Winter 2008

March 11, 2017 Wind Storm Warning: (17 Photos)

17. Saturday March 11, 2017 became one for the record books. The day started out calm as could be, by lunchtime forecasted winds ramped up at a frightening pace. By 1pm winds were whipping the North East Avalon sustained over 100km/h with gusts reaching 160km/h at St. John's International Airport and gusting to more than 180km/h in Argentia. According to weather forecasters it was the highest recorded wind on record since 1977.

16. Thankfully damage at our house in Torbay was minimal with 4 or 5 fence posts cracked off (none of our new 6x6 posts were damaged). Our garbage box blew down the driveway but I managed to grab it and fire it in the garage mid storm. Power outages began around 2pm as critical infrastructure was damaged by the howling winds. We got ours back around 7pm Saturday evening, but most had to wait until the following day with some waiting until Monday.

15. It was a crazy storm, the noise alone was very intense with gusts literally shaking the house causing even interior partition wall to creek under the strain. Winds subsided into Sunday but gusts were still well over 80km/h for the remainder of the weekend.

Following Photo Credits from various groups on Facebook:

14. Bell Island Ferry Terminal bearing the brunt of the storm.

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12. Government wharf in Bay Roberts.

11. This Canoe took flight in Placentia causing damage in the following two photos.

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6. This brand new house under construction in Mount Pearl lost the entire second story!

5. A covered shopping cart coral was ripped from its mounts at Sobeys Long Pond, CBS damaging several vehicles, thankfully noone was injured!

3. Several power poles were damaged during the storm.

2. Another unfortunate victim of the winds were several camper trailers, some in peoples driveways, some at storage facilities and camp grounds. Rob from R&D towing has been quite busy putting units right side up safely and without further damage to the trailer.

Cheers, MIKE