[Magdalen] Gonzalo Passes Newfoundland.

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

I see that this hurricane/(sub)tropical storm just grazed the far eastern  
tip of Newfoundland,
Canada on the Avalon Peninsula which is where most of the population is  
located in the
Capital City of Saint John's.  It's now going into Britain and then on  to 
the continent.
 
A race with 350 runners continued on yesterday despite the winds.   Tough 
people those
Newfoundlanders.
 
I've always wanted to visit this island which is where the Appalachian  
Mountains finally wind
down, and which extends so far east that it is closer to London than a lot  
of the rest of
Canada.  The island has its own time zone yet!
 
It's a shame that the Newfoundland railway extending east to west until  
about 20 years ago
is gone.  I'll bet that was a gorgeous way to see the island.
 
And then there is Labrador.  I'm old enough to have been in the era  when 
jet airplanes
would refuel in places like Goose Bay, Labrador, Bangor, Maine, and going  
east,
at Shannon, Ireland.  This time of the year to fly in over the  Tamarack 
forests
around Goose Bay was gorgeous.
 
I notice there has been some expression of interest locally in  Newfoundland
now that the local hockey team is playing St. John's "way up there in  
Canada".
 
 
 
David Strang.