Originally posted by PhlabibitYou must live in the mountains! There are no snow demons down here in regular people land.
Severe weather alert!
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON...AS SNOW WILL FALL AT THE
RATE OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. ANY TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY
NOON ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
Now what? Should everyone run to the store NOW and get their bread, eggs, and milk? it's 11:30am.
Please Advise.
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Originally posted by Great Big SteesThat was when Toronto got over 100 cm of snow (40 inches for those of you in the imperial backwaters).
In Toronto, if they had such a warning they'd call in the Armed Forces......oh wait they're all in Afghanistan.
You can only pile it up so high before it becomes a safety hazard. Toronto has narrow lots with no spots to put it when you shovel it. Roads couldn't get plowed and the streets were bottle necked for miles.
It does sound ridiculous calling in the army to shovel snow but it's not as dumb as it sounds.
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Originally posted by uzlessIt looked pretty ridiculous...wasn't Mel Lastman hanging out of a tank with his helmet all cock-eyed? He looked like a MAD Magazine spoof of "Snow-pocalypse Now". 😕
That was when Toronto got over 100 cm of snow (40 inches for those of you in the imperial backwaters).
You can only pile it up so high before it becomes a safety hazard. Toronto has narrow lots with no spots to put it when you shovel it. Roads couldn't get plowed and the streets were bottle necked for miles.
It does sound ridiculous calling in the army to shovel snow but it's not as dumb as it sounds.
What year did Montreal call in the army? Something like 10 years ago? That was a bad blizzard. The only thing that was silly during that storm was the looks on Montrealers faces frozen in giant blocks of ice. Oh, and the fact that the Hydro Quebec building turned on ALL OF ITS LIGHTS while the rest of the city was in darkness. 🙄
