Calgary hit hard by unseasonable snow
Environment Canada has issued its third snowfall warning for Calgary in as many days, predicting another five to 10 centimetres is possible. Since the white stuff started falling on Monday, about 30,000 people have been affected by power outages due to weather conditions.
- Canadian Press reporter Lauren Krugel has been posting images of the weather in Calgary over the past few days:
- Weather in #yyc right now: soul-crushing despair with a 100 per cent chance of icy pellets smacking your face. (I wore sandals yesterday)
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— Lauren Krugel (@LaurenKrugel)Mon, Sep 08 2014 14:47:50 - #yyc in September: when the foliage is both beginning to change color and dusted with #snow. http://instagram.com/p/ss3x2ChQIx/
- Hudson's Bay blanket out of storage: check. Water boiling for a rum toddy: check. #yycsnomg #snow #yyc http://instagram.com/p/stBsS8hQIe/
- Two layers of wooly socks cause furnace isn't on: check. #yycsnomg #yyc #snow http://instagram.com/p/stCp_qhQJ_/
- Saw pics of fallen trees on Twitter, decided it was a good idea to move my car from on the street, right beneath a huge tree... 1/2
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— Lauren Krugel (@LaurenKrugel)Tue, Sep 09 2014 02:50:51 - As I retrieved my snow brush, I heard something like fireworks. CRACK! And then a cloud of snow. Tree a few houses down destroyed. 2/2
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— Lauren Krugel (@LaurenKrugel)Tue, Sep 09 2014 02:53:28 - So I guess the moral of the story is: be careful out there, #yyc!
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— Lauren Krugel (@LaurenKrugel)Tue, Sep 09 2014 02:55:05 - I heard/saw this tree break last night. My street in Crescent Heights. #yyc #yycsnomg http://instagram.com/p/suiem7hQBN/
- More massacred trees and cars. Glad I have a garage! #yyc #yycsnomg http://instagram.com/p/sxEQoYBQOi/
- Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage... Nevermind. It's just #yyc. http://instagram.com/p/sxG5qLBQB8/
- The unusually early snow has produced lots of chilly images on social media:
September snow + bored = grumpy snowman army in my front yard. #yyc #abstorm #weather pic.twitter.com/YSNgL37lUu//twitter.com/jpmwd/status/509749867984723968
— Jo Majko (@jpmwd)Wed, Sep 10 2014 17:06:53- Mayor Nenshi says he was shocked driving through Crescent Heights this morning at the damage; hard to tell how long clean up will take.
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— Lucas Meyer (@meyer_lucas)Wed, Sep 10 2014 17:50:30
Crescent Heights this morning #yycsnomg pic.twitter.com/jvWOICPHaS//twitter.com/MikeBabulic/status/509755811128954880
— Mike Babulic (@MikeBabulic)Wed, Sep 10 2014 17:30:30
There are lots of branches down and trees bent to the ground in Crescent Heights this morning. #YYC #SnOMG pic.twitter.com/e4ytFghhox//twitter.com/Elkano22/status/509742451725455360
— Jono (@Elkano22)Wed, Sep 10 2014 16:37:25
Yes, there is a truck and a car underneath all that #yycsnomg pic.twitter.com/o7CMXcPlcs//twitter.com/MikeBabulic/status/509756296191410176
— Mike Babulic (@MikeBabulic)Wed, Sep 10 2014 17:32:26
This is in Calgary, Canada today. For anyone complaining about the weather lol. #calgary #ImDreamingOfAWhiteSeptember pic.twitter.com/CLhDCyT3It//twitter.com/KirbyBhoy/status/509759624774705152
— James G (@KirbyBhoy)Wed, Sep 10 2014 17:45:40- Seeing all this snow in Calgary really doesn't make me feel excited for winter
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— Jordan Caschera (@JordanCaschera)Wed, Sep 10 2014 18:02:11 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada Snow in Summer 2014


