Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Snow, Groundhogs and a little bit of Complaining.



Children across Canada today rejoiced as schools all over the country shut down and cancelled classes. New Semesters, Regular classes and Exams were all put on hold against the heavy snow and cold. Wind gusts through the tree limbs at thirty-three kilometers an hour, it feels like negative eighteen (Celsius) and you can only see a good one kilometer in front of you.



And this triggered a severe storm warning?

Well, wait a second it's only ten in the morning, and more is very sure to come. There are heavy Blizzard warnings all over the place, and Kingston is even suffering from thunder and lightning strikes right now! It is said that the "widespread total snowfall amount of 15 to 20 centimeters are likely by the time the storm ends by this evening."

Dayna Vettese, a meteorologist at The Weather Network says that “the worst of the snowfall is over for the Toronto area and the system is now tracking east towards Kingston and Ottawa.” These areas are expected to see up to 20 cm of snow by the time the storm rolls through


Look out, more snow!! Okay so I understand snow is bad if it accumulates and yadda yadda but it's just snow! I'm a Canadian, I'm used to worse weather in this. For hell's sake I wear a sweater in this weather, screw the winter jacket! (Yeah and I wonder why I get sick.) Complain all you want, I thrive in the cold so I'm unaffected really, it's the getting wet part that bugs me personally.



In other news, Groundhogs across Canada today agreed that yes, Spring is around the corner. What bothers me about said prediction is that Wiarton Willie, my area's hog, was kept in a plexi glass cage. In the middle of winter. With nothing but hay. He didn't even go outside. This, and I believe I saw a Shadow. If I can see a shadow, the darn hog can too... Stupid humans deciding for him 3<

And so, Canadians can expect an early spring. If you believe in the predicting powers of a groundhog.

Off to play in some snow,
The Night Angel.

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