Impact!: A History of Disasters in Manitoba

by Brock Holowachuk

Impact covers the major floods of the Red River in 1950, 1997, and 2009. The book also reports on many other disasters and near— summer tornados, severe winter storms, the 1947 Dugald train wreck, the ’Gimli glider’ of 1984, and large forest fires going back to 1920. Impact concludes with a portrait of emerging threats related to terrorism.

142 pages, Paperback

First published November 12, 2009

Reviews

[Helga Grose · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting look at disasters that have happened in Manitoba especially the older ones that I was not aware of.