It was a Black Friday that much is true but this disaster left 17 people dead and 114 injured in a series of chain-reaction accidents. The California Highway Patrol who tended to this said that at least 93 cars and 11 transport trucks crashed into each other in the middle of the afternoon along a tiny 1 1/2-mile stretch of the highway.  

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THIS storm, named after the Mataafa wreck, was responsible for damaging or totally destroying about 29 vessels, killing 36 and causing shipping losses of $3.567 million in 1905 dollars on Lake Superior.

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The blizzard of 1977 hit western New York as well as southern Ontario from January 28 to February 1. Daily winds gusted over 110km/h (up to 70 mph). Snowfall totals in some areas were as much as 100 inches...that’s over 2.5 METERS PLUS drifts as high as 30 to 40 ft!!. Then the next day a severe temperature drop turned the wet melted snow all over the field to a solid sheet of ice!!

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Lightning and heavy rain opened up early and pushed back the start of the game by 25 minutes at the Steeler’s home park Heinz Field, in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Steelers won by ONE field goal; that’s right, final score: 3-0!! AND THAT field goal came with only 17 seconds left in the game!!

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November 25th, 1950 and this was the Canadian football championship game played between the Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Grey Cup has been part of the Canadian pro football scene since as far back as 1909, when the trophy itself was donated by Governor General Earl Grey for the Canadian football championship.

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At the height of the windstorm, Toronto Hydro said approximately 10,000 customers were without power in the west and north end of the city. While across the province, approximately 87,000 customers were in the dark, according to Hydro One. In the province of Quebec, 53,600 Hydro-Quebec customers were without power.

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A monstrous 75 cm of snow fell in just one single event all over Happy Valley-Goose Bay. And with that, they had officially accumulated more snow than most major Canadian cities would suffer in a full YEAR!!  

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Live from Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton Alberta, this first-time event featured two of Canada’s most legendary dynastic teams: the Edmonton Oilers vs the Montreal Canadiens...this day in weather history.  

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The fire was fast to start and even faster to spread. It originated above several communities but when the winds oscillated due east, that then drove the fire downhill through developed areas. The town of Paradise would disappear.  In the end, the fire destroyed 85% of the town’s buildings.

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Snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches (5-10cm)/hour = an average of a foot to a foot and half of snow within this band leading up to daybreak Friday. A fatal collision and vehicle fire closed the northbound lanes of Highway 400, north of Highway 88 to Highway 89.

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