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:lol:
I think that bicycle was a better idea.

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Still coming down. I feel bad for the airport workers today, must be a mad house there, its a type of a job where your expected to go in no matter how bad the weather, from the posts from old co-workers its a bit messy.

Canada Post facility across the street appears they didn't send out most of their delivery folks today, the lot is usually empty from 10 am to 3pm but is filled with trucks and vans today that never moved.

The aquarium store I go to sometimes closed early due to weather, and my doctors office closed today due to weather.

My wife was supposed to work but she called off, too risky in this weather when relying on transit, and she would have no alternative home at 10pm if transit wasn't running but the employer seemed to understand.

Photo is from about 10 minutes ago at 3:25pm.

I am glad I don't have to shovel snow, at this point its a never ending job today, I have seen Canada Post person working non-stop to keep the sidewalk in front of their facility clear, its an entire city block plus 3 more city blocks down the 2 sides and back.

The sidewalk in front of our building is never cleared except for the tiny part in front of the residential doors, that is the only portion the residential strata is responsible for, the commercial spaces never clear the sidewalk in front of their stores.

Currently around 24F on our balcony which is semi covered so probably a bit colder out in the open away from a building.

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...33776c06fb.jpg

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There's another snowfall warning for Vancouver, buckle up.

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We've already had another 3 or so cm this afternoon.

At least traffic seems to be moving slowly, and with long distances between vehicles.

I heard someone complaining on a CBC phone in show that homeowners were clearing the slopes on sidewalks at corners, but weren't clearing the street. S/he did have a point in that s/he was in a wheelchair ...... but there is only so much that a home owner can do, and certainly not clear across the street.

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ALL business owners are under the same responsibility to clear the sidewalk in front of their businesses. I believe the fine in Vancouver is $1,000. So they should be doing it ..... unless they are under the belief that it is the responsibility of the property OWNER, in which case that might need checking.

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I know what the rules are,the same rules also say residents need to clear sidewalks but lots of people don't.

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The city issued over 1,000 warrants for not clearing sidewalks last winter, all leading to fines if work not done.

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It's warmer tonight, +1 currently at the airport and +2 on our patio.

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If the snow in front of the commercial spaces is making life difficult or dangerous for you, I'd write to the City and complain (preferably with a few photos). If they're breaking local laws and the City has proof they'd have to act wouldn't they?

I had the idea from earlier posts that you didn't have a balcony, glad to see you do even if it's freezing out there!

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-34 in Regina, windchill of -46.

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Our Snowmaggeddon has been revised upwards to possibly 75cm and 150k/h winds tonight through to Saturday morning.
I stocked up on storm chips and beer....

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Apparently today is the last day of this extreme cold. +3c on Sunday

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It's just small, gets no sunlight and overlooks a very noisy street so its not what I would call useful but there is a small outdoor space, but anything left out there for a couple days gets this fine black soot covering it from the exhaust I assume, its not your usual dust, very fine black soot like you find if you stick your hand into a cars exhaust pipe.

It's considerably warmer today, should be back to normal tomorrow.

As for snow on the sidewalk its not much a concern for me, just notice its never done, they city knows, many in the building send in complaints and photo via the city website set up for such things.

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You don't email

You phone 311 and complain

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You know the city has this thing called Van Connect so there is no need to call 3-11 to do the same exact thing online quicker and more efficiently. Can even update some city services such as dog licence info through that service. Also allows you to provide pictures of the issue so the city knows exactly what your talking about and can see it, more effective then the phone is, and the city will respond to issue via it as well and also lets other city residents see if an issue has been reported already and what the response from the city was. Way more useful and effective.

https://vancouver.ca/vanconnect-desktop.aspx

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St John's is catching it now, they've declared a state of emergency.

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It's quite something. Started around 8 hours ago and we've already had 45cm of snow. Winds really ramping up now &, if some forecasts are to be believed, we're only half way through the snowfall.
States of Emergency - so instructions for all business to close and residents to remain in their homes - in St John's and surrounding towns. Provincial plows off the roads although the town I live in is still plowing as one went down our street half an hour ago. I've had to dig the doorways out twice and furnace vent once. I'll be doing that again before long thats for sure.
Worst storm I've seen in 15 years living here.

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Stay safe!!

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...8d1064a737.gif

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@ Jsmth321

There's a big plow in the clip here

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The snow outside is moving rather faster and rather more sideways!

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I'm guessing that assuming the power is on, Netflix is getting a surge in NL. Hopefully your furnace vent is a reasonable height above the ground.

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Ahh tractors and graders it seems they use, like Edmonton.

I think here (and other places) use the dump truck style as they can plow & salt/brine at the same time, the plow style Vancouver has is used in many places in the US as well.

Snowed a tiny bit last night and the street was interesting outside, one side was covered in snow the other bare as can be, was an interesting sight.

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We have all kinds of plows in Regina, and the annual snow removal budget is millions of dollars. Maybe 4 or 5 years ago we piled it up so high it didn't all melt before the next winter. We could use some of that this year as the water table is low.

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Looks like Vancouver budgets roughly $4 million a year for snow removal, Richmond next door is around $1 million.

https://globalnews.ca/news/6424262/m...removal-costs/

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Same here. Slight difference in population/city size though :rofl:

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Check out St John's! This is a hell of a storm by any standards.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...land-1.5430457
Sucks here until Monday then Yahoo!
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Slight difference in snow amounts too I would imagine....:lol:

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These satellite pictures are wild; it's a big wind up punch straight into the Maritimes. One fellow clocked the wind at 160kmh, so exceeded expectations.
"Wind gusts of up to 130 km/h were expected along certain parts of the coast, and maximum wave heights of 9 to 12 metres could also be expected, the agency said."
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/newfou...pace-1.4772687

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-13C today. Due to snow all day tomorrow.

roll on summer. :thumbup:

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Our more typical weather is returning, I do hope the sun can make an appearance though, seems like a fair amount of rainy days in the forecast.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...7effdd55d8.png

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Update: I’ve lost the battle to keep the furnace vent free of snow - the drift over it is now almost to the second storey - the back doors are snowed in and the power keeps flickering off and on. This is quite the storm!

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Do you have a wood stove or do you depend on the furnace?

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We have a propane fireplace (& stove) and since didn’t lose power had a ply in radiator in the one bedroom we all slept in. Temp in the rest of the house is 13c this morning so not too bad. I haven’t gone outside to look at the drifts yet...

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You poor devil...my thoughts are with you and your family...I’m feeling a bit blue about our weekend here...but you put it all into perspective. Warmest wishes :thumbup:

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When it finally stops, it's going to take a long time to dig out. It would be a great time to own a fleet of dump trucks.

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I've been so glad of the wood stove this week. The power was out for a couple of days at the beginning of the week so we worked from home and fed the generator. As the week wore on and the power was on for part of each day but, not a known part of the day, we had to go to work. At least with the stove on the dogs won't freeze. A big storm is supposed to arrive today but it's snow, it's when there's ice that we lose power. We still have some ice but it's not as bad as it was.

Good luck digging!

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...d61ded296d.jpg

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Now there is heavy horizontal snow in the wrong direction (against the prevailing wind). Wrong way snow is a bad sign, that is what I've learned in Canada.

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You're somewhere north of Guelph near Arthur aren't you. I think that was one of the worst hit places with ice/freezing rain last weekend. Oh the joys of winter in Canada. Hey it could be worse..we could be living in Newfoundland.

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Yes, near the Luther Marsh. It wasn't the worst weather I've seen but it certainly wasn't balmy.

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