brought 8 survivors close Toronto, winds blew down television type of snownake? Canadian inter-university Typhoon Nuri over the PaCific-shook _ a the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. The to death from starvation and exposure. aerials, trees, and about 2tonnes of 1) needle championship in Charlottetown, the jet stream north of Alaska. As a Sault in fierce wind and waves-a run thieves then ran into some bad weather. The party built igloos to shelter from the bricks from ademolished building. At 2) dendrite PE, to be postponed. The rain was consequence, easterly winds pushed usually made in one day. One monster gales, and food was carefully conserved the Old Woodbine Race CourS<1, winds 3) plate manageable, but not the wind, winter's first blast of cold air southward. wave smashed plate glass windows from the beginning. After 2 months, 4 tossed a 5-m-high plywood sign for 4) column clipped along at 70 km/h. The ball I1 was cold (-25 wind chill) and snowing in the pilot house, something that had Inuit hunters stumbled on the scene. the Unrted Appeal several metres. 5) star wouldn't stay still; 130-kg dugouts in Calgary, AB, when more than 2,000 never happened before. On arrival the guards went 10 assist the stricken boat, Eventually, rescue planes transported I Elsewhere, plywood construction forms overturned; and agoal net twice blew people attended the Remembrance Day ship, encaS<1d in ice, looked like a glass towing it in heavy seas to sheltered Answer on inside back cover against afence some 13 maway. Wind­ ceremony. Unfortunately, special VIP boat. Some water even poured down the the men to Winnipeg, MB. ;Iew...o.nto subway tracks. Storefront waters and lock-up. window glass flew everywhere along driven rain stung like ice pellets. seating for older veterans was moslly smoke stack. j Yonge Street

Daylight Saving Time Ends First Quarter .____ • __ _ Remembrance Day November 13; 1990 13 November 14,1905 141 November 15, 2014 November 17, 2013 17 November 18, 1929 November 19,2014 19 Unusually high winds disrupted Asquall swept Lake Ontario and It was highly unusual to see Wintry weathar and treacherous The southern coast of Strong cold winds and relatively

ferry services between Prince Toronto harbour (ON) early in the I' fields of Ontario corn and 16 driving conditions prompted the Newfoundland caught the 18 warm waters off the Great Lakes Edward Island and Nova Scotia. morning. Amotor boat company's , soybeans still unharvested. In closure of the Tram-Canada Highway crushing force of an earthquake-led combined to produce intense snow Winds of 90 km/h interfered with storehouse, still being built, went down between Winnipeg and Portage la tsunami that swept 27 people from the squalls. The most affected regions were the docking of the Romeo and Juliet. in the storm becauS<1 the roof had not where a local woman Prairie, MB. Temperatures hovered cliffs of Burin, NL. All along the coast, near Georgian Bay, ON. where local Snows accompanied by 80 km/h winds been fully sheeted. Its sides caved in them. Another freighter limped around O°C, creating black ice on boats, sheds, dwellings, and fishing gear storms dumped 90 cm of snow near hff northern New Brunswick with a and the supports, unable to stand the Quebec, after 2 ships collided highways that was hidden by blowing away, along with provisions Parry Sound, 40 cm in Huntsville, and vengeance, closing schools and causing strain, also collapsed. In an instant, swirling snow. Less than balmy conditions 20 cm in Bracebridge and Barrie. While several accidents. NB Power crews were the structure became apile of kindling hours later, Russian and Spanish parade in the numbers were impressive, they kept busy tossing trees off power lines wood. Isince 1992-so late that hters collided in asnowstorm near were nothing close to the 200+ cm that and repairing outages. planting was delayed. Les Escoumins. Burin fell in similar lake-effact storms over Buffalo, NY,

Full Moon November 20, 2013 20 November 21, 1957 November 22,1930 22 November 23, 1846 23 November 24,2014 November 25, 1846 25 November 26, 2014 The Hamilton Tiger Cats had their Afioat plane went down • One of the worst wind storms gale hit the Miramichi Unseasonably warm air trom Aviolent windstorm with snow The first nor'easter of the first Gray Cup practice at frigid in 50 mof water in Lac Simon, 21 ever to strike easlern Alberta region. Several homes were Texas, driven 24 from the northeast of New season tracked across the 26 Mosaic Stadium in Regina, SK. The QC, 75 km northeast of Ottawa, ON. blew 100 km/h winds in a blinding abandoned, fences 100 km/h through Brunswick blew with tremendous Maritimes. Rain began over the temperature was -t6°C, but it felt like The bodies of the pilot and 2 hunters cloud of sand and dirt. Windmills were and aschooner partly laden with 140,000 fences, hurling Fundy region and snow spread across -28. Players crowded the sidelines next were recovered 51 years later. The was swept onto a nearby road. Bridges the roofs of eastern and northern sections of New to warm-air heaters. Frost thickened on coroner surmised that the downed plane became impassable, haystacks changed trees. Several Brunswick. In the province's 3 largest h"t...... ,...~ " ..... "..-'" ...... 1 "'''''''1'1 ..... 1'1 ,,"'... tl .... ,"',' .. h"A th... u .... "',..,'" n .... " .... f f,,<>l ",n'" '" ,.,,,,,,11 th"" I(;rn ...... "n ..... rli~t .. ;f't hoA h.it!> """",It ,'V"",, I'\u,ncrl"h,n ...... ri ",rllr.j",,, fl",,,,t,,,rl in+n average precipitation (184 mm) in snowballs after oraClle•. October.

All Saints' Day November 6, 2002 6 November 7, 1929 7 November 8, 1957 8 QUII November 10, 2005 10 November 11, 2014 Acouple of middle-age modern-day Weather forced aplane down near Awintry blast first struck the northern Foul, wet, and windy weather Energy from the strongest pirates off the west coast of Vancouver Cambridge Bay, NT. Days of aimless part of Onlario with 25 cm of snow. In Which of Ihe following is not abasic 9 caused opening day of the Earth in 2014­ 11 Island, BC, stole a 16-m sailboat from wandering brought 8 survivors close Toronto, winds blew down television of snowfake? Canadian inter-university men's soccer Nuri over the PaCific-shook the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. The to death from starvation and exposure. aerials, trees, and about 2 tonnes of needle championship in Chariottetown, the jet stream north of Alaska. As a thieves then fan into some bad weather. The party built igloos to shelter from the bricks from a demolished building. At 2) dendrITe PE, to be postponed. The rain was consequence, easterly winds pushed usually made in They might have gotten away if they gales, and food was carefully conserved the Old Woodbine Flace Course, winds plate manageable, but not the wind, which winter's first blast of cold air southward. wave smashed plate glass windows hadn't sent out adistress signal. The from the beginning. After 2 months, 4 tossed a 5-m-hiQh plywood sign for 4) column clipped along at 70 km/h. The ball It was cold (-25 wind chill) and snowing in the pilot house, something that had Canadian and United States coast Inuit hunters stumbled on the scene. metres. 5) star wouldn't stay still; 130-kg dugouts in Calgary, AB, when more than 2,000 never happened before. On arrival the guards went to assist the stricken boat, Eventually, rescue planes transported overturned; and a goal net twice blew people attended the Remembrance Day ship, encased in 'Ice, looked l'lke aglass towing It In heavy seas to sheltered the men to Winnipeg, MB. Answer on inside back CfJV(J( against afence some 13 maway, Wind­ ceremony. Unfortunately, special VIP boat. Some water even poured down the waters and lock-up. driven rain stung like ice pellets. seating for older veterans was mostly smoke stack. empty as snow fell on folded blankets.

First Quarter Remembrance Day ----~----j November 14, 1905 14 November 15,2014 November 16,1965 1 November 17, 2013 17 November 18, 1929 18 November 19, 2014 19 Asquall swept Lake Ontario and It was highly unusual to see A23,000-tonne ore carrier Wintry weather and treaCherous The southern coast 01 Strong cold winds and relatively 13 Toronto harbour (ON) early in the fields of Ontario corn and 15 sank in 12 mof water in the SI. driving conditions prompted the Newfoundland caught the warm waters off the Great Lakes morning. A mOlDr boat company's soybeans still unharvested. In mid­ Lawrence River near the isle of Orleans, closure of the Trans-Canada Highway crushing force of an earthquake-led combined to produce intense snow storehouse, still being built, went down November-with early winter cold, OC, The crew of 24 came ashore at between Winnipeg and Portage la tsunami that swept 27 people lrom the squalls. The most affected regions were in the storm because the roof had not snow, and winds-half of OOlario's Pointe Dauphine, where a local woman Prairie, MB. Temperatures hovered cliffs of Burin, Nl. All along the coast, near Georgian Bay, ON, where local been fully sheeted. lis sides caved in grain crop remained in the ground. fed them. Another freighter limped around O°C, creating black ice on boats, sheds, dwellings, and fishing gear storms dumped 90 cm of snow near and the supports, unable to stand the Twice the lIsual amouOl of September back to Quebec, alter 2 ships collided highways that was hidden by blowing were carried away, along with provisions Parry Sound, 40 cm in Huntsville, and strain, also collapsed. In an instaOl, rainfall kept good field and harvest days in fog and swirling snow. Less than snow. The day before, balmy conditions and coal. Small schooners were 20 cm in Bracebridge and Barrie. While the structure became apile of kindling to aminimum. It was the latest harvest four hours later, Russian and Spanish welcomed Sanla Claus at his parade in smashed or swept to sea, with dories, the numbers were impressive, they wood. since 1992-so late that winler wheat freighters collided in a snowstorm near Winnipeg. skiffs, and waterside buildings. The were nothing close to the 200+ cm thal planting was delayed. Les Escoumlns. whole coastline for 300 km from Burin fell in similar lake-effect storms over suffered from the earthquake, followed Buffalo, NY. 2 hours later by the "tidal wave."

Full Moon e November 21, 1957 November 22, 1930 November 23, 1846 November 24, 2014 24 November 25,1846 November 26, 2014 Afteat plane went down One 01 the worst wind storms Unseasonably warm air from Aviolent windstorm with snow The first nor'easter of the 50 mof water in Lac Simon, 21 ever to strike eastern Alberta 22 Texas, driven by powerful from the northeast of New 25 season tracked across the 26 QC, 75 km northeast of Ottawa, ON. blew 100 km/h winds in ablinding 100 km/h winds whipped through Brunswick blew with tremendous Maritimes. Rain began over the The bodies of the pilot and 2 hunters cloud of sand and dirt. Windmills were a schooner Ontario and Quebec, leaving 140,000 violence, proslratingfences, hurling Fundy region and snow spread across were recovered 51 years later. The badly twisted and put out of business was swept onto a nearby road. Bridges hydro customers in the dark. In some slales and shingles from the roofs of eastern and northern sections at New coroner surmised that the downed plane around Chinook, AB. One rancher in became Impassable, haystacks changed places, trees were ripped right oul of houses, and uprooting trees. Several Brunswick. In the province's 3 largest had the wrong type 01 fuel and a weak the Kimmundy district had his cook car ownership, and articles floated into the ground-roots and all. Winds broke people were aroused from their sleep cities, 32 cm of snow fell. About battery. Visibility had been restricted blown to pieces. It was so dark during woods and marshes. Several packets hydro poles, felled trees, shattered bus by the tremendous motion of their 52,000 cuslomers lost power. Across because of blowing snow. Rumours the storm that electric lights could not were driven ashore and broke apart, shelters, and left traffic lights dangling. houses and bedsteads. At an inn outside the Maritimes, schools and col circulated that a monster had devoured be seen from across the streets. and public wharves were lost from Montreal, QC, temperatures reached of Saint John, the gale unroofed the classes were cancelled, flights the plane, or that it had been weighed Escuminac to Canso, NS. abalmy laoe and wind gusts clipped structure and sent adrift 40,000 tonnes ferry services were delayed, and driving down by gold. along at 107 km/h. of timber. became treacherous.

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November 28, 2014 November 29, 2000 Asopping-wet Pacific weather • Fog engulfed Regina, SK, in a 27 system moved slowly across 28 white haze, obscuring visibility 30 Alberta and Saskatchewan, dumping so much it prevented 12 flights from sizable snowfalls. Blowing snow and landing and departing at the airport. poor visibility led to treacherous driving, From Indian Head to Belle Plaine and especially between Edmonton and south 10 Estevan, visibility ranged Galgary, AB. In Alberta's mountain between 1 km and zero. Warm air above parks, wind gusts of up to 110 km/h and ground pul alid on the atmosphere, skiers trapping moisture and creating an NOVEMBER JANUARY 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 DECEMBER 2016 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 29 30 31

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday December 1, 1908 1 I December 2, 1893 QUIZ Anortherly gale lashed the coast i The weather over Ontario and Quebec of Newfoundland and Labrador. In was mild and wet. However, as night 2 Of the 500 greatest songs of all time 3 scudding for the harbour before the closed in, the mercurv fell~ and (Rolling Stone Magazine) what weather blast, several small schooners and raindrops turned variable was referenced the most often? sloops lost their bearings in the blinding worth. In the morning, chlJrch-nnion 1) sun snowstorm. In all, 10 fishing vessels i crowds found walking 2) rain came ashore, most of them breaking sleighing was said to be never better, 3) wind into fragments on the rockS. Seventeen Iced-up steamers in Lake Ontano had 4) storm people perished. 5) blizzard

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December 4, 199B 4 December 7, 1926 7 December 8, 2008 8 December 9, 2014 9 December 10, 1929 10 Most North Americans were basking in Ablizzard with furious winds, high It was the lowest turnout ever in a Millions of BC residents were Welland, ON, and vicinity took warm weather In eastern Arctic, record tides, and towering waves lashed the Quebec election. Pundits called it voter bombarded by asuccession of 3 stock of the huge damage caused high temperatures such as the 31°C direction you faced, Maritimes, inflicting huge property apathy, but weather was also afacIDr. intense pre-winter storms, featuring by the worst ice storm in the city's in Iqaluit had residents walking around 01 fine snow and acold losses to wharves, fishing gear, Voting day was bitterly cold, pemaps the strong winds, drenching rains, ftooding, history, which p' with parkas flapping open, complaining your face. Snow drifted through every bridges, fishing sheds, and lighthouses. coldest Quebec election in 65 years. In and heavy snowfalls. Vancouver's totally disrupted that It was too warm. Down south, doorway and squeezed through the Miraculously, no lives were lost, The . Montreal and Quebec City, temperatures temperature soared to an all-time service, Over 200 Sudbury, ON, residents mowed their smallest crackS. Trains from Chicago, New York tug Westem which had ranged from -12~5'C in the afternoon 10 December high of 15,1·C. Victoria rural Welland County. lawns, raked leaves, and even worked IL, were as much as 5 hours behind. grounded near Sherbourne the week -20.3°C at night, making it the cold est was even warmer at 15.7°C, A And Ottawa, ON, experienced the storm at before, disappeared in the storm with day of the winter so far. month's worth of soaking rains led to its liercest with 60 cm of snow while, in the loss of 2,000 cases of bottled liquor. flash Hoods, pOOling water on roads, the county, drifts were a metre deep. On shore, the gale tore down telegraph washouts near rivers, and slides of mud and telephone lines and piled highways and rock. snow 3 mdeep.

December 11, 2014 11 December 12, 2000 December 14, 2013 14 December 15, 2007 15 0 Apowerful nor'easter travelled Shortly after midnight Toronto, Nova Scotia's first big snowfall In Winnipeg, MB, a kitten,."~ was The deepest snows in 20 years up the Eastern Seaboard and ON, experienced athundersnow of the season, mixed with rain . trapped in a crate nailed shut and blanketed Waterlon National stalled. For 3 days in the Gulf 01 Maine, that lasted half an hour. There was light and ice pellets, turned much of the left under abridge in frigid -33.8°C Park in Alberta. Rain, later freezing, it produced flooding rains, humongous freezing rain and snow. The lightning Friday the 13th. province into askating rink. Blowing weather. The humane SOCiety said added to the weight of 2 m of snow. The everything in between. The snowfaUs, and freezing rain driven by was sky blue in colour and several of the were well stocked and ready to take in snow driven by blustering winds of 90 when you lifted the cat up, all you swimming pool and dance pavilion roofs was 4 times the norm. powerful winds over hioh seas. Rainfall strikes were double strikes. The thunder the bikers. Blowing and drifting snow reduced visibility in whiteouts could feel were bones. The kitten was collapsed under the stress. During the Not since 1901 amounts sounded in very long rolling peals caused dangerous road conditions and across the province and Prince Edward named TLC by humane society staff, weekend, skaters glided in all directions that much snov NB, got 142 mm of rain in one 24-hour that lasted 15 seconds. Blowing snow slow travel. The OPP received 1.761 Island. Inlercily buses were pulled off for all the tender loving care it received over glassy surfaces on top of the snow. month. Coupled with extreme cold, period, far exceeding any other single block as calls from mostly single-vehicle slides the roads. Almost every major highway when rescued. Staff said the cat was It was feared that slowed deer would it's was a rough start to winter for daily rainfall in December At least three into guard rails or ditches. i in New Brunswick was listed as being without any long-term demage and was be slaughtered wholesale by wolves Calgarians. deaths were attributed to the storm. snow-covered. available for adoption. and coyotes,

------jl Fu"-Moon~~_~__~~ _e December 20, 2012 21,;928'­ D.;;... n. 2OD5 December 23, 2014 211 December 24,1964 24 Afield hOuse under construction A20-year-old~~ Hying enthusiast~ ~ i Arare winter lightning strike in Dozens of Canadians hoping to Warm weather over the last river to overflow. 18 in OkotokS, AB, toppled in 20 from Sherbrooke. QC, met Victoria, BC, left aboutl,BOO few weeks frustrated cross­ 23 gel home for Christmas were BC, the CNR rail winds. The building was at the instant death when his airplane was customers in Saanich without power country skiers in Winnipeg and and inclement under 60 cm of water, ame stage and had been under suddenly forced down near Cowansville, and more than 12 intersections without elsewhere around snow-sparse airports in the out the roadbed. Several construction for 2 months. No one was QC. The pilot brought the plane down traffic lights. Ughtnir Manitoba. The lack of snow east. Railway service to Montreal, Mary Pau/ine drowned. injured. The facility was ID include 4 to within 30 mof the around before about 3 times ayear. forced cancellation of the Ci QC, was tripled to accommodate the

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First Quarter December 12, 2000 12 December 13, 2013 13 December 14, 2013 December 15, 2007 15 December 16, 1929 December 17, nor'easter travelled Shortly after midnight Toronto, Frigid temperatures kept the Nova Seotia's first big snowfall • In Winnipeg, MB, akitten was years Of the first 16 up the Eastern Seaboard and 11 ON, experienced athundersnow crowds small as bikers headed to of the season, mixed with rain 14 trapped in acrate nailed shut and National 16 Calgary, AB, received snow on stalled, For 3 davs in the Gulf of Maine, that lasted half an hour. There was light Port Dover, ON-as they do every and ice pellets, turned much of the left under 8 bridge in frigid -33,B'C Park in Alberta. Rain, later freezing, days-ranging from just atrace to rains, humongous rain and snow. The lightning Friday the 13th, Many bars said they province into askating rink. Blowing weather. The humane society said added to the weight of 2 m of snow. The dumps and everything in between. The snowfalls, and freezing rain driven by blue in colour and several of the were well stocked and ready to take in snow driven by blustering winds of 90 when you lifted the cat up, all you swimming pool and dance pavilion roofs total of 32 cm was 4 times the norm, powerful winds over high seas, Rainfall strikes were double strikes, The thunder the bikers, Blowing and drifting snow km/h reduced visibility in whlteouts could feel were bones. The kitten was collapsed under the stress. During the Not since 1901 amounts were staggering: Moncton, sounded in very long roiling peals caused dangerous road conditions and across the province and Prince Edward named TLC by humane SOCiety staff, weekend, sketers glided in all directions that much snow NB, got 142 mm of rain in one 24-hour that lasted 15 seconds. Blowing snow slow travel. The DPP received 1,761 Island. Intercity buses were pulled oft for all the tender loving care it received over glassy surfaces on top of the snow, Coupled with extreme cold, period, far exceeding any other single reduced visibility to about one block as calls from mostly single-vehicle slides the roads, Almost every major highway when rescued. Staff said the cat was It was feared that slowed deer would it's was a rough start to winter for daily rainfall in December. At least three the squall passed. into guard rails or ditches, in New Brunswick was listed as being without any long-term damage and was be slaughtered wholesale by wolves Calgarians, deaths were snow-covered, available for adoption. and coyotes,

Full Moon December 18, 1933 18 December 19,1963 December 20, 2012 December 21, 1928 December 22, 2005 An ice jam on the BCs Nechako The death IllII reached 12 from a Afield house under construction • Arare River caused the river to overflow, paralyzing blizzard that struck the 19 Okotoks, AB, toppled in 20 21 Victoria, BC, 22 24 Near Prince George, BC, the CNR rail Atlantic Provinces with 100 km/h The building was at the customers in Saanich without power country yard was flooded under 60 cm of water, winds. Six of the seven crew members had been under and more than 12 intersections without elsewhere around snow-sparse washing out the roadbed. Several construction for 2 months. No one was traffic lights, Lightning occurs in Victoria Manitoba, The lack of snow nearly families living between the railway yards Mal}' Pauline drowned, injured. The facility was to include 4 to within 30 mof the ground before about 3times ayear. Earlier, high winds forced cancellation of the Canada Winter and the river were marooned. Anumber attempted to escape in dories, but playing fields, atraining 8fBa, and track, realizing that he had to land between caught aCessna 185 float plane's wing Games qualifying trials. Normally at this of sheep, pigs, and cattle drowned. A mountainous waves capSized them. In ahouse and a row of trees, He qUickly as it was it was landing near Galiano time of year, there are plenty of places to lone woman's cries for help could be SI. John's, Nl, winds almost forced changed his mind but, owing to the Island. The plane flipped, but luckily the ski in and around Winnipeg, heard across the river in central Fort the evacuation of the control tower at low fiying speed, the plane suddenly 2 men on board exited without injury. George. Toroay Airport, because officials feared nose-dived. it might topple,

~~~~~~---jILl~aSIQuarter _I Winter Solstice 5:44 EST ..------t December 25,2014 December 26,1933 December 27, 1965 December 29, 1995 December 30, 2011 nfelt more like spring than The crewless schooner Monica The southern British Columbia ~e~~~~:;,~~';~~I;zed without 28 Ontario's deep freeze sent a ReSidents in St John's and Christmas Day, especially in 25 coast reeled from astorm that 271 his wheelchair, survived 2 cold massive plug of ice, more than 29 Mount Pearl, NL. didn't receive aDecember without snow 31 Atlantic Canada, as temperature records blocked highways and plugged nights stranded in asnowstorm 10 km long, into the SI. Clair River, mail this day after part of the roof blew more than seven decades or were shattered and heavy rain pounded Five brave Newfoundlaooers were sideroads wHh snowdrifts up to a southeast of Swift Current, SK. He trapping 9 ships. Unseasonable cold off the Canada Post facility. Early in weather recording, What makes it all the the region. The "SantaBomb" was a swept to death in araging blizzard metre deep in normally snow-free in his van, running the engine temperatures were blamed for the early the morning, debris blew It more unusual is that Windsor's greenest Santa bust, but it was a "Christmess" that overtook them as they sailed their Victoria. Up to 30 cm of snow fell, sparingly and huddling with his 2 freeze-up, Only 12 vessels were able parking lot, and part of the December came on the heels of the in Atlantic Canada. Nationally, 85% little craft toward Channel to spend making it the heaviest fall in 42 years. dogs, He decided to go for help. After to get through the ship traffic control in ebuilding. city's snowiest winter on record­ of Canada had snow on the ground Christmas. They were heading home At a local wildlife garden, with power he struggled, fur afew hours with his Sarnia that year, compared to the usual Canada Post 248.6 cm, double the norm-which for Christmas, yet 85% of Canadians from North Sydney, NS, with acargo of out. the owner warmed water on an oil wheelchair in the snow, making less day, Ice concentrations are followed a November that sa experienced agreen Christmas, one of coal and were only 30 km from home heater and poured it over the back of than 1 km, afarmer spotted the van of mid-January. hit with quadruple its normal record. when the storm swept them away, an alligator because Its body was not and wheelchair tracks and came to his snowfall fur that month, attuned to freezing weather. rescue.

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