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To put some context into that: In the last 10 years, Alberta has had a "1-in-200-year" flood in 2005 (https://ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=A4DD5
by jarek 11y ago
To put some context into that: In the last 10 years, Alberta has had a "1-in-200-year" flood in 2005 (https://ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=A4DD5AB5-1 https://ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=A4DD5AB...) followed by a three-times-heavier flood in 2013 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Alberta_floods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Alberta_floods, https://ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=5BA5EAFC-1&offset=2&toc=show https://ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=5BA5EAF...).
Just because it's cold in the winter doesn't mean global warming will be good.
- Phithagoras 11y agoI'd say that the Maritime provinces have been taking more of the flood/storm damage the last few years. The 2013 flood in Southern Alberta was (or so I was told) was due to a sudden set of warm days in the mountains, and a great deal of the snow suddenly melted. That was a bit of a one off weather event. If you google storms in the maritime provinces for the past few years, you can see that they have been hit far harder than Alberta. http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/atlantic-storm-a-timeline-of-events-/45509/ http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/atlantic-stor... http://www.journalpioneer.com/News/Local/2014-03-27/article-3665998/One-of-the-worst-storms-of-the-year-shuts-down-P.E.I./1 http://www.journalpioneer.com/News/Local/2014-03-27/article-... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/storms-complicate-2014-celebration-preps-1.2478833 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/storms-co... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/maritimes-soaked-as-heavy-rain-knocks-out-power-cancels-classes/article26610492/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/maritimes-soake... are just a few examples