Atlantic Canada’s Week of Snow January of 2005 was going along very smoothly until January 17, on this day it snowed 40cm and started a whole week of snow. On average about 100cm fell breaking many snowfall records in the province of Nova Scotia.

Damages All of this snow caused much damage to people but more to the many businesses that were caused to shut down to the massive amounts of snow that fell. Millions of dollars were lost because businesses couldn’t open. Airports were shut down, flights cancelled, and many people stranded. There were no fatalities although there were a few fender benders with cars sliding all over the place. Most of the damages were of the financial kind which in a way is a good thing as nobody lost there lives.

Effects on People The week of snow that hit this province delivered a massive amount of snow. This snow effected people in many ways especially traveling people. The airport cancelled many flights and many people were left stranded. Because of the snow people were left stranded in there cars and houses some having to be rescued from their cars on highways. Surprisingly though there were no major power outages in Nova Scotia.

Climate Factors These storms were caused by major cold air masses moving from the polar regions. It hits a warm air mass and the warm air rises up and forms the storm clouds. Our location Northward is a big help in bringing this weather pattern to us as it did on that week in 2005.

Other Facts Many annual snowfall records were broken in Atlantic Canada that week. Including in Yarmouth were the one day total was almost doubled. All this snow caused many problems for many people and hopefully we will never see another week like it.

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