Real Event Log

Des O'Callaghan, FBCI

May - July 2019

Aug-03	Texas	20 killed, 26 injured in a mass shooting at a crowded El Paso Walmart
Aug-04	Ohio	Gunman shot dead by police after killing his sister and 8 others at a Dayton nightclub
Aug-10	BC	Sea-to-Sky gondola sabotaged; all 30 cars crash to the ground overnight; no-one hurt

Aug-14	Ontario	Impaired London driver crashes into a house, severs a gas line, causes major explosion
Aug-17	Afghanistan	ISIS suicide bombing at a Kabul wedding kills at least 63 and injures over 180
Aug-25	Hong Kong	China arrests activist leaders and deploys more troops to manage increasing HK protests
Aug-30	BC	Gas price enquiry finds an “unexplained” gap of 13 c/L for GVA above other areas
Sep-01	Texas	Shooting rampage outside an Odessa move theatre after routine traffic stop kills 5
Sep-02	Bahamas	Cat 5 hurricane Dorian slams islands with record 295 kph winds, causing major damage
Sep-03	California	Explosions and fire on a dive-boat fire in the Channel Islands kill at least 25
Sep-07	Maritimes	Hurricane Dorian arrives as a Cat 2, taking out power for 476,000 in NS, NB and PEI

Sep-14	Saudi Arabia	Attack on an oilfield cuts global supply 5 per cent and drives up the price 15 per cent
Sep-17	Afghanistan	2 suicide bombings at a Presidential campaign rally and US embassy kill at least 46
Sep-22	Hong Kong	Pro-democracy protests escalate, with arson at a police station and transit vehicle damage
Sep-28	Alberta	Heavy snowfall leads to hundreds of collisions on Calgary area roads alone
Oct-04	Toronto	City ridiculed for simultaneously announcing climate emergency and Gardiner repairs
Oct-07	Ontario	Huge public outcry as bullied 14-year-old boy stabbed to death outside Hamilton school
Oct-13	Japan	At least 33 killed in typhoon Hagibis, dozens injured or missing as storm continues
Oct-14	Manitoba	State of emergency declared as snowstorm knocks out power for tens of thousands
Oct-23	England	39 dead bodies found in a Bulgarian trailer at an industrial park east of London
Oct-26	California	180,000 forced to evacuated in the path of wildfires; power is cut for 2.3 million
Oct-31	Ontario	Intense rain and windstorm moves barge stuck above Horseshoe Falls for 101 years
Nov-01	California	Power company admits it was re-energizing circuits immediately prior to wildfire start
Nov-10	Australia	New South Wales declares first state of emergency since 2013 due to wildfire risk

Nov-11	Toronto	AC unit falls from 8th floor of a Scarborough apartment, killing a 2-year-old below
Nov-17	India	32 arrested in a call centre bust, stopping a scam to defraud Canadians via SIN data
Nov-20	Syria	23 Syrians and Iranians killed in Israeli retaliation to Golan Heights rocket attacks
Nov-26	Albania	Earthquake M6.4 across the southern Balkans kills at least 6 and injures hundreds
Dec-01	Mexico	Gun battle in Villa Union leaves at least 14 drug cartel members and 6 others dead
Dec-06	Australia	10 wildfires connect up 50km north of Sydney, where the sky turns orange
Dec-08	India	Overnight Fire in a New Delhi factory kills at least 43 people trapped inside
Dec-10	Czech Republic	Gunman kills 6 at point blank range, then himself at a hospital in Ostrava
Dec 17	Toronto	LifeLabs says it paid cyber ransom for personal information on 15m customers

Dec-19	Australia	New S. Wales declares second emergency due to wildfires; 2 firefighters killed
Dec-20	BC	Major snowstorm causes major transportation disruption over a wide area
Dec-21	New Brunswick	60 firefighters battle major tire fire in Minto that could burn for a long time
Dec-25	Philippines	Typhoon Phanfone overwhelms entire towns, leaving at least 28 dead, 12 missing
Dec-31	Australia	Thousands flee to the beaches in NSW to get away from the raging wildfires