Weather WTF

[Malthus]

I'm officially over winter.

There is really only one way to avoid it entirely and remain in Canada....

Yes, but committing suicide is a rather drastic response. 

Agreed.  Now that Pearson Airport is non operational it seems that it you only way out.

Too true.

[Caliga]

Is Toronto still crippled by the weather?

[Malthus]

Is Toronto still crippled by the weather?

What happened was this: a snowfall, a thaw that melted it into goo, and then a hard freeze - down to -25 C - that froze that goo hard as iron, all in a matter of a few hours.

Apparently, the airport equipment could not handle the icing up. Really, they should be better prepared, but even here this weather combo is pretty unusual.

Certainly the sidewalks were like skating rinks, as at -25 salt doesn't work very well, and few had sand. Trying to chip the ice away by hand = mostly hopeless.   

This was on top of the big ice storm last month that really buggered things up, smashing trees all over and bringing down power lines all over the city.

[Caliga]

Ouch.

[HVC]

I'm officially over winter.

There is really only one way to avoid it entirely and remain in Canada....

Yes, but committing suicide is a rather drastic response. 

CC, British Colombia a is nice (visited a long time ago) but I'm aiming for Australia. Then I can bitch about the heat

[katmai]

So any flooding Cal?

[Caliga]

So any flooding Cal?

Nope.   Everything thawed and no sign of any leakage.  Cal = lucky.

[katmai]

Nice, yeah i think i'm running 50% success rate of no pipes bursting from frozen pipes (like 4 times in last 12 years i've been here )

[PDH]

Luckily the pipes in my place are buried coming in and well insulated inside - never had a problem even in -40 weather.  Of course the water main out under the street 40 feet away has burst a couple of times in the last decade, but that is small potatoes compared to my stuff.

[katmai]

This old house has no foundation so pipes are in attic, on the plus side I won't ever not know if the pipes burst

[crazy canuck]

I'm officially over winter.

There is really only one way to avoid it entirely and remain in Canada....

Yes, but committing suicide is a rather drastic response. 

CC, British Colombia a is nice (visited a long time ago) but I'm aiming for Australia. Then I can bitch about the heat

As much as I enjoyed my trip there, I wouldnt want to live there.  Those folks are going to run out of water sooner than LA.  And the extreme weather events are getting worse.

[Brazen]

The top two inches of snow under the Polar Vortex are caused entirely by North Americans throwing cups of boiling water in the air.

[Admiral Yi]

he he

[Liep]

Eew, we're actually getting wintery weather next week.

[Barrister]

We're having unseasonably warm, crazy even, weather. Right now (8 am) it's +8c, though that's decreasing to +4c later, together with high winds.

Anyways, apparently the high winds mean our LRT isn't working. WTF?

So I've been stuck on an overcrowded bus for the last half hour not going anywhere. This is terrible.