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.

[gorush]

"Birds love you."

I don't know about that, I'm more of a stalker, really. But we do feed them well.

[AFreeBird]

There’s nothing my cat likes more than a busy bird feeder.

[SunkenCiv]

:’D

[when the time is right]

See what happens when you sign the Kyoto Treaty. Because Canada signed the Kyoto Treaty they can relax knowing they no longer have to fear global warming.

[VOA]

Canada braces for more heavy snow

same as saying...
Polar Bears eat more food to store fat...
because it's COLD in the Artic this time of year...

[VOA]

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

This didn't happen in the late 1970s and/or early 1980s?

IIRC, Ted Koppel was interviewing someone sitting in a hot tub
in Alaska in the early 1980s...during one of the hideous cold
fronts that was blasting Alaska and "The Great White North".

[Max in Utah]

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

"It's the Great White North again, eh?"

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

LOL!

[Marine_Uncle]

Yea, the tweety pie is rather lovely at that. Gotta get out the door around 4:30AM tommorow. I expect it to be down to around 15 or so in my area of Philly. Zero will be found not far to the north of me. An hour drive away or so.

[Grig]

Last year we almost broke the all time record for snowfall in one winter here. One guy took all the snow from his driveway and built it up into this snow wall

[dbz77]

People will simply say that there is global warming, only it is happening reaaaaaaallllly slowly.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Is that a V8 powered snow blower....?

[SiVisPacemParaBellum]

"Is that a V8 powered snow blower....?"

Yes it is. In fact it is a BIG block V-8 powered snow blower. You don't want to be near the output chute when that thing is fired up.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Good Grief!