Snowing for the nth time!

We had another snow storm over the weekend. It snowed all of Friday night and then it took a break Saturday morning, then it resumed snowing by noon and pretty much snowed all day. It snowed a good 25cm which is the most we’ve gotten so far this winter season.

It’s surprising how those fine, little snowflakes quickly pile up over everything in sight until it’s high enough to make it difficult for people to walk and enough to trap cars in parking spots. I had taken the subway to Steve’s house because it was too difficult and dangerous for him to drive all the way to my house and then drive all the way back. We once did a 360 degree spin on the 401 and we were lucky that we didn’t get hit by another vehicle or else we would have been smashed up. It’s scary because you’re on the road, driving really slowly, and then all of a sudden you just feel the car slip and the next thing you know, you’re spinning and everything is going in slow motion. I was gripping the door handle and Steve was trying to regain control of the car. That was when we decided that it might be best to avoid driving all the way across town during snow storms.

There really is so much snow that people just don’t know where to put it anymore. I saw a picture in the newspaper this morning about this dump site where they’ve been dumping all the snow and I swear I’m not exaggerating here but it was as tall as a 3-storey building! Crazy isn’t it? We barely have parking spaces left at the office because there’s a big mountain of snow blocking most of our parking lot. Steve said we should put up a sign that says “Himalayas” on top of it just for fun. This morning we were taking bets on how long it will take for that big mound of snow to completely melt. We all agreed it might take another month or so and probably a good dose of 20+ degree temperatures for all of it to go.

I feel sorry for those city employees who work late at night removing snow on the sidewalks and clearing roads. After they’ve spent days and days removing all of it, another snow storm will hit and they’d have to do it all over again. It’s a hideous cycle that never seems to reach its end. I'd be really frustrated to be one of those people.