Save your Collection Money you had set aside for tomorrow's mass it seems a couple of little tornadoes struck near Mirabel,wrecking the church...Phew ! that was close,oh well get the 24 for the BBQ instead of the 18pack I guess.MONTREAL – Environment Canada says two tornadoes struck communities near Montreal on Friday night.
The agency says a low-scale F-0 tornado first struck the rural community of Brownsburg-Chatham, damaging farm sheds and equipment around 8 p.m.
A second stronger F-1 twister touched down in the town of St. Benoît de Mirabel 15 minutes later, uprooting trees and causing heavy property damage.
Environment Canada meteorologist René Héroux says no people appear to have been injured.
He says the F-0 twister had winds reaching 120 kilometres per hour while the second tornado saw gusts of 150 kilometres per hour.
Héroux says the damage from the severe weather includes shattered windows, smashed-in roofs and overturned cars.
He says up to seven homes in St. Benoît and ten farming areas in Brownsburg-Chatham felt the worst of the twisters.
Numerous power outages were reported as power lines were felled to the ground.
The tornadoes are the first of the season. Quebec typically sees about six twisters a year, usually between June and August
..............................................................................................................................Cheers ! HF&RV - Les
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Well at least noone was hurt, well otherthan the 'bottom line' may as well search the rubble & pull out the wine,(and any blank birth certificates) hf&rv - Les
I don't ever remember a tornado when growing up there.? Cheers ! HF&RV - Les
I remember one about 20 years ago in Napierville. Maybe it's because we didn't have trailer homes in those days. It seems to attrack them.
Funny you say that, because I always wondered why people in Tornado alley don't build homes out of real stuff,............it's always trailers.lol
Napierville you say, well if it was 40 years ago ,it(the tornado effect) could have been our cars on the 1/4 mile strip..........then off to the Saxony lounge in Rouses Pt NY,.....
This tornado story ,just reminded me that we have this video from youtube of a 'waterspout' travelling up the river in Montreal,.pretty neat video really, I have seen these out here in the Ocean,but never in Montreal.have a look it's sort of a Tornado
HF&RV - Les
yes it was film from Pratt & Whitney taken by Steven a friend of mine.
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