The View From Yonge St.
Just took this picture from my balcony, near the financial district in Toronto. You may glean whatever you want from that, or use this photo to isolate where I live and come kill me (as Mr. McClelland predicts is imminent). But man, is that storm bad...
I see no evidence of Sunspots in this photo.
Storm?
You mean...that little sprinkle of snow?
Oh, wait a minute. TORONTO. Of course. Sorry. Gosh, Mike, that looks awful! Call the Army!!
Scuse me while we Ottawans dig our way nine feet up to the surface.
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I don't think the photo does justice as to how fast the snow is coming down... with it being very dark outside, and slower shutter-speed, etc.
Scuse me while we Ottawans dig our way nine feet up to the surface.
My snowbanks were 9 feet a week ago, before this storm and the last one. You must live in a different part of Ottawa than I do
I had the butler shovel ours down them down a bit last week.
I feel positively ashamed. I went to the driving range today in +14c temperatures. Spring is here in the Okanagan, don't let that get around.
I'm not sure about the standards of language here. Mike, am I allowed to tell Don to Fuck Off? ;)
yes.....ditto in north vancouver...60 degrees.....crocuses out...everything in bud....planted winter pansies last week...lovely display...airing the house out right now....
Storm?
I have seen snow storms, and I can assure you that what happened today was most definitely not a storm. Storms, as a general rule, involve somewhat more than fluffy white stuff floating gently (for most of the day) to the ground.
Now the December blizzard of '78 in Arviat.... that was a storm. If you ever get a fireplace going in here Mike I'll sit beside it, accept yer offer of a beer, and spin ye the tale of a real storm :-)
Looks like a nice sprinkle of snow, Mike. I am going to have to assume the picture isn't doing justice to reality, because in a real storm you wouldn't be able to see beyond the end of your balcony even in broad daylight. Well, at least that's what we Newfies call a storm. :)
Hope you don't have to call in the army tomorrow.
Hey, Mike, nice pic. It's been a stormy day across the lake in the peninsula.
BTW, great to see a conservative blogger from the heart of Toronto. Much of the conservative blogosphere seems to regard southern Ontario as the heart of darkness, and the prairie as the place where various celestial bodies shine out of various personal orifices. I admire and respect those folks, but it gets a little tiresome.
Good on you.
Here in Southwestern Ontario the drifts are waist-deep in places. It's the worst I can remember in ages. We have a few stranded guests who will be sleeping over tonight.
Dam it Don I envy you we only had +11 today.
Guess I'll take the -32 C and sunshine in today in Iqaluit as a blessing! :-)
Stageleft,,,you mean the blizzard in Iqaluit in '76 (one week long!) or the blizzard in Rankin this winter?!?!!
Southern folk will never understand what real nasty winter weather is until they come to the true north.
Well, good luck with the storm, cough. Sure sign of spring here in Edmonton, I barbequed some hamburgers and made potato salad. Oh and my blue jays are back, the birds, not the team!
One can hardly blame Maritimers and people who live in the serious North of Canada for laughing at us for calling this a "terrible storm." It's all relative.
I lived in Vancouver in the early 90s and once there was a snowfall of 2 or 3 cm. The entire city was paralysed, and the Citizen's headline the next day, in type so large it would normally be used to announce the return of Christ, was: "WHITE HELL".
Mind you, those people ought to remember that because Toronto is so much more important than other places, the effects of a storm they would consider minor are greatly amplified...:-)
Yeah Mike, we do live in the same building. Small world.