Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Tuesday's storm is quoted "The biggest storm in Quebec's history" by myself...
With 90kph (50-55mph) wind, about 5 lightnings per second, pinching water drops, we have been like we were under attack. Trees felt on cars, houses, and roads, on powerlines bringing more than 310,000 Quebecers in the dark for the entire night.
The wind starts hitting at around 6pm. Everything looks fine, temperature is a record, 44 degrees celcius with humidex factor. But the storm hits at about 8h30pm, starting with heavy powerful wind, and lightnings. Water will come later, in heavy pinching shower. The wind makes the windows suffer. But then, the power cuts at 9pm. Left in the dark, left for death into the hot temperature, we are powerless to wait for the power to come back... Altho, that's what we were thinking...
9h45pm, since power is off, air conditioner is off and the house is left like a foundry. We can't stand this intense humidity making our bodies suffer from it. We need to get out of there. At 10pm we get out of the house to get some fresh air in the car, then decide to go eat somewhere, but every ****ing restaurants are close because this is Quebec, nothing is open in the suburbs but the stupid McDonald's...
Sleepy but can't sleep because of the heat, I've walked the streets for that little fresh wind that was going on from 1h30am to 3am. Didn't slept of the night, and power finally came back at 9am...
12 hours in the dark, and alot of Quebecers are still in the dark as we talk. 2 mens died from this monster. One was driving his car when a tree felt on it. 60cm diameter tree was removed of the car to find out the un-animated body of the men. The other was a farmer who only wanted to go close the doors of his Chicken ranch, and got electrocuted...
The biggest storm in Quebec's history... Lived by myself...
Tuesday's storm is quoted "The biggest storm in Quebec's history" by myself...
With 90kph (50-55mph) wind, about 5 lightnings per second, pinching water drops, we have been like we were under attack. Trees felt on cars, houses, and roads, on powerlines bringing more than 310,000 Quebecers in the dark for the entire night.
The wind starts hitting at around 6pm. Everything looks fine, temperature is a record, 44 degrees celcius with humidex factor. But the storm hits at about 8h30pm, starting with heavy powerful wind, and lightnings. Water will come later, in heavy pinching shower. The wind makes the windows suffer. But then, the power cuts at 9pm. Left in the dark, left for death into the hot temperature, we are powerless to wait for the power to come back... Altho, that's what we were thinking...
9h45pm, since power is off, air conditioner is off and the house is left like a foundry. We can't stand this intense humidity making our bodies suffer from it. We need to get out of there. At 10pm we get out of the house to get some fresh air in the car, then decide to go eat somewhere, but every ****ing restaurants are close because this is Quebec, nothing is open in the suburbs but the stupid McDonald's...
Sleepy but can't sleep because of the heat, I've walked the streets for that little fresh wind that was going on from 1h30am to 3am. Didn't slept of the night, and power finally came back at 9am...
12 hours in the dark, and alot of Quebecers are still in the dark as we talk. 2 mens died from this monster. One was driving his car when a tree felt on it. 60cm diameter tree was removed of the car to find out the un-animated body of the men. The other was a farmer who only wanted to go close the doors of his Chicken ranch, and got electrocuted...
The biggest storm in Quebec's history... Lived by myself...
Massive puddle outside covering half the road already and there is no sign of the rain stopping...
I hear London weather is similar to ours.
