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applegrove

(123,253 posts) Sat Jul 1, 2023, 03:33 PM Jul 2023

It's Canada Day snd we have a thunder storm in Ottawa. I feel for

the crowds who were downtown. I was caught in a rainstorm on Parliament Hill when I was about 11. I was with cousins. Fortunately for us the huge Canada flag was wrapped in a huge piece of plastic and they let that go down onto the crowd below the Peace Tower. So some of us huddled under plastic in the rain. It was actually fun to get soaked in a crowd. But now that tornado alley has moved east thunder storms are more frequent and happen earlier in the year. They do the fireworks on the Ottawa River. I wonder if they will go ahead?

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It's Canada Day snd we have a thunder storm in Ottawa. I feel for (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2023 OP

Happy Canada Day anyhow! Ocelot II Jul 2023 #1

Sweet! applegrove Jul 2023 #4

Will it help with any of the cilla4progress Jul 2023 #2

The fires are 500 miles north of Ottawa. I hope the rain wets the forest applegrove Jul 2023 #3

I think sometimes we in the US forget how absolutely humongous Canada is. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #5

Yes. It is amazing when you see all the communities in the north. applegrove Jul 2023 #6

Happy Canada Day! Enjoy. LoisB Jul 2023 #7

Thank you. applegrove Jul 2023 #8

Ocelot II

(121,026 posts)

1. Happy Canada Day anyhow!

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Jul 1, 2023, 03:52 PM

Jul 2023

As your next-state neighbor, I fly a Canadian flag on my porch every year on July 1.

applegrove

(123,253 posts)

4. Sweet!

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 1, 2023, 04:25 PM

Jul 2023

cilla4progress

(25,947 posts)

2. Will it help with any of the

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Jul 1, 2023, 04:06 PM

Jul 2023

wildfires?

applegrove

(123,253 posts)

3. The fires are 500 miles north of Ottawa. I hope the rain wets the forest

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 1, 2023, 04:23 PM

Jul 2023

there but it should be said most of the fires start because of lightening strikes. We have thunder right now so who knows?

(Later) oh great we have a tornado warning just south of Ottawa.

Ocelot II

(121,026 posts)

5. I think sometimes we in the US forget how absolutely humongous Canada is.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 1, 2023, 04:43 PM

Jul 2023

You are bigger than we are.

applegrove

(123,253 posts)

6. Yes. It is amazing when you see all the communities in the north.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 1, 2023, 05:04 PM

Jul 2023

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They are not big but seem to be in the paths of forest fires. Thankfully nobody has been killed by the fires though I think the smoke ups the death rate of vulnerable people when smoke blows into town, including cities in the US this summer. So sorry for that. Vibes that we get a break and some pure rain in northern canada for all of us but particularly for the most vulnerable.

LoisB

(8,743 posts)

7. Happy Canada Day! Enjoy.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Jul 1, 2023, 06:05 PM

Jul 2023

applegrove

(123,253 posts)

8. Thank you.

Reply to LoisB (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 1, 2023, 06:26 PM

Jul 2023

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