01-20-2005, 11:23 AM
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Wehret Den Anfängen!
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Speaking of Ottawa:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=7372162
Quote:
Originally Posted by Reuters
Creaking Houses Prompt Reports of Gunfire
OTTAWA (Reuters) - A cold spell gripping Ottawa is so intense that houses have started to produce loud cracking noises, prompting worried citizens to report burglaries and gunfire, local police said Wednesday.
Spokeswoman Monique Ackland said police had received around 20 calls Monday night and Tuesday morning, when temperatures in the Canadian capital dipped to an unseasonably low minus 40 Celsius (minus 40 Fahrenheit).
"Those were calls about breaking and entering, people making excessive noise and calls about gunshots," she said. Police responded to each alarm and rapidly realized crime was not responsible.
"Those calls were all (prompted by) the cold," she said, adding that one possible reason for the loud noises were exploding nails.
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