Hi Betty: The tornado struck Ear Falls, Ont. and three men from Oklahoma were lost. They had come to Canada on a fishing trip. Very sad. Wonder how many on our list have lost ancestors or relatives to tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and fire. Lauraine > > From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> > Date: 2009/07/11 Sat AM 07:23:42 CDT > To: <new-england-memories@rootsweb.com>, <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Reasons for "Sudden Deaths" > > Hello, > > My hubby had an uncle in Cambridge, MA (US) who went out for a walk in the > woods. He stopped and picked up some mushrooms and ate one. His uncle > did not come home from his walk. I think it was the 1950's. And, there > must have been more "open space" in Cambridge at that time. > > His other uncle suffered from Epilepsy, and he also died in the 1950's. > > .. And, sorry to hear on the news this morning that there was a "fatal" > Tornado strike in Northern Ontario. I heard it on "The Weather > Channel." > > http://www.weather.com/newscenter/topstories/todayinweather.html#canadatornado0710 > > And, someone on the Brooklyn, NY (US) List today mentioned the "fatal" > Heat Wave in 1918. (I suffered through an official Heat Wave on a visit > to EX's family in Brooklyn, ~1968-1970. He came from a poor family and > lived in a tenement building; their apt. had 3 windows which opened into > courtyards. And they had one, small fan. My last trip to Brooklyn was > ~1975.) :o) > > And, my mother's grandfather was sitting at the table having dinner with his > family, when he died while sitting there. I'll have to dig out his > "death record," but I don't think it was a Stroke. I think it was an > undiagnosed health problem. > > And I lost an uncle ~10 yrs. ago. He was 60 and was living in VA. He > kept telling me on the phone he didn't feel well and blamed it on > "allergies." Virginia-weather conditions. He didn't go to doctors; > didn't like them. But his wife "insisted" that he go to a VA Hospital to > be checked out. That night-- he died. The autopsy showed he had: > undiagnosed cancer, undiagnosed heart disease, and undiagnosed lung > disease. (All 3 diseases came down from his KIDDER ancestors along the > Maine / New Brunswick border.) > > I used to know a lady in my town in the 1980's, during my single-parent > days. She was sitting at the table with her husband and kids for Sunday > dinner. Her husband "choked to death" - at the table. > > OOPS ... not a pleasant discussion, for a sunny morning in New England ! > I should be talking about - taking a walk in the woods ! :o) > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > List Administrator > > > (I just heard that the "Cathedral of the Pines" in southern NH was affected > by the "Ice Storm" of this Spring. A "good" place to take a walk in the > woods.) > > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >