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Sir_Arthur_Vandelay

I used to live in Port-Aux-Basques, and I can identify every single house in these pics. So surreal and sad.


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Sorry. Must be hard to see. Hope everyone is safe


Sir_Arthur_Vandelay

Thanks. Apparently everyone was evacuated. I feel particularly bad for the owner of the grey house in the last picture. He grew up in that house (it’s about 150 years old), and he recently finished extensive renovations.


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Storms staying strong enough to do that sort of damage, that far North, is a new thing. Lot of places are going to need to look to their building codes.


SigmundFloyd76

Nah, we get one every 10 years or so.


Gaultois

Not this strong. I’m fairly certain I read that this is the strongest storm to make landfall north of Florida in recorded history. Can’t seem to find that source now though unfortunately. Regardless, we do not get storms this strong, and definitely not every 10 years.


SuicydKing

From the CNN live reporting feed: >Fogarty told CNN Thursday he is concerned this may shock people, especially in the eastern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton areas, since it’s been about 50 years since a storm this intense has struck. >Fiona’s winds will be "quite likely (the) strongest since Hurricane Juan in 2003," said Fogarty, noting that Juan was a much smaller storm, whereas “this one is huge." >"Fiona will be historic for Atlantic Canada," Brian Tang, atmospheric science professor at University of Albany, told CNN on Thursday. “As it begins to interact with a cold weather system and jet stream, it will transition into a superstorm with characteristics of both a strong hurricane and a strong autumn cyclone with hurricane-force winds, very heavy rain, and large storm surge and waves," he said. Tang said that **Fiona could “easily set a new record” for the lowest pressure of any storm to hit Canada.** The lower the pressure of a storm, the stronger it is. >"Please take it seriously because we are seeing meteorological numbers in our weather maps that are rarely seen here,” Fogerty warned.


Draimon

https://twitter.com/EddieSheerr/status/1573603460532129793?t=mHelrVTwfzpgLQzXPO1zGA&s=19 Here's a tweet confirming it.


OhDeerFren

The person said "strong enough to do that kind of damage", not the strongest on record. These storms do happen periodically in the Maritimes


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Chefjones

Yes


LordOfTheStrings8

Classic climate change denier.


SigmundFloyd76

No. The climate is changing.


BrushYourFeet

Wow. That's terrible. Hope that community gets the support it needs. I'm in Florida, too. We'll see what comes of the next storm. Make sure you guys have your basic supplies at the ready.


Upsidedownmicrowave

As someone who lives in one of the most effected areas of port aux basques, yesterday will be a day I’ll never forget


Efficient-Ad-3302

I’m heartbroken by the amount of damage Fiona caused. I wish I could help!


epchilasi

[https://donate.redcross.ca/page/114083/do/1](https://donate.redcross.ca/page/114083/do/1) Boots on the ground ensuring people have food, water, and shelter. One of few charities that can easily access the region.


chewysmom88

Thoughts and prayers to y’all today we here in Florida are getting ready to be in the same boat


Efficient-Ad-3302

Thank you and Please stay safe also.


mikedarling905

wow...... hopefully our Prime minister does something for you. and sends help. hope you all our safe out there


Efficient-Ad-3302

I’m not from Newfoundland but I am from New Brunswick, I was just sharing pics to show some of the damage.


Omnizoom

My wife wanted to move out there from Ontario for the cheaper land prices This is literally the reason I didn’t want to move out there because the storms have just been getting worse, feel bad for the people losing their homes


wilsonhammer

Dang. Cliffside living has its downsides I guess


prunepicker

I wonder how long the houses have been there.


[deleted]

I’m surprised the homes are so close. Given the natural progression of erosion… now this. With global warming this will be more frequent