OT-Almost a record year of snow in Montreal Region

[Scraggy]

here is the pictures from the last snow storm here leaving almost 45 cm of snow with a total of almost 350 cm this year. Last night there where people caught in their cars, rescued by policemen in snowmobile on the highway. It's was scary on the road with winds peaking at 100 Km/h.


Me in front of the house

Snow bank in the street

Where's the pool? (the pool have a 52 inch wall)

 

[Baird]

Same in Toronto. We are about 6" away from a 1939 record. I can't see my pool and it looks like I lost my hot tub last night. The tub is over 3' above the ground and I can't see it!

I shoveled 2 feet of snow off my driveway this moring before taking my kid to his hockey game. How Canadian is that?

 

[MrMusashi]

here in .no on the other hand.. we dont have snow at all.. usually there is a 6 feet deep cover everywhere, but not now.. i think i have showeled snow twice this year.. with a broom

MrM

 

[Brim]

Man...stay warm. Imagine the amount of water you'll have around when it starts to melt!

 

[73jbass]

So much for the global warming theory.

 

[TNT]

Wow, unimaginable!!!!

Growing up in California I think I touched snow (once, or twice) but, in Lake Tahoe.
I couldn't imagine being in that - it's too overbearing. I need "SUN & BLUE SKY"!!!!!!!

One thing though, seems you have have plenty of time to be indoors PRACTICING - since your not distracted by driving your little convertible sports car around (like we are most of the time).

See, us "sunny" stringers have much tougher disciplinary issues for practicing
than you "snowy" stringers.

 

[phat5]

That's an "inconvenient snow". We need 4 more inches out here in Eastrn Iowa, before we can break the state record....I'm still chipping ice off the driveway.

 

[kdphysio]

Bbrrrrr ...........i'm just about to fly down to South Africa for some sun..........i'll be thinkin about you!!

 

[the unrepentant]

wow!!! Here in Britain we're lucky to get more than a couple of centimetres of snow! That amount of snow is just unthinkable....

 

[DT1607]

And this is why they invented snow blowers...although I wish I got one this year. A bit late now to go buy one.

...and if we get another snow storm, I'm going to die.

 

[Smakbass]

All that snow has been screwin up my shipments to Dorvall....

I was there in Jan,, no snow well for the first 4 days anyways..

 

[RobertB]

So much for the global warming theory.

Actually the end result of global warming, taken to its worst case extreme, is another ice age .... a "snow ball earth". Global warming causing melting/collapse of the polar caps, which by suddenly adding large quantities of ice/cold water to the oceans disrupts the jet stream ocean currents which distribute warm water (and therefore warm air in the regions above that water) around the planet. Alotta ppl don't realize that ... global warming = ice age. Several years ago there was a pentagon report not intended for public consumption which was leaked & appeared in a French newspaper, which predicted that within 50 years, all of north america could be in ice age conditions, due to global warming. The reason this study/report was undertaken by the pentagon (military hq), is that it talked about this possible event as constituting a national security threat, since wars would inevitably break out over control of dwindling natural resources, primarily water.

Are we sufficiently O/T now? =)

Anyway, yeah, I've spent a winter in Montreal, and a winter in Siberia. The winter in Montreal was more brutal, no kidding.

 

[tkarter]

Looks more like you better worry about the flood and flood damage when all that melts!

tk

 

[mynan]

Actually the end result of global warming, taken to its worst case extreme, is another ice age .... a "snow ball earth". Global warming causing melting/collapse of the polar caps, which by suddenly adding large quantities of ice/cold water to the oceans disrupts the jet stream ocean currents which distribute warm water (and therefore warm air in the regions above that water) around the planet. Alotta ppl don't realize that ... global warming = ice age. Several years ago there was a pentagon report not intended for public consumption which was leaked & appeared in a French newspaper, which predicted that within 50 years, all of north america could be in ice age conditions, due to global warming. The reason this study/report was undertaken by the pentagon (military hq), is that it talked about this possible event as constituting a national security threat, since wars would inevitably break out over control of dwindling natural resources, primarily water.

Are we sufficiently O/T now? =)

Anyway, yeah, I've spent a winter in Montreal, and a winter in Siberia. The winter in Montreal was more brutal, no kidding.

This is why I'm having a hard time buying into the global warming bit...can't seem to bring myself to drink the Kool-aid...

 

[DTG]

it snowed here for a day......we got about 50cm of it.....schools closed down,people didn't go to work the whole country nearly came to a stop.not beacause we want to make a snowman or grab the sleigh,oh no its beacause everybody freaks out !! and stays in doors until it melts,which is about 3-4 hours....mad

 

[RobertB]

Looks more like you better worry about the flood and flood damage when all that melts!

tk

Yeah, that's what I saw in both Montreal and Siberia .. the early part of Spring is a real mess! Especially in Siberia, since they use dirt to improve the driving condition of the roads, rather than salt - so the whole city I was in (Novosibirsk) was pretty much a giant mud puddle for a while, in Spring.

 

[bigvissch]

Wow!! We never get snow like that. Maybe a sleet shower once every couple of years.

What a strange world we live in. It was 37 degress here yesterday. That's celsius!! About 100 on the old scale. The previous night got down to a lowly 24 degress. Rather unsettled sleep for me. Either too cold with the aircon on or too hot with it off.

A bit of a cool change today down to 26 with a couple of drizzle patches, but back up to 37 by the end of the week.

There endeth the weather forcast!

 

[RobertB]

In Siberia I felt -40 (C and F ... that's the point where the 2 converge), but because it's so dry there, it doesn't feel as cold as, say, -25C in Montreal, because it's so freakin humid and windy in Montreal! I was very impressed with how well they maintain most streets in those conditions though, in Montreal. Late night/early morning, they're out with a fleet of tractors with those massive angled wedges on the front, that push the snow off to the edge of the curb ... and bury any cars parked along the curb ... sucks for them! I was very fortunate to have underground parking. =)

 

[Oh! Henry]

I got an extra day of sun and beach in Puerto Plata because of that massive snowstorm

Sometimes, snowstorms are a good thing!!!

 

[midopa]

what was it mos def said?
"**** the bank, i need a 20year water tank"?