Addison's Blog Issue #13 Coastal Hazards
Canadian Geological Discoveries: Coastal Hazards November 17, 2022 This week on Addison's blog will be focused on the danger zones in the coastal areas around Canada. Some of these include icebergs, sea ice, fog, and tsunamis. We already know a lot about tsunamis and flooding issues in the previous areas of the blog series, which is why we're going to discuss a few other details that weren't mentioned. First off, there are problems within the coastline that can be extremely catastrophic. When ships set out to sea, they are met with some issues like fog. Fog isn't usually around until midnight when it's extremely cold. This is due to ocean temperature and air mass. Unfortunately for Canada, there is one type of problem that had casualties as a result. In 1914, about more than 1000 people had been killed in the St. Lawrence River in Rimouski Quebec. Another problem that seems to mess with people is icebergs, which are big pieces of ice drifted by the ocean current f...