Weather WTF

[katmai]

it is 1 right now, don't ask me what that is in infernal euro temps. But it is fecking cold.

[garbon]

-17

[Liep]

Stupidly warm and wet here - 12 C (53F).

Yeah, we're having a very mild and grey winter here, too. Lots of fog and around the 10 C mark.

[Josephus]

Figure there's about a half inch of solid ice on my car in my driveway right now. Very short window tomorrow evening for cleaning it up and hoping the doors will open before really cold weather sets in.

[Ed Anger]

I need an ark. 3 inches of rain and counting.

[Caliga]

Not sure how much rain we've had but we had a massive windstorm last night and lost power for around 3 hours.

[Admiral Yi]

We got about half a foot last night.  Might be fishing butts out of the butt can.

[Brazen]

Severe weather warning for wind and rain for the UK for today and tomorrow. The train line I use on my commute is making pre-emptive cancellations rather than waiting and seeing. Needless to say I'm knocking off early (last day in the office today, working from home tomorrow) to avoid the transport chaos.

"Britain gripped by weather a bit rubbish in midwinter shocker".

[Liep]

Yeah, heavy winds, +8C and rain. Lovely Christmas.

And they've started doing the pre-emptive cancellations here as well, a lot of money to be saved in not driving into trees.

[Josephus]

Bah...projected window to clean up ice didn't materialize. Temp remained below zero all day. Long range forecast shows 0C on Saturday. Might be able to get in my car then.

[Malthus]

I got whalloped by the ice storm. No power for more than 24 hours (it just came back). The end of my street is blocked off by fallen trees.

[The Brain]

Is the stroller OK?

[Malthus]

Here's some awesome ice storm pics.

It's pretty bad.

http://storify.com/anthonywx/10-amazing-photos-of-the-ontario-ice-storm

A strange mix of unearthly beauty and destruction.

[Caliga]

  Are ice storms unusual in Toronto?

[Malthus]

Are ice storms unusual in Toronto?

Pretty unusual. Can't remember a really bad one hitting Toronto. The great ice storm of '98 missed Toronto.