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Snow puts brakes on farmer's market in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta

Alex Myroon
Fort Sask Online
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:47 UTC
Snowy weather means there will be no farmer's market in Fort Saskatchewan on Thursday (Sept.13).
Snowy weather means there will be no farmer's market in Fort Saskatchewan on Thursday (Sept.13).
The Fort Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce has cancelled Thursday's (Sept.13) farmer's market.

"Unfortunately we've had to make the decision to cancel our farmer's market today due to weather concerns and safety concerns for both our vendors and for everyone in the community who comes out to the market," chamber sales and events coordinator Erin Duncan said.

The last market of the year happens next Thursday. The event will include a fundraiser in support of the Fort Saskatchewan Food Bank. The pottery guild will have 200 handmade bowls for sale filled with either soup mix or a soup voucher from a local restaurant, with all proceeds going to the food bank.

"We sure hope to see everybody next week on September 20 for our last market of the season," Duncan added.
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Autumn is completely skipped over as snowfall hits Alberta and British Columbia


CTV News
Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:22 UTC
Slave Lake
Slave Lake
Summer isn't even officially over, so most of us hope means that snow won't be turning up for a couple more months.

So while this Wednesday was simply just a day of the week for most Canadians, for people in British Columbia and northern Alberta, it marked the death of autumn—before it technically began.

Despite Environment Canada issuing plenty of freezing rain and snow warnings for the next several days for B.C. and central and northern Alberta, it was still hard to fathom that fall was essentially cancelled. With some public statements warning of 10 and 15 centimetres of snowfall, it's fair to say that winter is here. As of Thursday, snowfall warnings are still in effect for Banff and Jasper National park areas in Alberta.

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Snowfall record for 12th September in Grande Prairie, Alberta

Jeromy Corrigan
Everything Grande Prairie
Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:14 UTC
Many residents of the swan city had to pull out the snow brushes Wednesday morning following the flurries.
Many residents of the swan city had to pull out the snow brushes Wednesday morning following the flurries.
Residents of Grande Prairie and the surrounding area woke up to a bit of a winter wonderland Wednesday as mother nature hit the region with some snowfall.

The snow tapered off in the evening, and the snowfall warning has ended, but not before setting a record.

According to Environment Canada, 10.6 cm of snow fell Wednesday setting the record.

Since the government agency started keeping track in 1942, no snow had fallen on September 12th in Grande Prairie, up until yesterday.
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Fire

Towns burn after 'apocalyptic' explosions tear across Northern Massachusetts


ABC News
Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:26 UTC
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© APFirefighters battle a house fire, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, on Herrick Road in North Andover, Mass., one of multiple emergency crews responding to a series of gas explosions and fires triggered by a problem with a gas line that feeds homes in several
One person died and about a dozen others were injured in Massachusetts on Thursday as a series of gas-related fires and explosions tore through several communities, authorities said.

Eighteen-year-old Leonel Rondon was killed and at least 12 others were injured in Northern Massachusetts as fires and explosions tore the area, damaging at least two dozen homes and businesses, according to local authorities.

Rondon, a resident of Lawrence, was killed after one of the explosions sent a chimney crashing onto his car, Massachusetts State Police said.


Comment: Investigators suspected "over-pressurization of a gas main" to be the main culprit but, as usual with these things, no one's sure. CNN reports:
Information about the full extent of the damage was not immediately available Thursday night, and authorities cautioned it was "far too early to speculate" on the cause of the explosions.

Earlier Thursday before the fires broke out, the utility company that services the area announced it would be upgrading natural gas lines in neighborhoods across the state.

"Weather permitting, work will take place Monday through Friday," Columbia Gas said in a statement. Andover, North Andover and Lawrence were included in the planned projects. Gas service had been interrupted for 250 customers in Lawrence last month due to a line hit by a third party, according to the company. It's unclear if that incident was related to Thursday's fire and explosions.
Sputnik reported more on the lead-up to this terrible situation:
Some 250 customers in Lawrence had their gas services interrupted in August "due to hit line by a third party," provider Columbia Gas told CNN. According to WBZ, workers with Columbia Gas had been working in the area hours before homes were engulfed in flames.
Columbia Gas says it is "working with the appropriate authorities to investigate this incident," but the incident itself may be part of a growing trend. For more information, check out:

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill 4 with 5 others injured across Bangladesh


The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:04 UTC
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Four people were killed and five others injured by lightning in three districts yesterday and on Wednesday.

In Tangail, a fisherman was killed and five others were injured by lightning in Kalihati upazila, our correspondent reports.

The deceased was Shukur Mahmud, 25, of Singna village.

Lighting struck Shukur and the others when they were catching fish in a local water body during rain yesterday morning, leaving Shukur dead and the others seriously injured, locals said.
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Several tourists injured as cliff collapses onto beach in Zakynthos, Greece


BBC
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 20:42 UTC
cliff collapse greece september 2018
Shipwreck beach" on Zakynthos, or Zante, is one of the Ionian island's main attractions
At least seven people were injured when part of a cliff face broke away at the popular Navagio beach on the Greek island of Zakynthos, officials say.

"We haven't found any trapped people but we will continue searching," a spokesperson for the fire brigade said.

None of the injuries sustained in the incident on Thursday afternoon are believed to be life-threatening.

The beach, also known as "shipwreck beach", is popular with tourists and can be reached only by boat.

"There was a noise and a small piece of rock fell, then a second bigger and finally a third big piece of rock that during the fall created a sea whirlpool that overturned the boats," one eyewitness said.

Comment: There has been a dramatic increase in sinkholes, fissures and landslides all over the world in recent years, and a contributing factor is likely related to scientists' prediction that there would be an upsurge in major earthquakes in 2018 due to a slowdown in Earth's rotation: For more, check out: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - August 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

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Info

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Creative excuses for global food price rises


Adapt 2030
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:01 UTC
food
With John Casey's Relational Cycle on its 207 repeating pattern, the Earth is beginning to experience cooling that is now beginning to affect crop yields. In order not to spook a global population creative excuses are being pushed in the corporate controlled media for ever rising food prices far above normal inflation rates. Swine Flu in China, tariff spats, samonilla, govt animal feed price rises, anything to avoid the truth that the Grand Solar Minimum cooling cycle is here for decades.


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Cloud Precipitation

Hailstorm damages crops, apple orchards in Budgam and Baramulla, India


Kashmir Life
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 18:31 UTC
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Hailstorms wreaked havoc in several parts of Central Kashmir's Budgam District on Thursday and caused damage to crops, apple orchards, vegetable fields, and walnut trees.

The hailstorm hit the parts of the district on Thursday evening and caused extensive damage to orchards and crop fields in many areas of Budgam including Beerwah, Gondipora, Meripora, Kawoosa, Narbal, Khansahib, Watrhail, Muqaam, Brail, Gund, Churmujroo and other adjacent areas.

The hailstorm which continued for at least 15 minutes damaged crops and walnut trees as well, causing huge damage to the farmers and fruit growers.

Hailstorm also hit Tangmarg and Palhalan areas of Baramulla District that resulted in extensive damage to apple and vegetable crops.

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Arrow Down

Large sinkhole opens in downtown Terre Haute, Indiana


wthr.com
Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:05 UTC
SINKHOLE
A large sinkhole has opened in pavement near an intersection in downtown Terre Haute.

The sinkhole appeared Wednesday after a Terre Haute Fire Department ladder truck drove over the pavement on Ohio Street at the intersection of Fourth Street.

Our partners at the Tribune-Star report firefighters heard the collapse and stopped to check out the cause of the noise.

Terre Haute Police sent a notice via social media indicating the intersection was closed.

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Snow in September in northern British Columbia

Darren Handschuh
Castanet
Wed, 12 Sep 2018 12:25 UTC
Fort St. John, BC | September 12, 2018
© Sherri RobertsonFort St. John, BC - September 12, 2018
It almost seems like summer in the Okanagan ended in July.

August was smoked out by area forest fires, and once the smoke cleared the sun did come out, but temperatures began to drop.

But it could be worse - a lot worse.

Just ask our cousins in Northern B.C., who woke up Wednesday morning to a blanket of snow.

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