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11th Sep 2014

Pic: Summer snow in Canada causes havoc and this crazy car pile-up

Snow in September? Even Ireland isn't that bad…

Alan Loughnane

Snow in September? Even Ireland isn’t that bad…

Late summer snow (they still consider it summer over there) in Calgary, Canada has caused chaos around the North American country with traffic accidents and power outages across the region.

We like to think we have it tough in Ireland, but at least the worst we get is washed away if we have a bad summer, we don’t have to endure the extremes of being close to the Arctic Circle.

Have a look at this photo from Calgary yesterday… bet you’re glad you live in rainy Ireland now.

To make matters even worse, Canada.com are reporting that the Calgary zoo had to close due to the extreme weather. JOE doesn’t know how many more blows the people of Canada can take…

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