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MerryAnne
I just googled Chinook, MerryAnne and it seems very dramatic. Unfortunately it doesn't reach Ontario. Enjoy your sunbathing when it comes.
posted by
johnmacnab
on December 19, 2005 at 6:02 AM
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Blanche
Thee has been another light covering of snow overnight, Blanche. and you can see where all the little animals have been toing and froing.
posted by
johnmacnab
on December 19, 2005 at 5:44 AM
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Actually John
we are getting one tomorrow it should be +7 by tuesday.
posted by
MerryAnne
on December 18, 2005 at 8:47 PM
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JohnMcNab,
Your picture of the frozen North is very much of an ice castle, beautiful, remote, and glistening. I agree, I love the weather here, too. Not so cold maybe, but with the mountains shining over the open water.
posted by
Blanche.
on December 18, 2005 at 5:39 PM
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Blanche
I wish I knew, Blanche. I haven't been over here long enough to say, but I must admit I love the changes in the weather.
posted by
johnmacnab
on December 18, 2005 at 5:35 PM
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JohnMcnab,
I just heard from a friiend today that there was freezing rain in Eugene, Oregon. What is up? The return of the Ice Age or is this a normal cycle?
posted by
Blanche.
on December 18, 2005 at 5:19 PM
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MerryAnne
That would be next spring, wouldn't it, MerryAnne? I'd prefer to use salt and get rid of it now, thank you very much.
posted by
johnmacnab
on December 18, 2005 at 5:18 PM
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I'm astonished John!
maybe you should move west... if you wait long enough the Chinooks will melt the ice!
posted by
MerryAnne
on December 18, 2005 at 2:27 PM
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Blanche
I'll look up some synonyms today, Blanche, if I can find the time between chipping ice, shovelling snow and shivering.
posted by
johnmacnab
on December 18, 2005 at 5:34 AM
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JohnMcNab,
Another word for "astonish", maybe "befuddle"? No, that's probably not quite right, but close as I can get. This sounds like some horror movie, "Atttack of the Killer Ice". Whew, pretty, but oh, so very cold.
posted by
Blanche.
on December 17, 2005 at 7:41 PM
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Straightforward
I go to the gym three times a week, Straightforward, so that I'll be fit enough to shovel snow.
posted by
johnmacnab
on December 17, 2005 at 6:37 PM
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ginnie
You know I love it ginnie. I recommend to anyone who is about to retire, that they immigrate - to Canada if they can. They will immediately thirteen years of age again. Sooooo Someone I know is returning to the land of their birth, is she? Very interesting!
posted by
johnmacnab
on December 17, 2005 at 6:36 PM
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BrightIrish
It is very beautiful, BI, but it would be even more beautiful if I didn't have to drive out of the driveway.
posted by
johnmacnab
on December 17, 2005 at 6:25 PM
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FLIGHTPATH
I've heard about the same thing that happened in Ontario/Quebec a few years ago when the ice storm hit. Even in the UK we saw film clips of electricity pylons collapsed under the weight.
posted by
johnmacnab
on December 17, 2005 at 6:23 PM
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babe_rocks
It would appear that Canada is behind the times again, babe_rock.
posted by
johnmacnab
on December 17, 2005 at 6:21 PM
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Ha! Ha! Ha! You'll be getting tougher!
posted by
Straightforward
on December 17, 2005 at 5:39 PM
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And you still love it...right Mac? Right???
C'mon...you know you do!!! Geez I love your stories!
Years ago I remember watching some dork shovel off the roof of his car...the blade hitting paint and slicing some of that off too! I love Canada! I love it so so much that I'm coming......b---.......oops....promised I'd keep that for my next post!
posted by
ginnieb
on December 17, 2005 at 3:23 PM
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Johnmcnab
We had a ice storm here a few days ago but it was on the top of the snow. You've had much more snow than we have had and it sounds soooooooooooo beautiful. You need to be more careful! 
posted by
BrightIrish
on December 17, 2005 at 2:12 PM
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Johnmcnab-Ice also falls where least expected. - Portland, Oregon, where
2 years ago, it encased the city for several days, bringing bustling activity to a roaring halt. One of the many mailmen who delivered anyway, fell down more than a dozen times.
posted by
reasons
on December 17, 2005 at 1:11 PM
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We had that a couple of weeks ago here in MN. Glare ice under hard packed snow and now more snow on top of that.
posted by
babe_rocks
on December 17, 2005 at 12:52 PM
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MayB
Not in the least, MayB. We didn't have freezing rain in Scotland. We did have black ice at times, but it didn't fall straight out of the heavens.
posted by
johnmacnab
on December 17, 2005 at 12:24 PM
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kingmi
I am hurt to the quick, kingmi. Me, deserve tribulations? Me who wouldn't harm a mosquito unless it came within swatting distance?
posted by
johnmacnab
on December 17, 2005 at 12:11 PM
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Good title.
I remember that movie and that beautiful scene.
Doesn't that rain make you miss your homeland?
posted by
Azur
on December 17, 2005 at 12:07 PM
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John McNab, Your tribulations aer well-deserved I'm sure!
posted by
kingmi
on December 17, 2005 at 11:13 AM
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