Introductory Remarks:

Many people vividly remember 18 January 2007. The weather service issued alerts of an impending “storm of the century”. A low-pressure front coming from Newfoundland had turned into a formidable hurricane. The worst storms in decades were expected to reach landfall early that afternoon. Schools everywhere closed early and the emergency services were put on high alert. Despite this, the events which followed exceeded worst-case expectations; deaths, injuries, and rampant de...