Sunday, January 26, 2014

10 OF THE 32 CONFIRMED DEAD IN QUEBEC FIRE-BAD WEATHER-MASS TODAY

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.

THE SEARCH FOR THE 22 DEAD AT QUEBEC ARE CALLED OFF DUE TO A STORM GOING ON THERE AND A MASS.SO 10 HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR DEAD.AND 22 MORE STILL HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE BURNT-ICE CAPPED DISASTER YET.ITS 10AM ON SUN JAN 26,2014. THIS IS DAY 4 OF THE SENIORS DISASTER.

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Mass to be held in Quebec town where fire destroyed seniors' residence

L'ISLE-VERTE, Que. - Residents of the Quebec village where fire destroyed a Quebec seniors' residence will get a chance to voice their collective grief today.Local priest Gilles Frigon says an afternoon mass in L'Isle-Verte is also aimed at allowing first responders at last Thursday's tragedy to express their suffering.
Frigon wants the celebration to be family-oriented and intimate with the emphasis on local residents and people from the surrounding area.People are being invited to bring photos of the 10 people officially declared dead as well as of the 22 others who are feared to have lost their lives.Frigon says the mass and the collective gathering is all about the grief of people affected by the loss of friends and relatives.A more formal commemorative ceremony has been scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 1. That event will feature more dignitaries.
Frigon called Sunday's mass "a first step toward healing.""It will be family-oriented and intimate, so that in this tragic event we're going through, we can find ourselves and rebuild our hearts," he said."It will be about the grief of people who are affected by the loss of their father, their mother, their grandfather, their grandmother, their great-grandfather and their great-grandmother."Quebec Premier Pauline Marois has said she will visit L'Isle-Verte on Sunday, but it is unclear whether she will attend the mass.How the blaze began is still unclear, with police saying it is far too early to conclude that a cigarette was the cause.On Saturday, the coroner's office identified two victims: Juliette Saindon, 95, and Marie-Laureat Dube, 82. A third person has been identified and his or her name will be released on Sunday.Meanwhile, the Red Cross announced Saturday it has raised $200,000 for the community. The money will go to various things like eyeglasses, furniture and clothing.

Lac-Megantic and L'Isle-Verte: contrasts and similarities

MONTREAL - Major disasters that have struck at the heart of two small Quebec communities in the space of about seven months have some striking similarities.There are also some equally glaring differences.
Lac-Megantic and L'Isle-Verte will be forever remembered as unsuspecting communities left reeling after devastating tragedies that have generated debate on different safety issues.Last summer's train derailment in Lac-Megantic, near the U.S. border, killed 47 people and triggered a heated discussion on rail safety and the transportation of dangerous materials.The official death toll, as of Saturday, in the fire at the Residence du Havre in L'Isle-Verte stood at 10, although another 22 people are missing and presumed dead.The blaze has sparked debate on the issue of sprinklers in seniors' residences after it was revealed that only part of the facility was equipped with them.There is also a common theme in the way information has been provided in the aftermath of the respective disasters.In both cases, authorities have tended to hold two or three daily media briefings to update the number of fatalities and those missing and to reveal the identities of the deceased.Even some of the people providing those details are the same.Lt. Guy Lapointe of Quebec provincial police was a constant figure in Lac-Megantic and has resumed that role in L'Isle-Verte, skilfully answering questions in French and English and urging reporters not to get too carried away with various theories.Then there's Genevieve Guilbault, an official with the coroner's office whose duties include officially releasing the names of the deceased. She became a daily staple in Lac-Megantic and seems likely to be just as prominent in L'Isle-Verte.Another player in both communities has been provincial police Lt. Michel Brunet, who spelled Lapointe on news-conference duty in Lac-Megantic and surfaced again on Saturday.
Asked about the two events, Brunet mentioned one of the most obvious differences — the weather.
"In Lac-Megantic, the bodies were completely burned and that was in the summer time and the weather was approximately 40 degrees," he said Saturday."And here (in L'Isle-Verte), with the wind factor, it's minus 40 degrees."Another difference is the geographical area affected.A large swath of downtown Lac-Megantic was wiped out after the explosions that followed the train derailment. Rebuilding will likely take years.In contrast, the destruction in L'Isle-Verte was generally contained to in and around the location of the seniors' residence.
"It's a lot smaller," Brunet said. "That's the difference — and the number of people who died."Brunet had been a policeman for 36 years before Lac-Megantic and said it was the worst scene he, law-enforcement colleagues and firefighters had ever seen."We weren't expecting another one like this but seven months later we are here and again many people died in a scene a little bit like Megantic."It's something we don't like to see."

ALSO WE HAVE 4,000 IN MANITOBA WITHOUT HYDRO-HEAT AS A RESULT OF A EXPLOSION YESTERDAY.

Explosion and fire rock natural gas pipeline in southern Manitoba

ST. PIERRE-JOLYS, Man. - Several thousand people in southern Manitoba have been told that a pipeline explosion could mean they'll be without natural gas service for up to several days as temperatures hover close to —20 C."As far as the temperature is concerned, the words 'polar vortex' is what they're saying," Myron Dyck, a spokesman for the Town of Niverville, said on Saturday.The explosion and fire at a TransCanada Pipelines valve site near St. Pierre-Jolys happened early Saturday morning, sending a massive fireball into the dark sky.The flames were out by Saturday afternoon and there were no reported injuries.
But Manitoba Hydro said that in order to repair the line, TransCanada shut off its supply of natural gas for several municipalities affecting approximately 4,000 people.The utility said it had no estimate from TransCanada about when service would be restored and that customers should prepare for the outage to last at least one day.The temperature in Niverville on Saturday afternoon was —18 C and Environment Canada was calling for even colder temperatures on Sunday and Monday.Dyck said people in the region use either gas and gas or electricity to heat their homes."We have contingency plans in place should this be for a greater time period," Dyck said when asked about what actions the town might take to assist residents without heat.
In the Rural Municipality of Hanover, a warming centre was being set up in a local church."For those who feel the need to leave their homes, we urge people to stay with friends or family with an alternative heat source," Hanover Emergency Coordinator Denis Vassart said on the community's website.A Manitoba government spokesman said it wasn't known how many people had alternative heat sources such as space heaters or fireplaces.TransCanada said it shut down the Emerson Lateral portion of the Canadian Mainline natural gas pipeline system due to the explosion and vented the remaining gas. It said trucks containing compressed natural gas were being sent to metering stations to provide gas to some critical services such as personal care homes and hospitals, as well as schools or churches being used as emergency warming centres.TransCanada said in a news release that was working with Manitoba Hydro to restore regular natural gas service as quickly as possible.Niverville Deputy Mayor John Funk said in a statement on the town's website that depending on the extent of the repairs, service is expected to be lost for minimum of 24 hours to multiple days.Funk said Manitoba Hydro is asking residents to turn down thermostats and minimize use of electric heaters. He also urged caution when using all types of space heaters, and warned people not to use barbecues or any other unapproved heaters indoors that might produce carbon monoxide.Five homes were evacuated as a result of the explosion and roads leading into the site were closed.The Transportation Safety Board of Canada and the National Energy Board are investigating.

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