2011-12-14

Snowmageddon - December 14th, 2010

In my last blog, I described the drive to Michigan as an "easy hour" from my home.  But I realized that some people - namely the 237 motorists who were trapped along it during a snowstorm one year ago today - may be choking on their coffees in shock at my understatement.  So here, in remembrance of last's year's stranded motorists, I give you - "Snowmageddon".




Image: Truck towed out of snow in Canada
Source:  Glen Ogilvie/ AP

Source:  fadegenes.blogspot.com

Source:  Toronto Sun

Source:  Dan Janizze - Postmedia News
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Source:  John Zintsmaster


Source:  Colin Stewart - CP




Posted by Kara at 12/14/2011

16 comments:

  1. Galen PearlDecember 14, 2011

    Oh my. Let's hope for some beautiful white snow this winter, but not too much!!

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  2. Anne DickensDecember 14, 2011

    Bloody hell - that is crazy. If anything on that scale happened in the UK, everyone would just lie in their cars and die. We are pathetic like that when it comes to slightly adverse weather!

    So have you got off more lightly this year chick?!

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  3. PamDecember 14, 2011

    When I see pictures like these, I'm not so unhappy with our temps in the low 70s!

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  4. KaraDecember 15, 2011

    This year has been mild and rainy so far. We might even have a green Christmas :(

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  5. KaraDecember 15, 2011

    This year has been mild and rainy. We might even have a green Christmas :(

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  6. KaraDecember 15, 2011

    This year = green grass. Above seasonal temperatures. Possibility of a green Christmas :(

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  7. KaraDecember 15, 2011

    If I could place an order, that exactly what I'd ask for.

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  8. Kristy @PampersandPinotDecember 15, 2011

    Oh my goodness, what a nightmare!!

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  9. Les BotcharDecember 15, 2011

    I remember this. but in my neck of the woods it ended up being "snowbigdeal". I have however experienced this first hand. pregnant and shovelling out my driveway so I could get to my Ob appt. Ah, Canada, I stand with shovel in hand for thee.

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  10. JayneDecember 15, 2011

    Holy crap! My little California weather weenie heart is in shock. You people must be really freakin' tough. Remind me never to get in a bar fight with you.

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  11. KaraDecember 16, 2011

    You shovelled while pregnant?! I remember getting stuck in the snow on my way home from my daughter's two-week-old check-up. I had to walk the 1/2 mile home, carrying her in my arms. The snow was coming down so heavy, I had to keep wiping it off the blanket covering her face as I was afraid of her smothering!

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  12. pearlvzDecember 16, 2011

    I just saw a special on this on the Weather Channel. As a person who has lived in Minnesota all her life and seen some pretty wicked storms myself, I cannot imagine being stuck in that mess!

    Pearl

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  13. MeiglerDecember 16, 2011

    I'm always amazed when I see photos like those. Being raised in Houston, snow is something we see hardly ever. And the rare times we get even an inch, the city shuts down, literally.

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  14. KaraDecember 16, 2011

    If we should ever be in a bar together, I promise not to pick a fight with you. :)

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  15. KaraDecember 16, 2011

    You watch the Weather Channel? Minnesota must be like Canada where the weather's always big news and a popular topic of conversation.

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  16. KaraDecember 16, 2011

    I'd give anything for even an inch right now. We can't have a green Christmas! We just can't!

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