Snow, Snow, Snow... And More Snow
Don’t get me wrong, I love Canada. Like, we get wonderful sunsets: I took these a couple of days ago:
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We already had a big snow storm a couple of weeks ago. And now, this morning, I woke up to that:
 Looking At The Window |
 Trying To Open The Door |
Yeah… Fortunately, I wasn’t working today. However, how am I supposed to get out?
 Lots of Snow |
 Gonna Shovel! |
The true Canadian way I guess. I grabbed the shovel and started digging a way out:
 Digging Trenches |
 Life Goes On! |
I managed to dig my way out and get the mail. Beautiful trenches, isn’t it? However, there’s not way I can shovel the driveway and back out with the car… there’s at least 60 cm of snow. The snow banks on the side of the road are almost a meter high! So I’m home, on the coach and I watch the blizzard.
We’re hoping someone will help us shovel tonight with a car. Another 20 cm of snow is expected tomorrow… Wish me luck to go to work!
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Hi. I live in the UK where we are suffering from the snow at present (2 weeks worth). It’s nowhere near as bad as what you experience in Canada but when the UK get snow the whole country seems to grind to a halt! My son is now into his sixth day off of school in two weeks and it’s driving me mad. How do you Canadians cope and how severe has the weather got to get before they start closing the schools?
I don’t have kids myself so I’m not always up-to-date with school closures, but I can tell you it has to be pretty severe. For instance, freezing rain is always dreaded and can be very dangerous: this would be a school closure day.
When we have a major winter storm (20 cm of snow or more), most schools will close. Or somestimes school buses are canceled and it’s up tp the parents to drive the kids to school.
That said, because we have so much snow, we are also prepared and various services are quite efficient. For instance, roads are cleared often, snow banks are removed once in a while, trucks put salt on road etc.
Usually, when there is a big bliazzard, it’s total chaos for a few hours and then it gets better (you can read .
I’m sure you love your son very much but yes, 6 days out of school can be a bit too much