You’ve got to be kidding. This has everything to do with climate! WOW! The area is being drenched with snow!
Update 1: It turns out that May 2009 (is) was quite cold up here in Canada. See a Canada has Cold May Report. Personally I vote for an increase in global temperatures to say what it was 8,000 to 4,000 years ago during the Roman Age or even a little higher. Brrr… in Vancouver. – pwl
Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning for the region yesterday, still in effect today, stating the city will likely be blanketed with the white stuff by this afternoon.
The forecasted high is 5 C.
“The worst has yet to come,” said Environment Canada weatherman Greg Pearce. “You’re not out of the woods yet.”
About 4.5 cm of the snow landed in the Edmonton area yesterday, forcing unhappy campers to storm from a RV park in droves and keeping sun worshippers indoors.
The mercury remained in the low single digits.
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