I'm sure we've all done it. Complained about the weather. Winter in Canada is far too cold and long (especially in the prairies). Summer is too hot and the bugs are bad. Spring is too rainy and wet. And I personally really like fall, but those October snowstorms are one more thing that we as Canadians wish we didn't have. And its currently hailing on the first of June.
But lets look on the bright side. The fires in northern Alberta could have been much worse. Southern Alberta isn't flooding. We don't get violent tornadoes, hurricanes or earthquakes. Since we have such long, cold winters we have less pests and they're smaller than the bugs that live in tropical climates.
Here are some links for comparison:
Missouri 2011 Twisters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwL1Hy4A1TE
Texas Fires
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG1IZL9LJkw
Hurricane Igor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lgtDx0GKYk
Pakistan Landslide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_-SXKIXPkI
and another one...
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koh samui, an island in thailand really close to the one i was staying on. can you imagine if we got floods like this?
When it comes to weather we can be a whiny lot can't we.
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