Thoughts and prayers needed ...

[furrowtickler]

There are some good reports now coming out on CTV on eyewitness. Sounds like it was an immediate and very scary weather event for sure

[SASKFARMER]

Warning should of been sent to cell phones from environment canada they should of picked up on this storm minor or major as it was forming

[furrowtickler]

Warning should of been sent to cell phones from environment canada they should of picked up on this storm minor or major as it was forming

Long weekend , government workers on va ca ..... system on auto computer mode. The “weather models” would have never caught that, and they did not. And build up was so fast radar was working but storms got massive quick and left people stranded .
Zero watch’s even posted up until it was happening........ to late when weather bombs like that occur .
Point is the set up was there with a charged atmosphere 12 hrs before and south winds feeding that .
They simply were not doing there job .... again .

[FarmerSmuck]

I had family camping at Murray Doell. I spoke with them this morning, its a terrible situation. It was pure terror as events unfolded. Everyone was caught off guard, families had flipped over picnic tables for cover. They couldn’t make it back to there campers. 30” trees snapped like toothpicks. I think Environment Canada has a few questions to answer. They were amazed by the first responders and volunteers. It seemed like within minutes of the storm being over they could hear chainsaws and people helping each other.

[macdon02]

Long weekend , government workers on va ca ..... system on auto computer mode. The “weather models” would have never caught that, and they did not. And build up was so fast radar was working but storms got massive quick and left people stranded .
Zero watch’s even posted up until it was happening........ to late when weather bombs like that occur .
Point is the set up was there with a charged atmosphere 12 hrs before and south winds feeding that .
They simply were not doing there job .... again .

We now have a "climate emergency" declared and what has been done to improve short term forecasting? If there's any degree of merit in this giant soap opera the federal govt is performing in, it should start with a ramping up of tech at environment Canada.... otherwise it's just semantics. The US has 10x the weather stations in operation to give warning on tornadoes etc, we can't get a functional radar in Sask. The cynic in me says they'll serve us to mother nature in a "sacrifice" to help the cause. Whichever side of the debate you are on is irrelevant, this is a giant opportunity for an update. Thoughts and prayers for those affected at the camp ground.

[ColevilleH2S]

We now have a "climate emergency" declared and what has been done to improve short term forecasting? If there's any degree of merit in this giant soap opera the federal govt is performing in, it should start with a ramping up of tech at environment Canada.... otherwise it's just semantics. The US has 10x the weather stations in operation to give warning on tornadoes etc, we can't get a functional radar in Sask. The cynic in me says they'll serve us to mother nature in a "sacrifice" to help the cause. Whichever side of the debate you are on is irrelevant, this is a giant opportunity for an update. Thoughts and prayers for those affected at the camp ground.

All of Environment Canada's money is going to the Caribbean.
I shit you not: https://ipolitics.ca/2019/06/28/feds-pledge-223-5-million-to-help-countries-in-latin-america-the-caribbean-slash-emissions/ https://ipolitics.ca/2019/06/28/feds-pledge-223-5-million-to-help-countries-in-latin-america-the-caribbean-slash-emissions/

[blackpowder]

I've been in a ploughwind. If you were in the bush it would be hard grasp the magnitude coming at you. And she's fast.
Even in our open yard, your spidey sense only tingled early enough to batten some hatches.

[grassfarmer]

Yet there were dire warning about storms in southern MB at least 24 hours ahead of the predicted event last evening and nothing materialized as far as I'm aware - maybe some storms veered north to Dauphin. All the forecasts were quite wide of the mark on these events.

[blackpowder]

Ma Nature holds trump. Keep an eye on the sky.

[furrowtickler]

Yet there were dire warning about storms in southern MB at least 24 hours ahead of the predicted event last evening and nothing materialized as far as I'm aware - maybe some storms veered north to Dauphin. All the forecasts were quite wide of the mark on these events.

They were not here , not even remotely