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=3D=3D=3 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050001000509040901010009 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Vivit? On 13/01/11 9:27 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote: > The January meeting of the Blomidon Naturalists will take place on > Monday, January 17, 2011 at 7:30 PM in Room BAC241 in the Beveridge Arts > Centre at Acadia Univresity > > The main presentation will be – Bad Blows and Big Floods: Severe Weather > and Community Response in the Annapolis Valley, by DR. DAVID DUKE. > > It's everyone's favourite topic, but how much do we really know about > the history of weather in our lives? Were winters really colder “back > then”? Were storms stronger? These are important questions because > climate change may be affecting our weather patterns and their impact on > our communities may be changing. This presentation offers a weather > history of the Annapolis Valley, focussing especially on bad weather > such as storms. What was the impact of these storms, and how did > communities respond to their impact? What was the effect of provincial > and federal involvement in the aftermath of severe weather? In a world > of changing climate, what can the Annapolis Valley expect in terms of > severe weather and its impact in the future? > > David Duke is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of History and > Classics and also teaches in the Environmental and Sustainability > Studies programme at Acadia University. He teaches in the field of > environmental history, the history of science and technology, and in > Russian and Soviet history. His research focuses on the environmental > history of Atlantic Canada. He is currently part of a team investigating > the environmental, social, and cultural history of the Tantramar, with > particular reference to the Beaubassin area. > > For more information about the Blomidon Naturalists, vivit > http://www.blomidonnaturalists.ca > > > ========================================================================== > Patrick Kelly > Director of Computer Facilities > ========================================================================== > Faculty of Architecture and Planning > Dalhousie University > ========================================================================== > PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road > Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 > Canada Canada > ========================================================================== > Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca > ========================================================================== > > --------------050001000509040901010009 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="hamst.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="hamst.vcf" begin:vcard fn:H. A. Thiebaux n:Thiebaux;H. A. email;internet:hamst@xplornet.com note:Retired x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard --------------050001000509040901010009--
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