Toronto to Ottawa and beyond. We are getting hit hard right now and its coming your way. Massive lightening, freezing rain changing to snow (20cm) overnight. Expected to hit you all toimmorrow. I am writting this in between our third power outage so I will be brief. If you can check you weather channels.

 

We're(Ottawa) getting hit right now with Freezing rain...

 

Well my poor sister is probably crying up there right now.
It isn't expected to hit here in New Brunswick, from what I've heard, so I'll enjoy my un-interrupted power.

 

here in woodbridge we are getting a **** load of rain and thunderstroms and masvie lighting!

 

in in montreal, i got a nice amount this afternoon, freezing rain now, and i dont get the garage, gonna be fun in the morning

 

I've been from toronto to stoffville to Mississauga today......THE WEATHER SUCKS IN ALL PLACES!

Up north they are buried in snow, in Mississauga theres freezing rain everywhere, and toronto is getting a **** load of rain.

 

Gotta love road closures. No work today. 70 Kmh winds...20 cm of snow expected and a low of -17 (-30 with wind chill). Guess I'll get to those indoor projects that my wife wants done.
Hope it calms down before it gets to you all.

 

it is sooooo cold out here, a horrible -3 and the sun won't be out for another 2 hours yet.
Sorry guys I couldn't resist. The west coast just sucks

 

Well...not that bad this morning in Saskatchewan...only -32 with a windchill of -46

 

Funny how you 'duck' your head in the car when a huge sheet of frozen ice the width of your hood and the length of your entire car comes flying at you from the truck in front of you doing 120km.
As if ducking is going to help. Prayer helps more. My experience this morning!

 

Hey Hutch - How thoughtful of you to think of "us" when your having such a hard time with the power/water/etc...
I'm sure we all look forward to your 'updates'!

 

the wind is blowing like crazy here right now, the sky is clear just a few clouds but i have not steped out yet not doing so till i have to go to class haha

 

Thanks. Gotta look after our own.
Sorry to hear about your drive in. Pretty nerve racking experience I'll bet.

 

I'm a Manitoba boy originally and I remember that stuff. Two scarf day by the sounds of it.

 

its brass monkey weather here. (anyone get that? )

 

I guess now isn't the time to say we had a warm spell....it hit 70 yesterday and is almost that warm today.....

 

YIKES!!!!A 20 car pile-up at the Limoges Exit on the 417 - for those of you who know where it is.
Queensway shut down there. That's as bad as I've seen it this year
The rain over the snow and then freezing is what kills ya.

 

Wisconsin got a foot of snow, and now its going to drop below 0 with wind chill advisories through next week. The news said this storm was so powerful it brought tornados to Indiana

 

Old naval term for the triangular brass frame (brass monkey) bolted to the deck of a ship that held the cannon *****. Sea spray in cold weather used to freeze em. Thus "Its cold enough to freeze the ***** on a brass monkey". My old man was navy during the war.

 

Ouch....hopefully no one was hurt and no Cobalts got damaged.

 

Thanks for sharing Doc. ......

 

Ottawa Sun quote: "The most serious of many accidents so far today is a multi-vehicle crash on the eastbound Hwy. 417 near Limoges, east of Ottawa, in which OPP say three people died. Several victims were trapped in the wreckage, including some children, and had to be extricated by rescue crews. This crash occurred close to the noon hour. The accident, between Embrun and Limoges, involved at least 20 vehicles and the highway was "completely
blocked" according to OPP media relations co-ordinator Const. Dana Mellon. "

Tragic.

 

The wind is kinda cold here thanks to the lovely pressure system, but the sunshine keeps my face nice and warm

I think i'll go mow my lawn later.......

sorry guys had to do it. Be safe out there, both yourselves and your cars!!!!

 

Wow. I just can't imagine 20 cars. I really can't. Anyone could have been caught in the middle of that mess with no way out, through no fault of their own. So very sad. Shows how your world can change in a blink.

EDIT: And a 31 car pile up near Arnprior. Holy Jeeez.

 

no problem....to let you know after I typed it, its dropped from 64 to 53..and tomorrow we are supposed to get to 39 with snow talk about a change in the weather
my weather