I want SNOW!

Post by **drew** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:50 pm

Are you laughing at the statement? Or the place names?

Post by **balon!** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:20 am

I mean Nova Scotia is not large, how the hell does Tatamagouche and Antigonish get over a foot and Halifax gets squat?

Isnt Tatamagouche one of those little Japanese toys that you carry around like a pet?

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:16 am

You want snow? We're having a damned heat wave here. *searches for sweating emoticon while dashing perspiration from eyes*

--A

Post by **Usivius** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:04 pm

Are you laughing at the statement? Or the place names?

The names? No. I'm use to hearing them.
No, the idea that Halifax is getting nothing when poor St.John's is drowning in snow...

Post by **drew** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:46 pm

Yeah, the Newfs got hit pretty bad; We got some more flurries today; but this year I think our total snowfall is around the 15 cm range!

Post by **Usivius** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:36 pm

wow, it's coming down hard in TO this morning. Left to go to work and it was just a white veil of snow coming down in big puffy flakes, like little cut-out paper ones ...
Really beautiful. But its quite warm and everythig is melting right away.

Post by **Prebe** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:56 pm

Wanna swap Usuvius? We've had 35-50 cm's of snow AND gail force winds, temperatures just below zero. I spent 90 minutes this morning moving tons of snow to get my car out of the garage, only to get stuck 50 m's from my driveway! Well, at least it was heartwarming to see the otherwise so reserved home owners helping each other.

Post by **matrixman** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:13 am

Heh, thought I might spam this thread with another snow pic. Flakes were hitting my camera lens, thus the unintended but neat artistic effect.

Post by **Prebe** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:14 am

Nice shot MM!

Post by **Seareach** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:19 am

Wow! I *love* that shot MM!

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:22 am

Awesome pic MM.

--A

Post by **Usivius** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:20 pm

yes, very nice...

Post by **matrixman** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:46 pm

Thanks all!

We just had a midday blizzard, but at least it's mild temperature-wise. All that lovely snow - just in time for the weekend to enjoy!

Post by **Usivius** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:54 pm

Ok, so they kept saying that a winter storm was coming to Toronto from a centre that started in Colorado. yahyahyah... I've heard that before, and all we got was a light dusting...

OK, so I leave work early (2) to pick up my car from the dealer (just it's yearly check-up), and as I step out, IT"S A FREAK'N STORM OUTSIDE! I mean "snow-blowing-horizontal" type storm!
Ah, but that's OK. We are Canadians. We can handle it. Everyone I see on the subway and bus (bus moving slowly) is laughing and joking as if they knew everyone. It's really kind of refreshing.
That is until we Canadians have to actually DRIVE in the stuff...
So I pick up the car. It's 3 by this time. And I leave to pick up my wife at work.... Boom. I'm in a bad mood.
Well, not exactly, but you are sitting in this stuff, all cars moving at 5km/h or not at all (mostly not at all) and you realize that you would rather be somewhere (anywhere) else.
Well all in all, yes, there are some total 'jacks' on the road, but I was, for the most part, impressed by how courteous everyone was, letting others in, etc...

So, the drive to my wife's work from the dealership would normally be 20-25 min. tops.
It takes me over three freak'n hours!
I could have driven to the cottage and cooked dinner in that time.
That is what I was thinking about during the drive.
That, and this stupid post on Kevin's Watch I did a few months ago, demanding snow.

God does have a sense of humour.

After picking up the wife, we quickly stopped at a restaurant and ate dinner. Our elder daughter (19) had picked up the younger (4) form the daycare and they were fine.

It wasn't all bad. 15 cm of snow, but by early morning in started the freezing rain and our neighbourhood was without power. So, no heat either...

My beautiful ladies are at home right now and I made it in to work in 30 min on the subway.
Not sure who is better off...

(I still love snow... Now to get me a Tim's....)

Post by **drew** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:56 pm

The storm is hitting us right now...typical Haligonian weather though..15-20cm of snow; fallowed by5-10cm of freezing rain and then 5-10mm of rain...it'll all be gone by Sunday Morning.

Post by **balon!** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:58 pm

For some strange act of god, I got about two inches of snow over the last couple of days. It was raining pretty good, and then out of no where it just turned into snow.

Strange.

Post by **Usivius** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 1:16 pm

nice pic Balon.

Post by **Usivius** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:23 pm

OK, no new snow today in TO, but I wake up and put on the weather network and find:
-21C

factor in 'wind-chill' and you have a whopping -35C.
Ah, but it's suppose to warm up to a balmy -15C in the afternoon...

Post by **balon!** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:15 pm

Usivius wrote:nice pic Balon.

Thanks! Credit goes to my brother, though. I'll pass along the props.

Too bad here. No chance of snow for awhile. I actually woke up too hot today, for the first time in months. I think the snows gone.

Post by **drew** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:20 am

We've got a few more cm down...but we're back into another deepfreez..thirty below last night...and not much warmer today.