Vancouver Winter weather sets several records
With file from Darah Hansen, Canwest News Service; Vancouver Sun
Published: Monday, April 21, 2008
All that April snow this weekend was more than surprising -- it was also record-setting.
The flakes that fell across the Vancouver region Friday night and Saturday represent the latest snowfall ever on record.
At its peak, the storm dumped 2.5 cm of snow at the Vancouver International Airport, with 8 cm at Lynn Valley and 30 cm at Mount Seymour. Vancouver Island recorded 6.4 cm of snow at Victoria International Airport by 11 a.m. Saturday -- more than any on an April day since 1940. But the big record dump came in Nanaimo, where the city hadn't seen measurable snow on April 19 since 1947. As of 11 a.m., 24 cm covered the ground at the airport.
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Snow Blizzard forced Earth Day under a Tent in Canada/
So much for global warming. Earth Day festivities went ahead despite the blast of frigid weather yesterday.
A handful of visitors still took the time to inquire about several solar-powered products on display before running off toward the lone heater in the tent to warm up.
"Obviously we'll have fewer people than we would have liked, but to cancel an Earth Day event because of weather would kind of be the antithesis of what this is all about," said organizer Janice Boudreau.
Eco-Air representative Eric Gormley couldn't convince local kids lobbying city council for an anti-idling bylaw to brave the cold yesterday, but happily stepped up on their behalf, offering stickers and information about greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.
"We're here to raise awareness of the problem, even though on a day like today you don't necessarily think of global warming," he said.





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