Canada braces for more heavy snow

BBC ^ | Monday, 22 December 2008 16:01 GMT, | BBC Staff

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Canada has been blanketed in snow from coast to coast after severe winter storms hit transport and left tens of thousands of homes without electricity.

Canada may see its first coast to coast white Christmas for 37 years

Strong winds and snowfall have hampered relief efforts, with meteorologists forecasting more bad weather to come.

Coastal areas of Nova Scotia have been issued with storm warnings and Vancouver, Quebec and Ontario were also braced for more wintry weather.

Analysts say Canada may have its first countrywide white Christmas since 1971.

Several areas in the US were also bracing for an extended cold snap, with storm warnings in place across a number of states after a weekend of hurricane-force winds and heavy snowfall.

Coastal blizzards

Meteorologists with Environment Canada have issued snowfall warnings across the country.

[Funee Kat]

So all this cold air and snow isn't from global warming! It's all from Canada! Can we attack them?

[fanfan]

Where's Canada? Is that like a state or something?

It's where your free air conditioning comes from.

link

Merry Christmas!

[rellimpank]

—wonder how the Arctic ice cover is doing? (snicker, giggle)

[fanfan]

Thanks for the ping, Ernest_at_the_Beach.

[Army Air Corps]

Healthy girl.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the link:

I feel warmer already.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

COLDDDD......

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

More COLDDDD>>>>

[gorush]

This was yesterday, -10F

[fanfan]

It’s the day after tomorrow!

omg! omg!

;-)

[reagan_fanatic]

Serves ‘em right.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

[Little Bill]

Is that Prince Edward Island?

[SunkenCiv]

Whoa! Canada!

[gorush]

Few people know that that Canada’s original name was CND. A foreign cartographer wrote it incorrectly when a native told him how it was spelled.

[gorush]

Similarly, few people know that the tooth brush was invented in West Virginia. Had it been invented elsewhere, it would be known as a “teeth brush”.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Nice photos.

[gorush]

Thanks, trying to make the best of -10F.

[LiberConservative]

Birds love you. They really do. I miss my feeders. My cats do, too.