Storm watch!
You know it. Schools will be closing.
I wonder how many snow removal guys are out sick these days.
Update: STM tweeted around 10:30 that it was not sending buses up Beaver Hall Hill, so you know, storm.
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dhomas 07:10 on 2022-01-17 Permalink
There is maybe 1-2cm on the ground as of now outside my house. Where is this storm? I mean, I guess it’s coming later, but I think the school closures were premature.
walkerp 08:24 on 2022-01-17 Permalink
Aside from Big Weather hyperbole, I suspect they took advantage of it to extend kids out of school and reducing covid transmission for one more day.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed for some real accumulation today nonetheless.
dhomas 08:55 on 2022-01-17 Permalink
It’s starting to come down now. Though my kids would have been in school at 7h45 and thus avoided any bad weather this morning, it might have been difficult to pick them up this afternoon. Visibility is pretty bad with the wind.
qatzelok 10:24 on 2022-01-17 Permalink
If anyone ever writes a History of Cancel Culture, snow-blamed *school closures* should be considered one of the Founding Fathers of the movement.
Kate 10:41 on 2022-01-17 Permalink
There’s something to be said for it, qatzelok. It was a 2‑km walk to my high school, back when they were much more sparing with snow days. I remember a day like this where, no snow day announced, my parents pushed me out the door and I slogged my way over, only to find that hardly anyone had shown up, including teachers, so by noon they announced a closure and I had to slog my way home again.
Even then I think a lot of the teachers and support staff probably lived off the island, but that tendency is more obvious now. Snow days aren’t for the kids, they’re for the people who work at the school.
Joey 11:09 on 2022-01-17 Permalink
Pretty good for the kids, though. Virtual classes on Friday ended early because a staff meeting was called for 2pm. Today’s a snow day and kind of ideal conditions for kids to play outside. And Friday is a ped day. The risk/reward ratio for re-opening schools this week is shrinking by the minute.
Meezly 11:39 on 2022-01-17 Permalink
Haven’t read this yet, but Caandian Geographic devoted an article to how Montreal deals with snow removal: https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/defeating-winter?fbclid=IwAR3zQjUimPQ5Rd26ZX7nBitiez8ymieBkG7bmjH4k43U1XbJJY-s6MLYoKo
Tim S. 12:37 on 2022-01-17 Permalink
“kind of ideal conditions for kids to play outside.” My daughter laughed out loud when I said that and we looked out the window. Maybe later…..
walkerp 13:30 on 2022-01-17 Permalink
What’s not ideal about it? Not too cold, good soft, fresh snow.
I’m pleased with the accumulation so far, but this is not a “storm”, it’s a snowfall. When it rains for a few hours, we don’t call it a rain storm.
Tim S. 13:37 on 2022-01-17 Permalink
I don’t know what it’s like where you guys are, but here in NDG the wind is blowing the snow pretty horizontal. Even the squirrels are curled up somewhere. Maybe it’s some local wind-tunnel effect or something, but it’s clearly a storm.
Mark Côté 13:47 on 2022-01-17 Permalink
The snow started around 2 am and will keep going until at least mid-evening. I’d call 18+ hours of snowfall more than “a few”.
Joey 13:47 on 2022-01-17 Permalink
The wind around our hood ranges from minimal to mildly annoying. Perhaps not ideal for play but pretty close (of course you can’t do anything really fun with this powdery snow, of course).
walkerp 14:55 on 2022-01-17 Permalink
The snow started at 7 AM. I was up at 5 and there was no new snow.
Maybe it will get a bit more playable when it’s warmer. Looks beautiful!
Kevin 17:31 on 2022-01-17 Permalink
I am always amused by people who decide to drive down my back alley, because it’s not plowed, has trees growing in the middle of the path, and at its narrowest is about 2.5 metres across.
Today a delivery van decided to make the attempt.
Kate 12:31 on 2022-01-18 Permalink
In my alley, the families build a hill at one end so the kids can sled without going too far from their own back yards. Nobody can get through that alley till it all melts away in late March.