How does one get to the top of a hill that's completely covered in a sheet of solid ice? You don't. You go around. I honestly (not exaggerating) watched a van "slip" backwards down part of a hill. He was not reversing. His wheels were not moving. It's crazy out there. I think this blog is going to turn into Montreal Weather Rant. So, the snow is melting now because it's FREEZING RAIN. Cars are encased in ice!
The city has an agreement with the snow-removal contractors not to do anything before Dec. 1st, but they decided to break their rule, and salt the main roads today because it's solid ice. Very cool as long as you don't have to walk in it. The sidewalks were not salted, so everyone was walking on the roads.
I don't like the snowy cold but I'll take that over THIS anyday.
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so i guess this is the part on the blog where west coasters send it their two-bits about how they were gardening, in shorts, this weekend in the bright sunshine...
not so much...it's damn cold here. and, what's worse that having an east coast winter? being around east coasters who are experiencing their first west coast winter. while walking to school i hear a chorus of "it's bone-chilling cold out here." or "this is the kind of cold that has no respect for mittens or scarves." or "at least if it's going to be cold we could get some snow to go with it." urgh...little do they know that the way to fight this cold is with mutliple layers of sweaters topped with a goretex jackets and then fingerless mittens (that's what all the true west coasters do).
maybe we should give a course on "how to survive the Canadian winter: east to west" and i could talk about putting on crampons to get to work and you could talk about fingerless gloves.
My winter preferences are:
#1. Bright, sunny, cold winter day with snow on the ground. (i.e. Ontario in January)
#2. Some sun, with misty rain but not below zero degrees (i.e. Victoria in February)
#Never. Freezing rain and ice storms. (i.e. anytime randomly in Montreal November - March)
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