Stormy Weather

Thanks to a mention from a west coast blogger (Lea?, Am?, Glen?, David?) about their weather I got on the phone to my daughter in Vancouver tonight. I hadn't seen any newscasts all week and was unaware that Van has been paralysed all week by a series of heavy snowstorms. Poor Sarah; it took her 3 hours to get home from work tonight. This was her first week back at work, at a new job too, since she took maternity leave 16 months ago. What a week to be getting back into that routine. She is in Zeph withdrawal; too little time with the little guy.

Snow is a relative rarity in Vancouver as it enjoys a very mild temperate climate. They simply don't have the necessary equipment to manage in circumstances like this. The rest of the country sort of sits back and chortles quietly - we get tired of pictures sent of Xmas Day celebrated on the patio in shorts, tees and sandals. (B*stards!) And so we laugh.... poor buggers, ha, ha, ha.

Anyway, the streets are choked with snow, drivers are uneducated about how to drive in it, people are unable to get to work and things have been increasingly frantic through the week. Sarah said areas outside the city are experiencing serious flooding.

Here in the east we're back into the deep freeze again tonight at -15C. When I got up this afternoon it had got up to -8 with no wind so I took my coffee outside on the patio to enjoy some sun. Bundled in my t-shirt, track pants, robe, slippers and a heavy coat. Gotta get that vitamin D somehow, someway. Apparently that's the last of the sun to be seen for days to come - forecasters say we're in for lots more snow. Bless their pointed little heads.