Tornado Barrie

• Environment Canada to review Barrie tornado alert notifications after current season

  Questions were raised by several residents on social media and those who Global News spoke with after many said they received a tornado warning while it was overhead or afterward.

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  Jul 21, 2021
  
• Barrie councillor to introduce motion calling for building code changes, incentives after tornado

  "Barrie was devastated by a tornado that caused substantial damage to public and private infrastructure, including homes, businesses and vehicles," Coun. Natalie Harris wrote.

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  Jul 20, 2021
  
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• City of Barrie staff say building code followed amid questions about some tornado-damaged homes

  "There [are] always lessons that can be learned," the City of Barrie's general manager of infrastructure and growth management said when asked about possible future improvements.

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  Jul 19, 2021
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• ‘Keep Barrie strong’: Neighbourhood ravaged by tornado unites in aftermath

  "Keep Barrie strong. This community has been through a lot the last couple of days and we want to remind people to stay strong and we will continue and we'll rebuild."

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  Jul 18, 2021
• Massive cleanup effort underway in Barrie neighbourhood hit hard by tornado

  In an update released on social media Saturday afternoon, Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman said 71 homes were still deemed uninhabitable after Thursday's EF-2 tornado.

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  Jul 17, 2021
• Barrie tornado: Engineering professor calls for building code changes, review of damaged homes

  'Several of the houses we could see — there's one in particular that I put on my Twitter — where the roof just slid off,' professor Gregory Kopp told Global News Radio 640 Toronto.

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  Jul 17, 2021
• Barrie tornado: Questions raised about effectiveness of Environment Canada’s warning system

  A spokesperson for Environment Canada said while there wasn't the lead time meteorologists wouldn't have liked, the tornado alert system appeared to work as it was designed to do.

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  Jul 16, 2021
• Over 100 people displaced as clean-up continues following Barrie tornado: mayor

  On Friday afternoon, Ontario Premier Doug Ford visited the area where the twister touched down and surveyed some of the damage caused by the storm.

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  Jul 16, 2021
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• Photos, videos posted online show extensive Barrie tornado aftermath

  "I knew the house was probably hit pretty hard, but I had no idea that I was going to walk upstairs and see the sky and the entire second floor is pretty much gone."

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  Jul 15, 2021