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Information directly obtained from newspapers and television/radio stations (such as the
CBC).
Two related documents identified through this Project task, which may contain information
relevant to the Flood Events Inventory update, were not available to AMEC for review, namely:
Ruffman, A, Hattie, K, Boyce, D, Stevenson, B, Smith, A, Buchan, G and Snow, D. 1990.
Historic Seismicity and Record of Severe Storms with Coastal Flooding for Western
Newfoundland: Search of the Western Star of Corner Brook, Newfoundland, April 4,
1900-June 15, 1964, Album of Articles. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File No.
2407(1991), 637 pages.
Ruffman, A; Hattie, K; Boyce, D; Stevenson, B; Smith, A; Buchan, G; Snow, D Historic
Seismicity and Record of Severe Storms With Coastal Flooding For Western
Newfoundland - Volume 2, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2407, 1991, 432
pages.
The fact that these two references were not reviewed is not considered significant in the context
of the Flood Events Inventory update as the first volume is based on a search for flood events
within the archives of the Western Star (newspaper) of Corner Brook. It is anticipated that this
search would yield Western Star newspaper articles embodied within the Vertical Files of the
Centre for Newfoundland Studies.
The updated, current Flood Events Inventory contains 650 flood events and documents 269
storm events, an addition of 471 flood events and 202 storm events. Source data for new
records added to the inventory are available electronically as a component deliverable with the
inventory.
2.2 Description of Inventory Data
The Flood Events Inventory is, presently, maintained in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format.
Table 2-1 outlines the list of data which is compiled in the inventory. Some additional
information related to individual data fields is provided below:
Not all the fields listed in Table 2-1 are provided in the source data.
Hence, any data fields with no entry can be interpreted as not having any source data to
support data entry in the field.
A detailed investigation of individual flood events may be able to ascertain all, or at least
additional, relevant data, however, this was not the objective of this Project task.
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