The start of a snowstorm that would dump 56 cm of snow on the city of Ottawa. Bill described the scene outside our window as a whiteout, a fog of swirling snow which made it impossible to see more than 20 m. Rare but exciting -- as long as you are safely indoors watching it, and have stocked up on groceries.
Of course the media is trying to add some excitement too. "Only 33 more to go" screams the Ottawa Citizen the following Monday, "Why not go for it? Ottawa closes in on record set in 1970-71 after mammoth storm..." Of course this record is not up to us at all but I suppose we can pray for it, if we are really daft.
There are also lots of stories about "neigbours helping neighbours" "the national spirit, honed by hardship" "stranded motorists" "warnings against straining your back/heart attacks while shovelling" "warnings against allowing your children to dig out tunnels in snow banks in case they fall in on them causing suffication (no reports of this thankfully). Oh yes, if you have to put up with all this snow, you might as well get as much drama out of it as possible.
I did enjoy it very much, from a distance of about 4000 miles.
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