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Dogs and cats, sleeping together!

So there’s some snow coming. Toronto’s looking at 15-25 cm (about a foot) of snow and ice pellets, Ottawa’s got 45-60 cm (about two feet) of snow coming, and I was planning on driving from Ottawa to Toronto tomorrow night. Awesome.
But what the snow does mean is that Environment Canada’s forecasters get to write the [...]

Posted 15 December 2007 † Rich § Toronto ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

April is the cruelest month

Can we have spring back, please?

Today
Snow changing to rain this morning.
Local snowfall amount 2 cm.
Wind east 20 km/h.
High plus 2.
Tonight
Rain changing to snow this evening.
Snowfall amount 5 cm.
Wind east 20 km/h becoming light this evening.
Low zero.

Posted 12 April 2007 † Rich § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged:

Hurricane

A free-verse poem I found about a building hurricane:

Flat. Calm.
Ripples without crests.
Wind motion visible in smoke.
Small wavelets.
Wind felt on exposed skin.
Leaves rustle.
Large wavelets; leaves and smaller twigs in
Constant motion.
Small waves.
Dust and loose paper raised.
Small branches begin to move.
Moderate longer waves; some foam and spray.
Smaller trees sway.
Sea heaps up and foam begins to streak.
Large branches in [...]

Posted 12 August 2005 † Rich § LiveJournal ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged:

This bug might be gating, folks

From this CBC article about the jet that went off the end of the runway in Toronto today:
At mid-afternoon Tuesday, a spokesperson with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority said lightning was causing technical problems with the airport’s lightning-detection system.
I… see.

Posted 02 August 2005 † Rich § LiveJournal ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , ,

thanks for the info

CBC News: Heat wave could be start of summer-long trend
You don’t say! We should do this every year.

Posted 13 June 2005 † Rich § LiveJournal ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: ,