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Message started by Dave Cotie on 12/13/10 at 09:41:08

Title: What a Storm
Post by Dave Cotie on 12/13/10 at 09:41:08

Officially we have 18 cm of new snow (but it is blowing around like crazy), 50 mph wind gusts, and wind chills in the -30 to -35 degree C range.

Left the Exploder home for the wife and drove the Outback on snows to work.

That was fun!!! ;D

Title: Re: What a Storm
Post by Anthony_T on 12/13/10 at 19:39:21

Officially Winter (at least in my books). It's also the day the blower in the car packed it in. Is that irony or what?

Title: Re: What a Storm
Post by dtompsett on 12/13/10 at 21:22:39

Some spots... 2"... some spots... more than 18". Worst part was it's that fine stuff that blows around, so it gets really hard-packed. Just spent almost 3 hours with the snowblower.

Title: Re: What a Storm
Post by Dave Cotie on 12/13/10 at 22:51:13

That figures Anthony!

Doug we had 8 ft snow drifts at our Aviation Campus - the wind at the Airport is just nasty.

I was lucky - one of my neighbours owns a lawn tractor with a snowblower - he did 90% of my driveway before I arrived at home. :)

Title: Re: What a Storm
Post by rosswood on 12/14/10 at 07:50:34

The drive home from the RSO meeting in Brampton last night was pretty hairy - lots of total whiteouts on the east-west roads. Had to almost come to a stop at least half a dozen times.

Title: Re: What a Storm
Post by overthehill on 12/14/10 at 08:40:20

Reporting from Scarborough - what storm? :)

Title: Re: What a Storm
Post by jimmy on 12/14/10 at 10:03:13

Glad Tall Pines was not last weekend:

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/906577--storm-traps-hundreds-overnight-on-highway-near-sarnia?bn=1

press on,

Title: Re: What a Storm
Post by gully on 12/14/10 at 13:07:15

Quote:

The drive home from the RSO meeting in Brampton last night was pretty hairy - lots of total whiteouts on the east-west roads. Had to almost come to a stop at least half a dozen times.

I have to second RoSs coments for last night. I'am extremely happy that Ross volunteered to give me a ride last night. We had some hairy moments both going and coming home.

Many thanks Ross ;D ;D ;D

Pete g