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Drop by either of our offices for a great selection of books for all ages The Citizen 404 Queen St., Blyth 523-4792 541 Turnberry St., Brussels 887-9114 KNOW WHERE TO GO t —0G locE k Develop and practice a home fire escape plan so if a fire starts everyone knows two ways out of every area. 4016N 40 \MOIP THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2006. PAGE 21. Finger food Sixteen-month-old Jordan Dalton Goodfellow used the most efficient method for enjoying his meal at the Walton roast beef supper on Sunday night. (Vicky Bremner photo) Climatologist delivers bleak weather picture By Heather Crawford Citizen staff Changes already underway in the climate mean hotter drier summers, more storms and weather extremes such as droughts and flooding and there is no way of stopping it. That's the bleak news senior climatologist and meteorologist Joan Klaassen of Environment Canada in Toronto gave in a presentation at the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority office in Wroxeter on Wednesday, March 22. Klaassen said all are vulnerable to climate change. "Climate change will have a significant impact on all aspects of life." Greenhouse gases that are already in existence in the atmosphere will take a few hundred years to go away. " And that's if we do not add any Who would have thought? There always seemed to be a lot of community people in Blyth, and yet... To date The Citizen has received several nominations for the Citizen of the Year from Brussels, but none from Blyth. The deadline for submissions is the end of April. If you have nominated someone in the past and they were not selected you can nominate them again. You needn't fill out the entire form more," she said. "The 20th century is likely the warmest of the millennium," she said. " She outlined in her presentation how climate change affects infrastructure, health, shipping, wildlife and agriculture. "Farmers will be faced with having to adapt to droughts and flooding," she said. She said aging, deteriorating infrastructure as well as an increasing dependency on electricity, as was demonstrated in the blackout during the summer of 2005, are making us more vulnerable when large scale storms and natural disasters hit. "If infrastructure is not designed properly, it will cost municipalities a lot of money," she said. She mentioned examples of as the old ones are on file. However, only names submitted this year are considered. Past recipients of this award have been recognized for a specific role, for on-going community spirit, for leadership or for their positive influence on those around them. No one need look too far to see those special people who make a living in a place like Blyth and Brussels so great. Let's say thanks and nominate them. disasters in Peterborough in the summer of 2004, ice storm '98 in Quebec and eastern Ontario and flooding in north-western Ontario in 2002. "It's going to hit this area as well," she said. "It's just a matter of time." Klaassen mentioned the Walkerton tragedy of 2000 as well. "Excess rainfall from May 8-12 was a causative factor in the Walkerton waterborne disease outbreak," she said in her presentation. "Recent U.S. research found a significant relationship between excess rainfall and waterborne disease outbreaks." Climate change will mean all levels of government will have to deal with infrastructure, public transportation, an energy crisis, air quality and health concerns, according to Klaassen. Desperately seeking Citizen for Blyth Business Directory