Snowmageddon!!!!!!!

[Darts]

This is ridiculous. A bit of snow and the city is almost paralyzed. Toronto should adopt the Montreal system.
1) When the light is flashing, move your darn car off the street.
2) The little plows push the snow on the sidewalk to the curb.
3) The big plows on the street push the snow to the curb.
4) The blower picks up the snow and dumps it in the dump truck.
5) Done! Bring your car back.

 

[mburner]

Take heart, TO, the seeds of this round of winter ending have been planted. My weather guru says the model ensembles are picking up on the idea of a consolidating polar vortex (meaning it ain't leaking south but rather retreating to its customary position) and a weakening La Nina influence, which will lead to a retreat northward of the polar jet stream and at the same time raise the height fields over the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, i.e. high pressure probably off shore, kinda like the summer's influential Bermuda high. The models have already picked up on this starting to happen and the whole process should be in place by Feb. 15, a pattern reversal that will last until mid-March at the very least, by which time the temp averages and day lengths notacibly are increasing. The map I saw includes southern Ontario in the scenario.

 

[unassuming]

When I was a kid , I remember snow melters being used to clear the roads, they were like zambonis for the street. Snow would be scooped up on the front of truck, it would then be melted and would be squirted out as water and into the street drains. They were a sight to see!

Metromelt - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

"The snow machine melts approximately 136 tonnes (134 long tons; 150 short tons) of snow per hour using air/fuel combustion to heat water and mix it with snow in a melting tank. The melted snow continuously drains from the tank, as it overflows, out of the melter and into storm drains or sewers along the road. The machine is self-propelled and self-loading, and resembles a large truck-mounted furnace with a snow-gathering conveyor belt at the front end."

 

[Brill]

This was nothing compared to when Mel called in the army. We got mocked for it but for a few days it gave them a purpose, a reason for being.

 

[shack]

No and this ain't a Lake Effect either. We got hit with a Perfect Storm, moisture coming in from Kansas mixing with Arctic air from James Bay. The funny part is that Barrie is getting significantly less snowfall than us. Honestly this is better than the freezing rain storm we got in Dec 2013. You could hear the tree branches and electrical lines snap, longest blackout since 2003.

On days like today, I'll focus on sunnier climes.

I understand how lake effect will make an area more likely to get snow.

What bugs me is when they tell us that we'll be getting, for example, 20 cm of lake effect snow. Does it make any difference to us if it's lake effect snow or non-lake effect snow? Does LES create different conditions. Do I have to drive differently or will shovelling be any different? AFAIK 20 cm of snow is 20 cm of snow. There is no need to tell us how the snow originated.

 

[shack]

That moment when you finally finish shoveling.......and look back at where you started shoveling...

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!

Shovelling smaller amounts of snow is always easier than waiting until the end.

 

[shack]

You all need to spend a couple of winters out west…

I have a buddy in Calgary who's always telling me that Toronto gets more snow than Calgary.

 

[Ref]

I understand how lake effect will make an area more likely to get snow.

What bugs me is when they tell us that we'll be getting, for example, 20 cm of lake effect snow. Does it make any difference to us if it's lake effect snow or non-lake effect snow? Does LES create different conditions. Do I have to drive differently or will shovelling be any different? AFAIK 20 cm of snow is 20 cm of snow. There is no need to tell us how the snow originated.

Lake effect snow has a higher pH count.

 

[Darts]

Lake effect snow has a higher pH count.

Ok, I'm just kidding.
(126) Vaginal pH balance: What it is & what affects it | Toronto Escorts Review Board Forum | Terb

 

[Bagilson]

I have a buddy in Calgary who's always telling me that Toronto gets more snow than Calgary.

Toronto plows their streets. Regina and Winnipeg don’t.

 

[shack]

Lake effect snow has a higher pH count.

If you say so. I did not know that.

But does that affect how I have to deal with it while it's coming? What is the purpose of mentioning it in the weather report? It's obviously not a big deal, but to me it sounds superfluous, other than an attempt to make the meteorologist sound smart.

 

[Ref]

If you say so. I did not know that.

But does that affect how I have to deal with it while it's coming? What is the purpose of mentioning it in the weather report? It's obviously not a big deal, but to me it sounds superfluous, other than an attempt to make the meteorologist sound smart.

It can be a real cunt.

 

[shack]

It can be a real cunt.

Your words. Not mine.

 

[Twister]

They still didn't plow the side walks around here.