December 12, 2009
The central Ontario towns of Bracebridge and Huntsville have declared snow emergencies amid a record-breaking squall that is expected dump nearly a metre of snow before sunrise Saturday.
According to Environment Canada, up to 80 centimetres of snow is expected to fall by Friday night — eight centimetres more than the Muskoka area's average snowfall for the entire month of December.More than 50 centimetres had fallen this month before the snow squall hit, and the previous single-day snowfall record for Huntsville — 54 centimetres on March 4, 1985 — was smashed.
OPP advise motorists to stay off the roads in Bracebridge and Gravenhurst.
Wed Dec 9, 7:04 PM
By The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa - A fierce storm left dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds in its wake and was blamed for at least 16 deaths as it as it slogged eastward Wednesday from the Midwest to the New England region in the country's northeast.
Excess winter mortality, England and Wales, 1999/2000 to 2008/2009
In the winter period of December to March 2008/09 there were an estimated 36,700 more deaths in England and Wales, compared with the average for the non-winter period (see definition below). This was an increase of 49 per cent compared with the number in the previous winter 2007/08. This is the highest number of excess winter deaths since the winter of 1999/2000, when excess winter mortality was nearly a third higher than in 2008/09.
From Norway: Less well known are seasonal variations in death rates, with the highest levels occurring during the colder winter months, which have been described in many countries. This phenomenon is referred to as excess winter mortality.
From Canada:
In a Utopian world, we would banish winter and all be on a permanent summer vacation.
That's one of the conclusions we might reach after reading about a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal which shows that there are fewer deaths in countries all around the world during summer months. The authors examined mortality statistics from European countries (Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Sweden), Canada, the U.S., Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
In Canada and the U.S., death rates are lowest in August and highest in December and January. The study authors speculate that temperature plays a major role when it comes to "excess mortality" and more specifically, cold weather is associated with a higher risk of death from cardiovascular causes and respiratory infections.
Oh, bring us some global warming
Oh, bring us some global warming
Oh, bring us some global warming
It's the cold that we fear.
We won't go until we get some
We won't go until we get some
We won't go until we get some
So bring it right here.
By The Associated Press
Excess winter mortality, England and Wales, 1999/2000 to 2008/2009
In the winter period of December to March 2008/09 there were an estimated 36,700 more deaths in England and Wales, compared with the average for the non-winter period (see definition below). This was an increase of 49 per cent compared with the number in the previous winter 2007/08. This is the highest number of excess winter deaths since the winter of 1999/2000, when excess winter mortality was nearly a third higher than in 2008/09.
From Norway: Less well known are seasonal variations in death rates, with the highest levels occurring during the colder winter months, which have been described in many countries. This phenomenon is referred to as excess winter mortality.
From Canada:
In a Utopian world, we would banish winter and all be on a permanent summer vacation.
That's one of the conclusions we might reach after reading about a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal which shows that there are fewer deaths in countries all around the world during summer months. The authors examined mortality statistics from European countries (Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Sweden), Canada, the U.S., Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
In Canada and the U.S., death rates are lowest in August and highest in December and January. The study authors speculate that temperature plays a major role when it comes to "excess mortality" and more specifically, cold weather is associated with a higher risk of death from cardiovascular causes and respiratory infections.
Oh, bring us some global warming
Oh, bring us some global warming
Oh, bring us some global warming
It's the cold that we fear.
We won't go until we get some
We won't go until we get some
We won't go until we get some
So bring it right here.
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