NATURE

Sea, land, river

Community

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Winter	It is a cold, snowy year
	But rain coming?

SSTs for Dec (from NOAA)

December 2008 coldest of series and 2005 warmest
See earlier Dec temperature stories – Snow in Dec and >snow

Note pink arrow 2008 off QCIs –

8, 7, 6C contours farthest south and 5°broadest extent of series

			Comparing snow extent NOAA Source
			I have compared with Jan 2006^th (last El Nino year)—most obvious difference in extent of snow below 45^th parallel

Here City crews removing snow from 3^rd Ave

Snow still the big story

I am told some residents threaten to sue as dumping too close to houses and water from melt draining into basements etc

Then they dump it in empty lots

Snow ploughs make streets safe for cars and hell for pedestrians

And people who shovel their own driveways/ sidewalks

	Just cut it off
	Snow was too heavy – first crew called to increase the support (new cable not shown) , then called back to remove

We hear new Fields store to come here

Part of the Zellers and HBC chain of companies

Here is a narrative of different HBC acquisitions

As one fellow was saying – glad to see the store and he hopes help keep people from driving to Terrace for ‘bargains’ etc

Created by LG on6/1/2009

Last updated on Thursday, January 08, 2009