by HENRY HENGEVELD
On Sept. 21, Hurricane Igor swept its way across the eastern shores of Newfoundland, dumping up to 238 millimetres, or more than nine inches, of rain in its wake. Winds as high as 160 kilometres an hour toppled trees, bringing down power lines and leaving much of the Bonavista and Burin peninsulas without power. Many communities were also cut off from the rest of the province because of washed out roads and collapsed bridges.
