Tag: Flooding
Community comes through for stranded Jamaican farm workers
The stranded Jamaican apple farm workers in Meaford are either home now or heading there to start rebuilding their lives following the destruction of Hurricane Melissa. After one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the Atlantic tore a path through the Caribbean in late October, seventeen workers at Grandma Lambe’s in Meaford became stranded. […]
What caused the Edmund Fitzgerald to sink 50 years ago is still a mystery
Theories about how the Edmund Fitzgerald sank range from striking a shoal and suffering bottom damage, to flooding through the freighter’s hatch covers, to rogue waves, and to structural flaws […]
We Are Jamaica And Jamaica Is Us
The storm that hit Jamaica last week was made more powerful by hotter ocean temperatures caused by human activity.
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Local businesses support Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Seveenteen Jamaican farm workers are stranded in Meaford unable to contact family back home after Hurricane Melissa resulted in their flights being cancelled earlier this week.
Residents say Cadillac apartment building unsafe, former staffer says she was told to sign tenant names
Seniors at Cadillac’s Harbor View Apartments say broken heat, infestations and unsafe conditions persist. A former staffer alleges management misconduct.
