No, I'm not tired of snow. I'm tired of this dark, wet autumn. Snow makes it so much better :)

I totally agree. Autumn is so depressing...

Here it's just windy and COLD or it at least feels like it's cold...

That's because of the wind. It always feels much colder when windy. (at least when it isn't a warm wind, but that only occurs in the summer)

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Is that the year when power lines in Canada and the States iced up, and the weight of ice brought them down cutting thousands off from electricity?

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Is that the year when power lines in Canada and the States iced up, and the weight of ice brought them down cutting thousands off from electricity?

That happens quite regularly, but I think the big one most people remember was in 1998. I remember that one because I left for 3 weeks working in Florida the day before it hit Ontario. I heard all about it (and heard and heard and heard) after I got home.

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If this is a typical year We can get at least 144 inches. Living near Lake Ontario we get lake effect.

144 inches?

As in total rainfall in winter time or maximum thickness on snow (doubt that)?

No, That is actual depth of snow. And Im just barley in the snow belt. They get more just 20 miles up the road. The only good thing about lake effect is the snow is light weight. But dont wait a day to shovel it. It will compact.

Back in 94, We had a nor easter. Nice heavy packed snow. WE got 44 inches over night. I bought a snow blower before the next winter.

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Last winter, we got freezing temperatures of -15°C. I wonder what this winter will give...Luckily we got good isolation here.

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Cold enough to stay close to the fire.

Next to none at that time, warmer weather took care of that.

It was a 1976 was a funny year, the low that sits over Hudson bay move south down near Lake Ontario and just sat there. Good thing I was off of work I couldn't have made it anyway. So from Dec.76 to late Jan. 77 we was socked in, High winds and darn cold too. winds were 65 MPH and - 26F a lot of times.

That reminded Me of the Edmund Fitzgerald from Nov. '75... An iron ore carrier...

Hey I think My DSL is fixed and it's not been 24 hours yet... DSL extreme said it was a DSLAM causing an area wide problem...

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144 inches of snow, I bet the kids find that fun, digging tunnels all over the place :)

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Yes we both went down together.

You certainly have been talking about the winter for quite a long time now.

For some people, winter is both wished for, beloved and wanted.

Other people hate the winter, especially when it eithe gets too much snow, too cold, or perhaps both of the two.

I notice that even though the air is cold, the first snow has started melting again. The worst thing that may happen is the carpet of ice that is left before the next snow storm comes along. In the end, you get a half meter of ice a the bottom when the snow melts in the spring.

Which is not the funniest part of it all.

I was gone before the outcome, never to return.


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Christmas and Boxing Day 1963 was our last big, and significant, fall. Although we have had good deep snows several times since, it only last about 1 month. 1963 lasted 4 months.

The temperature never got above 4 C all day here, and it is currently -3C.

No wonder the new central heating is running, and the radiators are red hot ...

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Christmas and Boxing Day 1963 was our last big, and significant, fall. Although we have had good deep snows several times since, it only last about 1 month. 1963 lasted 4 months.

The temperature never got above 4 C all day here, and it is currently -3C.

No wonder the new central heating is running, and the radiators are red hot ...

It's a good thing that the '63 storms snow only lasted 4 months, or something else would be there soon enough next year if it hadn't melted away, the beginnings of maybe a glacier... Maybe.

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I hope you mean insulation :-))

Oops:))

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I guess over all home is where you hang your hat or scarf (for the ladies). I did find the place I plan to live for the rest of my days. Found a great doughnut shop with also great coffee so I'm set. LOL And serve GREAT chicken fried steak. LOL

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Is this 12 feet all in a single drift, or a total of many snowfalls over a period of time, some of which will have thawed?

It is usually the total fall over the whole season. Here in the deep south of Canuckastan you may get a few thaws over the winter, so the snow on the ground at any one time is usally less than the total for the season.

But out in God's Country where I grew up, the first flake that fell in October was still at the bottom of the pile in April. Right, Celt?

Drifts can get WAY higher than the total fall. As a youth I remember walking up drifts to the roof of our two story house to shovel the big accumulations off the roof. To keep the roof from collapsing.

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I have a cousin in Winnipeg that saves on his fuel bill by having a unplugged in fridge the back yard to stock up a frozen items in the winter time. He said -40 f was common all winter.

I have a cousin in Winnipeg that saves on his fuel bill by having a unplugged in fridge the back yard to stock up a frozen items in the winter time. He said -40 f was common all winter.

Starting in early December, just in time for Christmas baking, we start referring to our attached garage as "the walk-in fridge". We have to be careful in January and February, as stuff close to the ground in there may actually freeze. We have a thermometer in the garage at shelf height, and we regularly check it before turning in at night.

And people in large parts of Canada tell jokes about winter in "Winterpeg". It makes us feel better, knowing somebody else is even colder.

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