The worst is yet to come but tonight I am already getting the chills, not only by the cold temperature outside but by what is about to be in store for me tomorrow morning where up to 20 centimeters of snow is expected to dump Toronto starting tonight all the way to tomorrow as forecasted by Environment Canada:
So as mother nature is about to wreak havoc, I'm beginning to ponder why do some people get excited and warp into a jolly frenzy upon hearing that those white pufferies will drop from the sky? No I'm not referring to children wanting to snow-ball-fight or build a snowman. But rather why do some people just love it when such type of weather takes place?
So I am curious as to whether snow is a friend or foe for you? For me, definately more of a foe than a friend. You may think that it's a cool sight to see this stuff and how beautiful it may look when it blankets your surroundings but once you become the reality part of it and it becomes part of your routine, you'll quickly turn your back on it. Stranded in the house, horrendous visibility while driving, waking up early in the bitter cold just to get it out of the driveway, slippery while walking or behind the wheels, etc these are what you have to suck up with and I certainly have every winter in Toronto. So my word of advice if you like snow, just be careful what you wish for.
I'm just glad I don't have a flight to catch tomorrow; and with even more forecasted for Sunday and temperatures not expected to rise above freezing in any of the upcoming days of the extended forecast, we are sure to have a "thick" white Christmas. Oh what the heck.......even though I hate them than I love them, it is the holidays so in the next couple of days snow will be my friend as oppose to foe. Afterall the holiday is all about making friends not foe.
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Forecast Issued: 3.30 PM EST Thursday 18 December 2008 Winter storm warning in effect. Tonight: Increasing cloudiness. Flurries beginning overnight. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 7. Friday: Snow at times heavy and blowing snow. Amount 20 cm. Wind northeast 40 km/h gusting to 60. High minus 4. Friday night: Light snow ending in the evening then cloudy. Wind northeast 30 km/h becoming light near midnight. Low minus 11. Saturday: A mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of flurries. High minus 7. Sunday: Snow. Blowing snow. Windy. Low minus 7. High minus 1. Monday: A mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 13. High minus 7.
So I am curious as to whether snow is a friend or foe for you? For me, definately more of a foe than a friend. You may think that it's a cool sight to see this stuff and how beautiful it may look when it blankets your surroundings but once you become the reality part of it and it becomes part of your routine, you'll quickly turn your back on it. Stranded in the house, horrendous visibility while driving, waking up early in the bitter cold just to get it out of the driveway, slippery while walking or behind the wheels, etc these are what you have to suck up with and I certainly have every winter in Toronto. So my word of advice if you like snow, just be careful what you wish for.
I'm just glad I don't have a flight to catch tomorrow; and with even more forecasted for Sunday and temperatures not expected to rise above freezing in any of the upcoming days of the extended forecast, we are sure to have a "thick" white Christmas. Oh what the heck.......even though I hate them than I love them, it is the holidays so in the next couple of days snow will be my friend as oppose to foe. Afterall the holiday is all about making friends not foe.
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