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Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Heavy snowfall

It has been snowing for three days but last night's snowfall was the heaviest so far. As I left to walk the dog this morning, the first thing I saw was my next-door neighbour's car covered in collapsed lilac bushes (right).

Although I have been in Calgary since 1966, I do not remember any Fall snowfall as heavy as this one. One September, I had to harvest about seventy pounds of tomatoes during a blizzard but it was short lived and I don't recall any damage to trees. This one must have taken quite the toll on Calgary trees. I saw the branch in the foreground of the next photo fall just before I took the shot.

Every twenty minutes or so the power goes out and I have to restart my computer. After the first time, I stopped resetting my digital clock. It must be caused by tree branches hitting power lines. I have not seen any entire trees that have snapped, just branches, but some of them have been heavy enough to make me glad I was not walking under the tree at the time. I suspect Calgary body-shops are going to be busy for a while.


Here are a few more shots I took this morning (click to enlarge all photos):


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4 comments:

  1. kyri10 September 2014 at 13:41

    looks beautiful john but im glad im in london,were having an indian summer over hear.all the best.
    kyri.

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  2. John Hooker FSA10 September 2014 at 16:11

    Hi Kyri, The snow is supposed to end this evening and the temperatures should reach 70 F by the weekend and stay that way for a while. -- A sneak preview of winter!

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  3. Anonymous10 September 2014 at 17:05

    Snow in September?! Please don't send it over here, it's too early, the country would grind to a halt for weeks.
    Trefor

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  4. John Hooker FSA10 September 2014 at 17:54

    Hi Trefor, I was without electricity for about two hours, not bad considering all of the city quadrants were reporting downed power lines. More than 30,000 people were without power for a while. It might take a couple of days to clean up all of the tree limbs.

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