Thursday, December 22, 2005

This looks about right


MONTREAL (AFP) - Record snowfall forced the cancellation of 200 flights at Montreal airport, school closures and caused havoc on roads. More than 41 centimetres (16 inches) of snow fell on Friday, Andre Cantin, a spokesperson for Canada's meteorological service, told AFP. The storm will go down in history as one of the biggest snowfalls in a single day in Montreal in December, beating a record of 37.8 centimetres (15 inches) on December 27, 1969. Some 200 flights were cancelled at Trudeau International Airport, which remained closed despite improved weather late in the day, according to airport officials. Clearing the streets and sidewalks of snow in the city was expected to take some 3,000 staff five days, according to the mayor of Montreal. About 2.14 metres (seven feet) of snow usually falls on the city each winter.

1 Comments:

Blogger ktbuffy said...

Hope you're having loads of snowball fights with the Canadians, and lots of fun.

10:36 AM  

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