1 00:00:00,334 --> 00:00:01,700 Rich, ontario! 2 00:00:01,769 --> 00:00:05,304 [cheering & applauding] 3 00:00:05,439 --> 00:00:08,841 For a long time, known as the prettiest town in canada, 4 00:00:08,843 --> 00:00:10,843 And it's not hard to see why. 5 00:00:10,978 --> 00:00:13,745 You guys have a gorgeous park that's actually 6 00:00:13,781 --> 00:00:16,214 Your town square, that's actually a circle, 7 00:00:16,283 --> 00:00:17,916 Which is actually an octagon. 8 00:00:17,985 --> 00:00:19,451 [laughing] 9 00:00:19,453 --> 00:00:21,520 A long stretch of beautiful beach, 10 00:00:21,589 --> 00:00:24,923 And a sunset so nice you ought to see it twice. 11 00:00:24,992 --> 00:00:26,825 [laughing] 12 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,495 But folks, if you dig a little deeper, 13 00:00:29,497 --> 00:00:32,998 The people here are real salt of the earth. 14 00:00:33,133 --> 00:00:35,100 And if you dig even deeper... 15 00:00:35,235 --> 00:00:36,935 [laughing] 16 00:00:36,937 --> 00:00:39,003 You'll find real salt in the earth. 17 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:40,339 [laughing] 18 00:00:40,341 --> 00:00:43,541 This little town is home to the world's largest salt mine. 19 00:00:43,577 --> 00:00:47,479 [cheering & applauding] 20 00:00:47,614 --> 00:00:52,016 However, in 2011, this town was hammered 21 00:00:52,053 --> 00:00:55,020 By an f3 level tornado. 22 00:00:55,155 --> 00:00:58,424 That is a tornado that measures on the fujita scale 23 00:00:58,559 --> 00:01:00,959 Level three, which is crazy, 24 00:01:01,028 --> 00:01:02,761 It is a sizzling fujita. 25 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:04,830 [laughing] 26 00:01:04,965 --> 00:01:06,331 But I'm telling you, to be this pretty with 27 00:01:06,333 --> 00:01:08,834 A touch of crazy, goderich, I think I'm in love. 28 00:01:08,903 --> 00:01:11,403 [laughing] 29 00:01:11,538 --> 00:01:13,905 When you grow up in a small town in newfoundland, 30 00:01:13,941 --> 00:01:15,440 You see that people have a sense of humour 31 00:01:15,443 --> 00:01:16,341 About hard times. 32 00:01:16,477 --> 00:01:17,376 Check, check. 33 00:01:17,511 --> 00:01:19,545 I turned that into a career and hit the road. 34 00:01:19,547 --> 00:01:21,980 [mc] mr. Jonny harris! 35 00:01:21,982 --> 00:01:23,549 Now I'm on a mission to find the funny 36 00:01:23,684 --> 00:01:25,383 In the places you'd least expect it, 37 00:01:25,453 --> 00:01:27,452 Canada's struggling small towns. 38 00:01:27,521 --> 00:01:29,454 Towns that are against the ropes, 39 00:01:29,490 --> 00:01:31,123 But hanging in there... 40 00:01:31,125 --> 00:01:33,458 Still laughing in the face of adversity. 41 00:01:33,494 --> 00:01:35,994 This is goderich, ontario. 42 00:01:35,996 --> 00:01:39,598 ♪ 43 00:01:39,667 --> 00:01:43,669 [cheering & applauding] 44 00:01:43,671 --> 00:01:48,607 In 2011, on an otherwise lovely late summer afternoon, 45 00:01:48,676 --> 00:01:51,076 Fate delivered a cruel... 46 00:01:51,211 --> 00:01:54,479 Twist in the form of a twister. 47 00:01:54,482 --> 00:01:58,083 [howling wind] 48 00:01:58,218 --> 00:01:59,617 There was almost no warning. 49 00:01:59,653 --> 00:02:01,086 And from the little bit of research I've done, 50 00:02:01,221 --> 00:02:02,287 That's the thing about tornadoes. 51 00:02:02,356 --> 00:02:07,025 They are the most sudden and unpredictable of storms. 52 00:02:07,027 --> 00:02:10,129 Environment canada issued a bulletin at 3:48 pm, 53 00:02:10,264 --> 00:02:14,166 Saying the tornado would hit goderich at 4 o'clock. 54 00:02:14,301 --> 00:02:16,034 It hardly counts as a warning. 55 00:02:16,036 --> 00:02:17,369 [laughing] 56 00:02:17,371 --> 00:02:19,104 That's more like running commentary. 57 00:02:19,239 --> 00:02:20,572 [laughing] 58 00:02:20,608 --> 00:02:21,773 "goderich, alert! 59 00:02:21,842 --> 00:02:24,009 This afternoon, you are getting struck by a tornado." 60 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:25,577 "oh my god, when?" 61 00:02:25,579 --> 00:02:26,477 "no, you don't understand, 62 00:02:26,514 --> 00:02:29,648 You are getting struck by a tornado." 63 00:02:29,650 --> 00:02:32,217 [laughing] 64 00:02:32,253 --> 00:02:39,090 ♪ 65 00:02:39,126 --> 00:02:43,262 I talked to a woman whose house almost blew away. 66 00:02:43,397 --> 00:02:44,663 Not the wicked witch of the west, 67 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:47,599 But the wick of west street willy's, pauline wick. 68 00:02:47,734 --> 00:02:52,136 [cheering & applauding] 69 00:02:52,173 --> 00:02:55,006 For years, pauline and her family had run 70 00:02:55,042 --> 00:02:56,741 The beloved local restaurant and pub, 71 00:02:56,810 --> 00:02:59,411 West street willy's, just off the town square, 72 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,946 And just a few minutes' walk from her home. 73 00:03:01,982 --> 00:03:04,483 And both were destroyed by the tornado. 74 00:03:04,485 --> 00:03:06,685 Tell me about when you realized it was happening. 75 00:03:06,687 --> 00:03:08,654 Yeah, not a lot of warning. 76 00:03:08,656 --> 00:03:10,489 It actually was a beautiful day, 77 00:03:10,491 --> 00:03:12,624 Like today, at one point. 78 00:03:12,660 --> 00:03:14,960 She was running some errands in her minivan, 79 00:03:15,029 --> 00:03:16,961 But had stopped by her house. 80 00:03:16,997 --> 00:03:20,565 And, she knew, suddenly, something was very wrong. 81 00:03:20,634 --> 00:03:22,301 The temperature dropped a little bit, I think, 82 00:03:22,436 --> 00:03:25,304 It just- it felt cooler. 83 00:03:25,439 --> 00:03:27,505 It was coming quick, whatever it was. 84 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:29,241 ♪ 85 00:03:29,310 --> 00:03:32,177 And you could hear this strange sound. 86 00:03:32,246 --> 00:03:34,112 Many people have told me this, this weird sound, 87 00:03:34,114 --> 00:03:35,780 A low buzzing sound. 88 00:03:35,816 --> 00:03:39,050 And very- sounds very ominous, sounds very eerie. 89 00:03:39,086 --> 00:03:40,619 Sounds like something that should happen on lake erie, 90 00:03:40,621 --> 00:03:42,220 Not the like you're on. 91 00:03:42,256 --> 00:03:45,056 [laughing] 92 00:03:45,092 --> 00:03:47,058 She thought okay, "I'll just wait it out in the van." 93 00:03:47,127 --> 00:03:48,060 And then eventually she thought 94 00:03:48,195 --> 00:03:49,328 "no, I'll go into the house." 95 00:03:49,463 --> 00:03:52,464 Made it into the side of the house just as it started to 96 00:03:52,599 --> 00:03:54,265 Come right through our side yard. 97 00:03:54,301 --> 00:03:57,736 Next thing, her minivan is impaled by a tree. 98 00:03:57,805 --> 00:03:59,771 The tornado had ripped up a tree, 99 00:03:59,773 --> 00:04:01,406 Sent it down through her windshield, 100 00:04:01,408 --> 00:04:03,742 Through the dashboard, into the engine block. 101 00:04:03,744 --> 00:04:05,644 She said later on, she opened her glovebox, 102 00:04:05,646 --> 00:04:07,745 She could see the tree going down through it. 103 00:04:07,781 --> 00:04:10,081 Would be pretty hard to get out your insurance, I guess. 104 00:04:10,117 --> 00:04:12,050 [laughing] 105 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:13,919 Maybe the value of her van actually went up. 106 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:15,620 Like, for driving enthusiasts, 107 00:04:15,623 --> 00:04:18,023 It's very hard to find a minivan with a stick in it. 108 00:04:18,025 --> 00:04:20,192 [laughing] 109 00:04:20,327 --> 00:04:22,294 I've seen some of the pictures, and her house, 110 00:04:22,363 --> 00:04:24,329 Which was very badly damaged, 111 00:04:24,465 --> 00:04:27,699 The corner room in the upstairs was obliterated. 112 00:04:27,735 --> 00:04:29,067 It was her daughter's room. 113 00:04:29,103 --> 00:04:30,269 Thank god, they weren't home. 114 00:04:30,404 --> 00:04:32,270 It looked like somebody had ransacked the place. 115 00:04:32,273 --> 00:04:35,173 The drawers had been opened and slammed shut, 116 00:04:35,209 --> 00:04:38,376 Glass from the window, the tornado had blasted glass 117 00:04:38,445 --> 00:04:41,380 Out of the window, and shards were stuck in the wall 118 00:04:41,382 --> 00:04:44,116 On the opposite wall from the window. 119 00:04:44,251 --> 00:04:46,685 But then amongst all this destruction right there 120 00:04:46,754 --> 00:04:50,188 On the wall, perfectly preserved, untouched... 121 00:04:50,224 --> 00:04:51,589 Poster of justin bieber. 122 00:04:51,625 --> 00:04:53,558 [laughing] 123 00:04:53,627 --> 00:04:55,560 I guess mother nature's a "belieber". 124 00:04:55,562 --> 00:04:57,862 [laughing] 125 00:04:57,898 --> 00:04:59,731 It really was only a short time period, 126 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,467 Like within a minute, it went through our area 127 00:05:02,602 --> 00:05:06,538 On st. Patrick street and destroyed trees, buildings. 128 00:05:06,540 --> 00:05:10,709 The destruction that the tornado caused is so random. 129 00:05:10,844 --> 00:05:13,078 Some things were completely untouched, 130 00:05:13,213 --> 00:05:15,380 And other things were flattened. 131 00:05:15,516 --> 00:05:17,749 That's the weird thing about a tornado. 132 00:05:17,751 --> 00:05:19,484 It's unpredictable in many ways. 133 00:05:19,619 --> 00:05:21,420 There's a path of destruction. 134 00:05:21,422 --> 00:05:23,488 That funnel of the tornado travels around, 135 00:05:23,557 --> 00:05:25,289 It'll damage certain areas. 136 00:05:25,326 --> 00:05:27,959 It's like that game plinko on the price is right. 137 00:05:27,961 --> 00:05:28,960 Do you know what I mean? 138 00:05:28,996 --> 00:05:30,095 Actually, it's a lot like the price is right 139 00:05:30,097 --> 00:05:31,629 Because in the end, everybody's looking around 140 00:05:31,699 --> 00:05:33,298 Guessing how much things will cost. 141 00:05:33,433 --> 00:05:35,366 [laughing] 142 00:05:35,402 --> 00:05:41,239 ♪ 143 00:05:41,241 --> 00:05:44,375 Pauline said that she couldn't believe the help 144 00:05:44,411 --> 00:05:45,777 That came from neighbours. 145 00:05:45,912 --> 00:05:48,646 There were people everywhere, strangers... 146 00:05:48,682 --> 00:05:50,448 People that I never thought knew us. 147 00:05:50,517 --> 00:05:52,784 And they were cutting down what they could, 148 00:05:52,853 --> 00:05:54,719 What they could manage. 149 00:05:54,855 --> 00:05:56,621 ♪ 150 00:05:56,757 --> 00:05:59,490 She said before there was any sort of official response, 151 00:05:59,526 --> 00:06:01,059 She said people in the community were out 152 00:06:01,194 --> 00:06:02,260 Helping each other. 153 00:06:02,396 --> 00:06:03,395 A lot of them were from town and 154 00:06:03,530 --> 00:06:05,397 A lot of them were coming from out of town too. 155 00:06:05,399 --> 00:06:06,865 People putting friends together and saying, 156 00:06:06,867 --> 00:06:08,066 "let's go see what we can do." 157 00:06:08,068 --> 00:06:10,635 She said it was sort of comforting to hear chainsaws 158 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:12,871 All over town, people were helping their neighbours 159 00:06:12,873 --> 00:06:16,541 Clear their lawns, clearing out parks and public spaces. 160 00:06:16,543 --> 00:06:18,476 It brought out the best in people. 161 00:06:18,545 --> 00:06:20,745 Like some people, she said, would make meals and 162 00:06:20,748 --> 00:06:22,280 They'd make extra, and they'd bring it to 163 00:06:22,282 --> 00:06:24,616 Individuals or families who were displaced. 164 00:06:24,618 --> 00:06:26,318 You know, they'd show up and, "oh, you know, 165 00:06:26,453 --> 00:06:29,354 I was grilling some extra barbecue and I brought 166 00:06:29,423 --> 00:06:31,222 Some over to you because, you know, 167 00:06:31,258 --> 00:06:34,225 I couldn't help notice your barbecue fly past my window." 168 00:06:34,261 --> 00:06:36,261 [laughing] 169 00:06:36,330 --> 00:06:37,962 One guy got caught in his second-story bathroom 170 00:06:37,998 --> 00:06:40,365 'cause the tornado ripped out his staircase. 171 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:41,666 That's got to be pretty awkward. 172 00:06:41,702 --> 00:06:43,234 [laughing] 173 00:06:43,303 --> 00:06:45,236 "can someone bring some toilet paper upstairs?" 174 00:06:45,272 --> 00:06:46,438 "no, there isn't any." 175 00:06:46,507 --> 00:06:47,638 "there isn't any toilet paper?" 176 00:06:47,674 --> 00:06:48,907 "there's no stairs." 177 00:06:48,976 --> 00:06:50,842 [laughing] 178 00:06:50,844 --> 00:06:52,377 [applauding] 179 00:06:56,149 --> 00:06:59,250 ♪ 180 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:01,386 I met your mayor, who did a great deal for 181 00:07:01,521 --> 00:07:03,922 The community rebuild after the storm, 182 00:07:03,991 --> 00:07:06,525 Particularly when it comes to the town square. 183 00:07:06,527 --> 00:07:09,327 Now, mayor john may not be john mayer, 184 00:07:09,396 --> 00:07:12,263 But his body of work is a wonderland, 185 00:07:12,299 --> 00:07:14,299 Mayor john grace. 186 00:07:14,368 --> 00:07:17,969 [cheering & applauding] 187 00:07:18,104 --> 00:07:19,737 I was born and raised here in goderich. 188 00:07:19,807 --> 00:07:23,074 As a teenager, where did you go to meet all your friends? 189 00:07:23,210 --> 00:07:25,443 Right here in the park. 190 00:07:25,479 --> 00:07:28,480 You can see the passion he has for the community, 191 00:07:28,482 --> 00:07:30,181 In particular the town square. 192 00:07:30,217 --> 00:07:33,017 The town square is the centre of our community. 193 00:07:33,053 --> 00:07:35,387 Everything happens here. -Yeah. 194 00:07:35,522 --> 00:07:36,988 ♪ 195 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:38,457 My first time there, there was lots going on, 196 00:07:38,592 --> 00:07:40,358 It was great. 197 00:07:40,494 --> 00:07:43,995 ♪ 198 00:07:44,064 --> 00:07:46,898 And you can see all that and more just doing a ringer. 199 00:07:46,967 --> 00:07:48,066 When we were old enough, 200 00:07:48,201 --> 00:07:49,501 We got to drive around the park. 201 00:07:49,503 --> 00:07:51,903 We did ringers after ringers after ringers. 202 00:07:52,038 --> 00:07:53,204 You get into your car, you go, 203 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,907 You just do a lap around the town square. 204 00:07:55,976 --> 00:07:58,043 See what's going on. 205 00:07:58,178 --> 00:08:01,046 I'd drive my wife crazy by coming and doing a ringer 206 00:08:01,181 --> 00:08:03,081 Before we actually go to her house. 207 00:08:03,083 --> 00:08:05,116 -So, it's embedded in us. -Right. 208 00:08:05,185 --> 00:08:07,519 I'm never sure how many lanes it actually is. 209 00:08:07,521 --> 00:08:09,588 [laughing] 210 00:08:09,590 --> 00:08:13,191 I feel like I've been passed on the inside and the outside. 211 00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:15,326 But whenever I try to do that people honk at me, 212 00:08:15,362 --> 00:08:17,195 And I don't think it's 'cause they know me. 213 00:08:17,197 --> 00:08:18,863 [laughing] 214 00:08:18,866 --> 00:08:21,232 Tell me what this place looked like 215 00:08:21,268 --> 00:08:23,468 The day after the tornado. 216 00:08:23,537 --> 00:08:25,270 It looked like a war-zone. 217 00:08:25,272 --> 00:08:28,006 There was trees down, sidewalks pulled up, 218 00:08:28,008 --> 00:08:29,841 There was cars rolled over. 219 00:08:29,976 --> 00:08:31,276 One heartbreaking thing was, 220 00:08:31,278 --> 00:08:33,411 All the trees in the town square. 221 00:08:33,447 --> 00:08:36,447 The tornado had ripped them all out by the root, 222 00:08:36,517 --> 00:08:38,083 The place was levelled. 223 00:08:38,085 --> 00:08:40,285 The rebuild was an opportunity to improve 224 00:08:40,287 --> 00:08:43,555 Things, make them better, ready things for the future. 225 00:08:43,624 --> 00:08:46,958 We can build a community for not only the, 226 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,360 You know, the 21st century, 227 00:08:48,495 --> 00:08:51,396 But look at the community, from your youth 228 00:08:51,398 --> 00:08:53,998 To your seniors, to your retailers, 229 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:57,035 And the people that want to live in the downtown core. 230 00:08:57,037 --> 00:08:59,904 All this was gonna cost a pretty penny. 231 00:08:59,940 --> 00:09:01,973 And that meant some serious fundraising. 232 00:09:02,042 --> 00:09:05,377 We're very grateful for everyone who donated, 233 00:09:05,379 --> 00:09:10,848 From large corporations, down to kids doing... 234 00:09:10,918 --> 00:09:12,317 Lemonade stands. 235 00:09:12,319 --> 00:09:14,486 From all these initiatives, the town was able to 236 00:09:14,488 --> 00:09:16,988 Fundraise almost $4 million, 237 00:09:17,057 --> 00:09:18,456 Which is pretty impressive. 238 00:09:18,458 --> 00:09:21,092 People seized this opportunity for change 239 00:09:21,161 --> 00:09:23,261 While the ground was ripped up, you know, 240 00:09:23,263 --> 00:09:26,931 People laid in a fiber optic network. 241 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,934 They built like a proper music venue stage, 242 00:09:30,003 --> 00:09:32,037 The sidewalks were widened. 243 00:09:32,172 --> 00:09:34,005 But, of course, the highlight of the rebuild 244 00:09:34,140 --> 00:09:36,140 Had to be the parade of trees. 245 00:09:36,176 --> 00:09:40,612 The idea was not just to buy small trees that 246 00:09:40,681 --> 00:09:42,347 Would grow into a canopy. 247 00:09:42,349 --> 00:09:44,349 We planted substantial trees. 248 00:09:44,351 --> 00:09:46,284 Trees that would create a canopy 249 00:09:46,353 --> 00:09:48,486 The day they were planted. -Right. 250 00:09:48,522 --> 00:09:50,621 Trees so big that they had to be brought in 251 00:09:50,657 --> 00:09:52,624 On their own flatbed or tractor trailer. 252 00:09:52,693 --> 00:09:55,360 And they staged all these trucks with these huge trees, 253 00:09:55,362 --> 00:09:57,362 A couple of kilometres outside town, 254 00:09:57,364 --> 00:09:59,030 And it was a full spectacle. 255 00:09:59,099 --> 00:10:00,899 People were actually crying when they seen those 256 00:10:01,034 --> 00:10:03,234 Trucks roll in and drive around the square. 257 00:10:03,303 --> 00:10:06,270 It was a very emotional day for a lot of people, 258 00:10:06,340 --> 00:10:07,639 And myself. 259 00:10:07,641 --> 00:10:10,375 These trucks came in one at a time with these huge trees. 260 00:10:10,377 --> 00:10:12,076 And then, in the middle of them, ironically, 261 00:10:12,145 --> 00:10:14,445 Pauline wick in her minivan came through, 262 00:10:14,514 --> 00:10:15,513 But she fit right in, 263 00:10:15,582 --> 00:10:17,282 She still like the tree sticking out of it. 264 00:10:17,284 --> 00:10:19,183 [laughing] 265 00:10:19,219 --> 00:10:20,918 [applauding] 266 00:10:26,292 --> 00:10:29,160 ♪ 267 00:10:30,330 --> 00:10:31,863 Just because you're the prettiest town in canada, 268 00:10:31,865 --> 00:10:34,999 Doesn't mean that people here are not deep. 269 00:10:35,035 --> 00:10:39,404 Being a home to the world's largest salt mine means 270 00:10:39,406 --> 00:10:42,607 People here have been almost half a kilometre deep 271 00:10:42,742 --> 00:10:44,675 For almost half a century. 272 00:10:44,811 --> 00:10:47,879 I went and I got a personal tour of the salt mine with 273 00:10:47,948 --> 00:10:50,482 Processing manager, david church. 274 00:10:50,484 --> 00:10:54,318 [cheering & applauding] 275 00:10:54,388 --> 00:10:56,287 Toughest minerals goderich mine is the largest 276 00:10:56,423 --> 00:10:58,423 Underground salt mine in the world. 277 00:10:58,425 --> 00:11:01,226 The initial drilling was for oil. 278 00:11:01,228 --> 00:11:04,562 And in that drilling process, they found salt. 279 00:11:04,564 --> 00:11:07,632 Looking for oil struck the white gold instead. 280 00:11:07,767 --> 00:11:09,701 -Yes. -Tell me about how big it is. 281 00:11:09,836 --> 00:11:13,370 The mining elevation is 1,800 feet 282 00:11:13,407 --> 00:11:15,306 Below lake huron. 283 00:11:15,308 --> 00:11:18,443 Take the cn tower and turn it upside down. 284 00:11:18,445 --> 00:11:20,812 Right, not just to the bulge, I mean the whole cn tower, 285 00:11:20,814 --> 00:11:24,249 Turn that upside down. That's how deep the salt is. 286 00:11:24,384 --> 00:11:25,984 Now folks, I've heard of low sodium, 287 00:11:25,986 --> 00:11:27,318 But this is ridiculous. 288 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:28,986 -Boo! -[laughing] 289 00:11:29,056 --> 00:11:31,522 Somebody booed before I even had it out of my mouth. 290 00:11:31,558 --> 00:11:33,458 [laughing] 291 00:11:33,593 --> 00:11:38,662 ♪ 292 00:11:38,699 --> 00:11:40,998 We got into the cage, the elevator. 293 00:11:41,068 --> 00:11:42,466 We got in this enormous thing, 294 00:11:42,502 --> 00:11:43,868 And we started going down. 295 00:11:43,937 --> 00:11:47,004 This thing moves at a rate of 1,000 feet per minute, 296 00:11:47,074 --> 00:11:50,008 And it still took almost two minutes to get down there. 297 00:11:50,010 --> 00:11:52,409 I haven't experienced a shaft that big since 298 00:11:52,446 --> 00:11:53,945 They gave family feud to gerry dee. 299 00:11:54,014 --> 00:11:55,646 [laughing] 300 00:11:55,682 --> 00:11:58,682 ♪ 301 00:11:58,719 --> 00:11:59,884 You come out of the cage in this like, 302 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:02,753 Expansive space, and it's pretty cool. 303 00:12:02,789 --> 00:12:04,956 Literally, 18 degrees year-round. 304 00:12:05,091 --> 00:12:07,759 But it looks much colder because the powdery salt, 305 00:12:07,761 --> 00:12:09,494 It looks like it's covered in frost. 306 00:12:09,563 --> 00:12:10,895 It looks like a canadian winter also because 307 00:12:10,964 --> 00:12:12,597 All the vehicles are caked in salt. 308 00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:14,298 [laughing] 309 00:12:14,367 --> 00:12:16,033 Dave said he's gonna show me this machine 310 00:12:16,035 --> 00:12:17,769 Called a continuous miner. 311 00:12:17,904 --> 00:12:19,704 So, I just assumed we were gonna walk there, 312 00:12:19,839 --> 00:12:22,840 But we hop into this big side-by-side, 313 00:12:22,976 --> 00:12:24,909 And we just start driving. 314 00:12:25,044 --> 00:12:27,745 And we drive and drive and drive. 315 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,982 Apparently, it's almost 7 square kilometres. 316 00:12:31,051 --> 00:12:33,651 It's about the size of goderich, itself. 317 00:12:33,653 --> 00:12:35,452 It's the michigan salt basin. 318 00:12:35,489 --> 00:12:37,789 The centre of the basin is in upper michigan. 319 00:12:37,791 --> 00:12:40,792 The salt bed we mine is about 100 feet thick. 320 00:12:40,927 --> 00:12:43,795 And the mining method is a room and pillar. 321 00:12:43,797 --> 00:12:46,698 So, the rooms are excavated, and the pillars are 322 00:12:46,833 --> 00:12:49,667 Left behind to support the earth above it. 323 00:12:49,669 --> 00:12:51,736 Basically, just take out salt, 324 00:12:51,871 --> 00:12:53,971 But leave big chunks as pillars, 325 00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:56,941 And that's your support for the mine ceiling. 326 00:12:56,977 --> 00:12:58,810 What is the salt used for? 327 00:12:58,812 --> 00:13:00,778 Most of the salt from the goderich mine is 328 00:13:00,814 --> 00:13:02,547 Used for highway de-icing. 329 00:13:02,682 --> 00:13:05,283 They do mine table salt from this area, 330 00:13:05,418 --> 00:13:07,418 From the same salt bed, is that right? 331 00:13:07,487 --> 00:13:08,419 That's correct. 332 00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:09,954 It's a different process in a different area 333 00:13:10,089 --> 00:13:11,890 For the salt you put on food, 334 00:13:11,892 --> 00:13:14,625 But that is also mined here in goderich. 335 00:13:14,694 --> 00:13:17,362 Table salt at the evaporation plant, 336 00:13:17,364 --> 00:13:19,831 At our sister plant, uptown in goderich. 337 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:22,133 And that's very cool to eat the salt that's- 338 00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:24,768 It's locally sourced food, very trendy. 339 00:13:24,805 --> 00:13:26,904 You could call that earth to table salt. 340 00:13:26,940 --> 00:13:28,639 [laughing] 341 00:13:28,675 --> 00:13:31,843 It's a massive operation. Biggest employer in town. 342 00:13:31,845 --> 00:13:35,112 We employ around 600 people. 343 00:13:35,182 --> 00:13:37,849 A lot of well-paying jobs for a lot of locals, 344 00:13:37,851 --> 00:13:40,652 And will continue to for a long time, apparently. 345 00:13:40,787 --> 00:13:47,057 David said they can mine 8 million tons of salt a year. 346 00:13:47,093 --> 00:13:48,459 And I did the math on it. 347 00:13:48,528 --> 00:13:50,795 Do you know how many boxes of salt that is? 348 00:13:50,864 --> 00:13:52,196 Like your standard kitchen box? 349 00:13:52,199 --> 00:13:54,999 I did the math. Yeah, it's over 7 billion. 350 00:13:55,134 --> 00:13:57,468 Do you want to know how many dashes that is? 351 00:13:57,537 --> 00:13:59,136 -Like... -[laughing] 352 00:13:59,206 --> 00:14:01,005 Like, generous dash- 353 00:14:01,140 --> 00:14:03,808 Uncalculable, uncalculable. 354 00:14:03,877 --> 00:14:06,477 I tried to do it on my phone, my phone blew up. 355 00:14:06,546 --> 00:14:07,879 [laughing] 356 00:14:08,014 --> 00:14:10,615 My phone blew up more than the day my fans found out 357 00:14:10,617 --> 00:14:12,016 They gave family feud to gerry dee. 358 00:14:12,052 --> 00:14:13,818 [laughing] 359 00:14:13,820 --> 00:14:16,888 [applauding] 360 00:14:16,957 --> 00:14:21,659 ♪ 361 00:14:21,728 --> 00:14:23,761 I met a woman who opened goderich's first 362 00:14:23,797 --> 00:14:27,264 Sushi restaurant, from west sushi, jane kim. 363 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:31,835 [cheering & applauding] 364 00:14:31,872 --> 00:14:34,038 Jane didn't come from a culinary background. 365 00:14:34,173 --> 00:14:35,739 She studied some english literature. 366 00:14:35,775 --> 00:14:37,574 Yes, as soon as I graduated from university, 367 00:14:37,611 --> 00:14:40,844 I was hired as a flight attendant in 368 00:14:40,881 --> 00:14:42,614 Korean air force one. 369 00:14:42,749 --> 00:14:45,249 -Korean air force one? -Yes. 370 00:14:45,285 --> 00:14:47,719 Flying around with the korean president. 371 00:14:47,721 --> 00:14:50,521 Not sushi, but definitely rolling with some big fish. 372 00:14:50,557 --> 00:14:52,990 [laughing] 373 00:14:52,992 --> 00:14:55,025 It was the first sushi restaurant here in goderich. 374 00:14:55,061 --> 00:14:56,927 So, jane got these pictures printed up, 375 00:14:56,963 --> 00:14:58,529 So people would know what they're ordering. 376 00:14:58,598 --> 00:14:59,530 Like she said... 377 00:14:59,566 --> 00:15:01,198 At the beginning, it was really confusing. 378 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,501 People order the salmon sushi. 379 00:15:03,570 --> 00:15:06,471 So we made sushi and they, they want maki. 380 00:15:06,606 --> 00:15:07,604 Right, yeah. 381 00:15:07,641 --> 00:15:09,006 They think everything is sushi, like sushi, 382 00:15:09,008 --> 00:15:11,042 Maki, sashimi, you know difference, right? 383 00:15:11,177 --> 00:15:13,544 Sushi, maki, sashimi- the three are different. 384 00:15:13,613 --> 00:15:15,846 She said, "some people don't even know the difference 385 00:15:15,916 --> 00:15:17,748 Between sushi and sashimi." 386 00:15:17,817 --> 00:15:19,817 I was like, "haha, really? I don't believe that." 387 00:15:19,819 --> 00:15:22,186 [laughing] 388 00:15:22,188 --> 00:15:24,222 I was like, "just tell me, just for fun, what...?" 389 00:15:24,357 --> 00:15:26,224 [laughing] 390 00:15:26,226 --> 00:15:28,826 Jane told me that her chef skills have 391 00:15:28,828 --> 00:15:31,696 Now been surpassed. You're thinking, 392 00:15:31,765 --> 00:15:33,864 "oh, it must be some, some hot new 393 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:36,233 Graduate from the tokyo sushi academy." 394 00:15:36,269 --> 00:15:39,236 Close- local contractor, brad chase. 395 00:15:39,272 --> 00:15:42,239 [cheering & applauding] 396 00:15:42,375 --> 00:15:45,776 Brad's work is in window and door installation. 397 00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:48,546 I got sent up here to fix the door. 398 00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:50,682 The time it took me, I couldn't charge her. 399 00:15:50,817 --> 00:15:52,183 I said, "I'm not gonna charge ya." 400 00:15:52,252 --> 00:15:54,118 She said, "okay, well how can I repay you?" 401 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:55,720 She said, "I'll make you lunch. 402 00:15:55,789 --> 00:15:56,854 You can have lunch for free." 403 00:15:56,890 --> 00:15:59,123 She made me up a dynamite and a maki, 404 00:15:59,192 --> 00:16:01,225 And that's the first time I've ever had sushi. 405 00:16:01,227 --> 00:16:02,359 Yeah. 406 00:16:02,395 --> 00:16:04,729 And he noticed that she was short-staffed that day. 407 00:16:04,731 --> 00:16:08,266 She had students for her staff, 408 00:16:08,268 --> 00:16:10,868 And they were going off to college and university. 409 00:16:10,870 --> 00:16:13,871 ♪ 410 00:16:13,873 --> 00:16:15,072 So, what did he do? 411 00:16:15,141 --> 00:16:17,208 He rolled up his sleeves and started 412 00:16:17,343 --> 00:16:19,543 Rolling up some seaweed. 413 00:16:19,612 --> 00:16:20,944 And before you know it, he's throwing 414 00:16:20,981 --> 00:16:23,514 Some shrimp, some avocado, cucumber... 415 00:16:23,649 --> 00:16:25,282 Boom goes the dynamite roll. 416 00:16:25,318 --> 00:16:26,750 [laughing] 417 00:16:26,786 --> 00:16:28,085 Lovely, look at that. 418 00:16:28,221 --> 00:16:30,288 That's some good looking sushi, I think. 419 00:16:30,423 --> 00:16:32,089 [whispering] maki, this is maki. 420 00:16:32,125 --> 00:16:33,624 -Maki, oops. -Maki. 421 00:16:33,693 --> 00:16:35,159 -Good looking maki. -[laughing] 422 00:16:35,228 --> 00:16:38,162 Brad, do you still do door and window installation? 423 00:16:38,164 --> 00:16:41,165 Still with my company for installation. 424 00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:42,733 I'm management now. I don't have to 425 00:16:42,868 --> 00:16:44,969 Hurt my body anymore, so... [laughing] 426 00:16:44,971 --> 00:16:46,704 It's not like he's gonna leave his other job. 427 00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:48,739 This is just "tempura-ry". 428 00:16:48,808 --> 00:16:51,209 [laughing] 429 00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:52,977 [applauding] 430 00:16:56,716 --> 00:16:59,016 ♪ 431 00:17:00,186 --> 00:17:03,221 For any place to say that it is the prettiest town 432 00:17:03,356 --> 00:17:06,457 In canada, that is pretty bold. 433 00:17:06,526 --> 00:17:09,260 But, I'm not going to call your bluff 'cause I've 434 00:17:09,329 --> 00:17:11,795 Seen your bluffs and they are really pretty. 435 00:17:11,831 --> 00:17:13,997 -Hi jenna. -Hi, how are you? 436 00:17:14,034 --> 00:17:15,700 I had a chat about beaches, bluffs, 437 00:17:15,702 --> 00:17:19,036 And double sunsets with goderich tourism manager, 438 00:17:19,072 --> 00:17:20,805 Jenna ujiye. 439 00:17:20,874 --> 00:17:24,675 [cheering & applauding] 440 00:17:24,811 --> 00:17:26,610 You're involved in tourism here. 441 00:17:26,745 --> 00:17:28,045 How's that going? 442 00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:30,481 People are visiting here, and then coming to live here. 443 00:17:30,616 --> 00:17:33,384 So, we've had a unique couple of years. 444 00:17:33,453 --> 00:17:37,155 ♪ 445 00:17:37,157 --> 00:17:39,023 The other day, we were looking down from 446 00:17:39,158 --> 00:17:42,092 Atop the bluff, and it looked like 447 00:17:42,128 --> 00:17:43,694 The caribbean ocean. 448 00:17:43,763 --> 00:17:45,829 But even better, it's not the caribbean, so... 449 00:17:45,865 --> 00:17:47,432 No traveler's diarrhea. 450 00:17:47,567 --> 00:17:48,765 [laughing] 451 00:17:48,802 --> 00:17:50,735 Which I hate, I hate the traveler's kind. 452 00:17:50,870 --> 00:17:52,370 Whenever I go down to the caribbean, 453 00:17:52,505 --> 00:17:54,172 I'm like, "no, no, I won't have the traveler's." 454 00:17:54,174 --> 00:17:55,772 When it comes to diarrhea, 455 00:17:55,809 --> 00:17:57,508 I came down with a case of my own. 456 00:17:57,544 --> 00:17:59,911 [laughing] 457 00:18:00,046 --> 00:18:01,912 Jenna said this marketing scheme that she's been 458 00:18:01,948 --> 00:18:04,781 Working on now is the double sunset challenge. 459 00:18:04,818 --> 00:18:06,417 How do you explain to somebody that there are 460 00:18:06,552 --> 00:18:09,119 Two sunsets in goderich? 461 00:18:09,155 --> 00:18:11,822 It's because of the bluff, the 200-foot elevation. 462 00:18:11,858 --> 00:18:15,259 You've got these 200-foot-high bluffs. 463 00:18:15,394 --> 00:18:17,128 And you've built all these staircases that go 464 00:18:17,130 --> 00:18:18,362 Up to the top of the bluffs. 465 00:18:18,498 --> 00:18:22,466 You can come down here to the beach, watch the sun go down, 466 00:18:22,469 --> 00:18:25,870 And then run as fast as you can 200 feet up, 467 00:18:25,939 --> 00:18:28,739 You can then, again, watch the sunset. 468 00:18:28,741 --> 00:18:30,441 I wanted to test this out. 469 00:18:30,576 --> 00:18:32,743 I wanted to see if it, if it actually worked. 470 00:18:32,812 --> 00:18:35,078 ♪ 471 00:18:35,115 --> 00:18:36,881 And I did it, I watched the sunset. 472 00:18:36,883 --> 00:18:39,950 Beautiful, and then I start booting it up the stairs. 473 00:18:39,986 --> 00:18:42,753 [cheering] 474 00:18:42,755 --> 00:18:44,589 Go, jonny, go! 475 00:18:44,591 --> 00:18:58,169 ♪ 476 00:18:58,304 --> 00:19:00,771 [groaning] I didn't bring my puffer! 477 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:02,773 And, it wasn't too long before I was like, 478 00:19:02,775 --> 00:19:04,041 "oh, my god, I don't know about the sun, 479 00:19:04,077 --> 00:19:05,842 But I'm definitely starting to see stars." 480 00:19:05,844 --> 00:19:07,144 [laughing] 481 00:19:07,147 --> 00:19:08,912 Seeing lots of stars, and that's what I really 482 00:19:08,948 --> 00:19:10,915 Had to focus and tell myself... 483 00:19:10,917 --> 00:19:12,783 I've already seen it once, it'll be- 484 00:19:12,819 --> 00:19:14,452 [laughing] 485 00:19:14,454 --> 00:19:16,520 Great the first time, great the first time. 486 00:19:16,523 --> 00:19:18,188 -I know how this ends. -[laughing] 487 00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:20,824 ♪ 488 00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:23,126 I ran up, I got up the rest of the stairs. 489 00:19:23,163 --> 00:19:26,097 And it's true, you can look out, and it's... 490 00:19:26,099 --> 00:19:28,532 It all works out, you can see the sun again. 491 00:19:28,535 --> 00:19:29,533 Of course, the sun isn't actually 492 00:19:29,569 --> 00:19:31,402 Setting the second time. You understand that? 493 00:19:31,471 --> 00:19:32,736 You know it's the angle. 494 00:19:32,805 --> 00:19:34,038 Just like everything in this town, 495 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:35,540 It's best with a pinch of salt. 496 00:19:35,675 --> 00:19:37,508 [laughing] 497 00:19:37,643 --> 00:19:40,945 ♪ 498 00:19:41,014 --> 00:19:45,016 This is a place of big water, big salt, big storms. 499 00:19:45,018 --> 00:19:47,951 And now I'm a very big fan of ya. 500 00:19:47,987 --> 00:19:51,022 Like an octagonal square, you're back in a rare form 501 00:19:51,157 --> 00:19:53,757 As the prettiest town in canada. 502 00:19:55,061 --> 00:19:57,795 Like a minivan with a stick, you're as rare as it gets, 503 00:19:57,864 --> 00:20:01,565 Like a sun that sets twice in short time. 504 00:20:01,634 --> 00:20:03,434 What you've been through is tough, 505 00:20:03,436 --> 00:20:05,302 But like the stairs at the bluffs... 506 00:20:05,338 --> 00:20:08,239 In the end, it's well worth the climb. 507 00:20:08,374 --> 00:20:11,775 Beautiful beaches and a lovely town square 508 00:20:11,844 --> 00:20:14,378 Are back but the effort was great. 509 00:20:14,380 --> 00:20:17,381 Some lost all they own, some even lost their homes, 510 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:20,450 When the twister brought a cruel twist of fate. 511 00:20:20,486 --> 00:20:24,088 But goderich learned you can't just click your heels 512 00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:27,357 And pretend the wicked wind hasn't blown. 513 00:20:27,393 --> 00:20:29,393 No, you roll up your sleeves 514 00:20:29,462 --> 00:20:31,262 When your community believes, 515 00:20:31,264 --> 00:20:34,197 As in this place, there's no place like home. 516 00:20:34,234 --> 00:20:35,532 Thanks for coming out, everybody! 517 00:20:35,602 --> 00:20:37,268 You've been great, thanks so much! 518 00:20:37,270 --> 00:20:40,804 [cheering & applauding] 519 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:42,673 It was awesome, it was so great. 520 00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:44,742 Beautiful, excellent. 521 00:20:44,744 --> 00:20:47,678 ♪ 522 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:50,414 It really showed the spirit of the community. 523 00:20:50,483 --> 00:20:53,217 And, and the jokes were right on. 524 00:20:53,286 --> 00:20:56,420 ♪ 525 00:20:56,456 --> 00:20:57,688 [harmonica] 526 00:20:57,690 --> 00:20:59,590 It got to the heart of the community, 527 00:20:59,725 --> 00:21:02,559 And how we respond to... 528 00:21:02,629 --> 00:21:05,496 To disaster, the resilience of the community. 529 00:21:05,631 --> 00:21:09,834 ♪ 530 00:21:09,836 --> 00:21:12,436 How the community came together to help each other 531 00:21:12,472 --> 00:21:16,040 Is a fantastic story. 532 00:21:16,042 --> 00:21:16,840 Thank you, johnny, 533 00:21:16,876 --> 00:21:19,110 For blowing the roof off this place... 534 00:21:19,245 --> 00:21:20,711 With laughter. 535 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:25,349 ♪