Although Barrie Ontario is famous for the amount of snow it gets during the winter months, the frequency of extreme weather patterns during the milder spring and summer months is quite low. On May 31, 1985, mother nature came roaring through Barrie Ontario, and in 30 seconds managed to leave a trail of destruction that was too cruel to understand.
The tornado that hit Barrie Ontario on that fateful day, left eight people dead and 155 injured, three hundred homes were destroyed, some of them completely scattered on the ground in a two foot high pile of rubble.
Most of the damage was done on Crawford Street, leaving many residents without a home, and sleeping at the local armory.
The tornado caused 100 million dollars in damage.
If you want to see more on the Barrie Ontario Tornado, visit this url. There is a short video post tornado done by cbc television.
http://archives.cbc.ca/environment/extreme_weather/topics/1713-11757/
Friday, December 12, 2008
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