In article ,
Alex Stephens Jr writes:
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And in terms of human casualties - the Burns day storm of 1990 was a far
greater disaster.

That was largely because, IIRC, the peak winds in the 1990 storm were
during the day. The peak winds in the 1987 storm occurred when almost
everyone was in bed.
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