When I read that last night, I knew what was com­ing — white hell.

3:08 PM EST Tues­day 08 Decem­ber 2009
Win­ter storm warn­ing for Ottawa South — Rich­mond — Met­calfe upgraded from Win­ter storm watch

..Snow heavy at times accom­pa­nied by strong east­erly wind begin­ning tonight..

This is a warn­ing that dan­ger­ous win­ter weather con­di­tions are immi­nent or occur­ring in these regions. Mon­i­tor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.

Strong east­erly winds near 60 km/h will accom­pany the snow tonight and Wednes­day sig­nif­i­cantly low­er­ing vis­i­bil­i­ties in blow­ing snow. Peri­ods of heavy snow are also likely. Snow amounts will range from 10 to 15 cen­time­tres with 20 cen­time­tres or more towards Ottawa Val­ley. Lesser amounts are likely along the shore of West­ern Lake Ontario as snow could be wet.

It was cold but nice yes­ter­day night and for a sec­ond, I humored myself with the thought that the Weather Chan­nel could be wrong. Of course, it wasn’t. It never is. Weather is what Cana­di­ans pre­dict best.

The wind was extremely strong this morn­ing and I could barely keep my head up while wait­ing for the bus. Mind you, I had time to prac­tice — it was 30 min­utes late. This dri­ves me nut: you’d think Canada is well-prepared for snow storm… not quite. It’s always a total chaos every time it happens.

It snowed all day and it is still snow­ing tonight. Guess it’s win­ter now.

Self-portrait before hit­ting the road	A lit­tle bit of snow
Merivale Road, wait­ing for the bus	Clear­ing the road
In the bus	Down­town
Con­fed­er­a­tion flags	War mon­u­ment
Cross­ing the road	Wait­ing for the bus
Who biked to work?	Going for coffee
News­pa­pers boxes	In the bus back home

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