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Elie, Manitoba Tornado
The 2007 Elie tornado was a small but extremely powerful and erratic tornado that occurred in Canada, during the evening hours of Friday, June 22, 2007. The powerful F5 tornado that struck the town of Elie, in the Canadian province of Manitoba ( west of Winnipeg) was known for its unusual path, how it was during its path, its rope to cone structure as opposed to a "wedge" structure, and how it is unique compared to other F5/ EF5 tornadoes. It was part of a small two-day tornado outbreak that occurred in the area and reached a maximum width of . The tornado was unusual because it caused the extreme damage during its roping out stage at a mere in width and moved extremely slowly and unpredictably. The tornado tracked primarily southeast, as opposed to the usual northeast, and made multiple loops and sharp turns. While several houses were leveled, no one was injured or killed by the tornado. A home in the town was swept off of its foundation, and it was the entire house that sucke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elie, Manitoba
Elie is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Cartier in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Geography The community is located approximately west of Winnipeg along the Trans-Canada Highway. The Assiniboine River forms the northern boundary of the municipality of Cartier. Other significant communities around Elie include St. Eustache, Dacotah and Springstein. History In the early-1980s, Telidon videotex technology was being tested across Canada. Elie was chosen as one of the test beds, with the then government owned Manitoba Telephone System. June 2007 tornado left, upright=1.35, Canada's first, and only, F5 tornado approaching Elie in June 2007 On June 22, 2007, Elie was hit by an F5 tornado, the most powerful ever recorded in Canada, which damaged a flour mill and destroyed several houses, ripping two well-built houses off their foundations. A car was also thrown , but the tornado caused no injuries or deaths, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manitoba Highway 1
Provincial Trunk Highway 1 (PTH 1) is Manitoba's section of the Trans-Canada Highway. It is a heavily used, 4-lane divided highway, with the exception of a short 18 km section in the southeastern corner of the province. It is the main link between southern Manitoba's largest cities, and also serves as the province's main transportation link to the neighbouring provinces of Saskatchewan (to the west) and Ontario (to the east). The highway is the only major east–west divided highway in Manitoba, and carries a large majority of east–west traffic within and through the province. It has full freeway status sections at Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg. The total distance of the Trans-Canada Highway in Manitoba is approximately . PTH 1 is a very important part of the national highway system. It is the only road that links the province of Manitoba (and thus the entirety of Western Canada) with the province of Ontario, making it a major section of Canada's primary commercial and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Meteorological Society
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is a scientific and professional organization in the United States promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences. Its mission is to advance the atmospheric and related sciences, technologies, specifications, applications and services for the benefit of society. Background Founded on December 29, 1919, by Charles F. Brooks, at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in St. Louis, and incorporated on January 21, 1920, the American Meteorological Society has a membership of more than 13,000 weather, water, and climate scientists, professionals, researchers, educators, students, and enthusiasts. AMS publishes 12 atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic journals (in print and online), sponsors as many as twelve conferences annually, and administers professional certification programs and awards. The AMS Policy and Education programs promote scientific kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greensburg, Kansas
Greensburg is a city in and the county seat of Kiowa County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population of the city was 740. It is home to the world's largest hand-dug well. On the evening of May 4, 2007, Greensburg was devastated by an EF5 tornado that obliterated at least 95 percent of the city, killing eleven people between the ages of 46 and 84. The community had a population of 2,000 people in the late 1990s, and 1,400 people before the tornado leveled the city. Some people did not want to come back, or rebuild the community, or build green. By 2010, over half of Greensburg's population before the tornado had moved away from the city. Today, Greensburg stands as a model "green town", often described as the greenest in America. The hospital, city hall, and school have all been built to the highest certification level issued by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). History Early history and development For millennia, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Greensburg Tornado
In the evening hours of Friday, May 4, 2007, amid a tornado outbreak across the central United States, a devastating EF5tornado moved through Kiowa County, Kansas, heavily damaging the town of Greensburg. The tornado, commonly known as the Greensburg tornado, tracked through the area, killing 12 people and injuring 63 others. The tornado was the first to be rated EF5on the Enhanced Fujita scale after the retirement of the original Fujita scale in the United States on February 1, 2007. The tornado touched down in northern Comanche County, moving to the north while continuously widening. The tornado eventually entered Kiowa County, crossing U.S. Route 183before reaching a peak width of to the south of Greensburg before entering the city. The tornado heavily damaged Greensburg; 662structures in the town sustained some form of damage before the tornado left the area. The tornado dissipated northwest of Greensburg after being on the ground for shortly over an hour. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prairie And Arctic Storm Prediction Centre
The Prairie and Arctic Storm Prediction Centre (PASPC), is tasked with forecasting weather for the public and mariners in the Canadian Prairie Provinces, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut Territory, and adjacent domestic waters. The PASPC operations are split between an office in Winnipeg, Manitoba and an office in Edmonton, Alberta. The agency provides continuous weather monitoring and issues weather forecasts, weather warnings and weather watches as a part of this process. Daily severe weather discussions are issued to give additional information on a region that is becoming a severe weather threat, stating whether a watch or warning is likely and details thereof. The agency is one of five weather forecast centres for the Meteorological Service of Canada. The other four weather centres are the Pacific and Yukon Storm Prediction Centre (Vancouver, British Columbia), the Ontario Storm Prediction Centre (Toronto, Ontario), the Quebec Storm Prediction Centre (Montreal, Montreal, Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Environment And Climate Change Canada
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC; )Environment and Climate Change Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of the Environment (). is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for coordinating environmental policies and programs, as well as preserving and enhancing the natural environment and renewable resources. It is also colloquially known by its former name, Environment Canada (EC; ). The minister of environment and climate change has been Julie Dabrusin since May 13, 2025; Environment and Climate Change Canada supports the minister's mandate to: "preserve and enhance the quality of the natural environment, including water, air, soil, flora and fauna; conserve Canada's renewable resources; conserve and protect Canada's water resources; forecast daily weather conditions and warnings, and provide detailed meteorological information to all of Canada; enforce rules relating to boundary waters; and coord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Updated Tornado Track Of Elie, Manitoba 2007 F5 , also known as a software update
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Update(s) or Updated may refer to: Music * ''Update'' (Anouk album), 2004 * ''Update'' (Berlin Jazz Orchestra album), 2004 * ''Update'' (Jane Zhang album), 2007 * ''Update'' (Mal Waldron album), 1987 * ''Update'' (Yandel album), 2017 * ''Updated'' (M. Pokora album), an English-language version of ''Mise à jour'', 2011 Other uses * Update (SQL), a statement for changing database records * ''Updates'', a program broadcast by CNN Philippines * Bayesian inference, a type of reasoning also described as updating * Upgrade See also * Patch (computing) A patch is data that is intended to be used to modify an existing software resource such as a computer program, program or a computer file, file, often to fix software bug, bugs and security vulnerability, security vulnerabilities. A patch may b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it is home to 38.5% of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area of all the Canadian provinces and territories. It is home to the nation's capital, Ottawa, and its list of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast. To the south, it is bordered by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York (state), New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United States follows riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor ( ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from the U.S city of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, Ontario, Essex County, it is the southernmost city in Canada and marks the southwestern end of the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city's population was 229,660 at the 2021 Canadian Census, 2021 census, making it the third-most populated city in Southwestern Ontario, after London, Ontario, London and Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener. This represents a 5.7 percent increase from Windsor's 2016 population census of 217,188. The Detroit–Windsor urban area is North America's most populous trans-border conurbation. Linking the Great Lakes Megalopolis, the Ambassador Bridge border crossing is the busiest commercial crossing on the Canada–United States border, carrying about one-quarter of the two countries' trade volume. Windsor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Star
The ''Windsor Star'' is a daily newspaper based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Postmedia Network, it is published Tuesdays through Saturdays. History The paper began as the weekly ''Windsor Record'' in 1888, changing its name to the ''Border Cities Star'' in 1918, when it was bought by W. F. Herman. The ''Border Cities Star'' was a daily newspaper published from September 3, 1918, until June 28, 1935. The founders W. F. Herman and Hugh Graybiel purchased the existing daily newspaper, the ''Windsor Record'' (known as the ''Evening Record'' from 1890 to November 1917), from John A. McKay on August 6, 1918. There was some conflict before the men purchased the newspaper. The ''Windsor Record'' had only partial wire service, and some felt that the national and international news was not sufficiently covered. Originally, the ''Border Cities Star'' was intended to be a rival daily newspaper to the ''Windsor Record''. However, Herman's application to Canadian Press Limited for fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysler Fifth Avenue
The Chrysler Fifth Avenue was a trim level/option package or model name used by Chrysler (division), Chrysler for its larger sedans from 1979 to 1993. The Fifth Avenue name was no longer used after 1993 when Chrysler introduced its new LH-platform Chrysler New Yorker#Eleventh generation, New Yorker and similar Chrysler LHS, LHS. The nameplate "Fifth Avenue" references the prominent, upscale street in New York City, where the Chrysler Building is two blocks to the east. In 1980, realizing that they needed to offer a comparable luxury sedan to the Cadillac Fleetwood and Lincoln Town Car, Chrysler offered the Fifth Avenue trim package as an upscale option on the Chrysler New Yorker#1979–1981, Rbody New Yorker. From 1982, further downsizing put the Chrysler New Yorker#1982–1989, New Yorker on the M-body platform, but retaining a Fifth Avenue option package. In 1983, to distinguish the M-body New Yorker from the new AE-body New Yorker, the Fifth Avenue name was added to the M-bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
