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SUMMARY:global day of action on climate change.
DESCRIPTION:Please mark April 21 and May 5 on your calendar for climat
 e change actions in Hamilton.\nSaturday May 5 is the global day of a
 ction on climate change. The objective is to “connect the dots” be
 tween extreme weather and climate change and emphasize that this is a 
 crisis today not just one that may affect us sometime in the future. T
 he Hamilton 350 Committee will focus on extreme rainstorms and the res
 ulting flooding (see information below). Plan on joining us at 1 pm o
 n Saturday, May 5 outside Jackson Square at King and James in downt
 own Hamilton (and bring an umbrella and a loonie). Later in the day 
 you can also be part of a 350 event at the Dundas Driving Park sta
 rting at 3 pm.\nOn Saturday April 21 our mock oil tanker will join 
 the Earth Day walk starting fromBayfront Park and travelling to Prin
 cess Point where there will be a 350 display. We don’t require a big
  contingent, but if you can join us please arrive at the park (beside 
 the main parking lot) by 9 am.\nWe’ll have more information soon –
  including a poster on the May 5 action. In the meantime, watch this s
 tunning two minute video at http://www.climatedots.org/thingshappen/�
 �and share it with your friends.\nClimate Change in Hamilton\nEvery y
 ear since 2004 Hamilton has been subjected to storms severe enough t
 o cause flooding of homes. Altogether there have been 17 flood storms,
  seven of which have displayed at least some characteristics that are 
 only supposed to occur once every 50 to 100 years. And there’s no do
 ubt that at least one on July 26 2009  exceeded the once-in-100-year
  standard.\nOf course rainy days aren’t unusual, but the pattern in�
 �Hamilton over the last few years is unique.\nOver 7200 homes have re
 ceived compassionate grants from the city to help cover a small part o
 f the cost of flooding – a payout of $5 million. Insurance claims fr
 om the 2009 storm exceeded $200 million. Direct city costs were $14 mi
 llion. Capital spending from 2005 to 2014 in response to the storms st
 ands at $341 million. Added together the cost of these storms and atte
 mpts to minimize future damage approaches the annual property taxes co
 llected in the city or about $3000 per household.\n \n\nFor more info
 rmation visit https://fixourworld.ca/events/global-day-of-action-on-cl
 imate-change
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CATEGORIES:"connect the dots", between, extreme, weather, and, climate
 , change
LOCATION:Jackson Square
WEBSITE:http://earthdayhamilton.ca/2011/
URL:http://earthdayhamilton.ca/2011/
CONTACT:905-973-3064
ORGANIZER;CN=FixOurWorld:https://fixourworld.ca/profile/Chad
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 ld:https://fixourworld.ca/profile/Chad
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