Spring storms occurring on the Eastern United States have killed eight people, and have caused massive amounts of damage to housing and property. The worst areas affected have been West Virginia, and New Jersey, with a state of emergency being declared in both states. High winds and up to 18 inches of snow have caused flights in and out of many major airports to be canceled. A large amount of people have been rescued from West Virginia. Many of them had to come out of their near underwater houses to stand on their roof or a neighbour's roof to flag down any help they could get. Citizens in less affected areas are riding canoes and boats down their completely submerged streets.
In the light of these Eastern US weather patterns, our situation seems to pale in comparison. It seems every year some kind of town is affected in a terrible way by weather patterns, and this is but another instance of this. Luckily we have never experienced these kind of weather patterns in Southern Ontario (at least in my lifetime), so I can't fully understand what these people are going through, but I definitely realize how traumatic these kind of instances are. With the Virginia Tech Shooting today, the US seems to be in quite a bit of turmoil at the present.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6560061.stm
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