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To: Snowshoe who wrote (246669)	4/20/2008 8:23:50 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793817

It would have been very bad form to skid into the Post Office, smashing into the window, all because you waited till the very last second to get that paper to the IRS.....<ggg>

To: Snowshoe who wrote (246669)	4/21/2008 1:08:48 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793817

Global Warming, heh. Victoria BC is our Banana Belt, BUT not now.... Island records fall with late-April snow Victoria's old mark was set in 1955; several are injured Jeff Bell Times Colonist Sunday, April 20, 2008 canada.com All of that April snow yesterday was more than surprising; it was record-setting. David Wray of Environ ment Canada said accumulations at Victoria International Airport reached 6.4 centimetres by 11 a.m. -- more than any April day since 1940. "The last record for Victoria International was 1955 on April 14, and that was 5.1 centimetres." 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 centimetres covered the ground at the airport. "The previous record for Nanaimo airport was 1981, April 12, with 4.9 centimetres. So this was quite significant." On the Malahat, heavy overnight snow prompted the RCMP to close the highway for about an hour and a half early yesterday. Still, icy Malahat conditions around mid-morning led to at least a pair of accidents, one near the top of the Bamberton hill involving two pickup trucks. Three people were believed to have been taken to hospital. There was also a run of accidents on snow-covered roads around Greater Victoria -- where accumulations ranged from heavy to non-existent, depending on the area. One morning crash involved three vehicles at the bottom of an icy Marigold Road hill, near Interurban Road. The short, steep hill was so treacherous that emergency personnel kept its ambulance at the top and wheeled a stretcher down to the crash site. One person was taken to hospital, said Saanich Fire Department Capt. Kevin Shields, but all injuries appeared to be fairly minor. Keeping the ambulance off the hill was the best approach to take, Shields said. "They would have been involved in the accident if they tried to make that hill, it was nasty." The heavy mid-morning snow kept crews extremely busy, he said. "There were three different units at three different accidents at pretty well the same time." Yesterday's accumulations prompted Saanich police to issue an advisory that motorists travel only if necessary. Blame the snow, at least in part, on an arctic front that found its way to the Island. Wray said the bulk of the flurries had eased off by mid-afternoon, and temperatures had risen a fair amount. "It's still several degrees below normal for this time of year. Victoria's normal temperatures are lows of plus-5 and highs of 14." Environment Canada's forecast called for clouds and sun today, along with a 60 per cent chance of flurries or rain. The high temperature today is expected to be around 7 C. Similar conditions are called for in Nanaimo. On the other side of the Rockies, as much as 15 centimetres fell on Calgary, just as residents were trying to dig out from Friday's big drop. Blizzard conditions were forecast into today across much of Alberta as a storm moved north from Montana. Saskatchewan residents, meanwhile, were expecting as much as 50 centimetres of snow by this morning. In contrast, Ontario residents were facing a smog warning as a heat wave swept across the south and eastern parts of the province, with temperatures as high as 24 C. jwbell@tc.canwest.com © Times Colonist (Victoria) 2008 Copyright © 2008 CanWest Interactive, a division of CanWest MediaWorks Publications, Inc.. All rights reserved. CanWest Interactive, a division of CanWest MediaWorks Publications, Inc.. All rights reserved.