December 17, 2007

I don't remember seeing that much snow all at once since the 70s.

This one was taken from the upstairs window (note the snow building up on the sill) in the early afternoon of the 16th. Note the car nearest the tree. They haven't driven it since the snow came, so it has a head start being buried.

This is the same car, about 6 hours later. All you can see now is the side mirror.

We went for a walk around 7pm and took several hand-held photos. The plow had been around once, to clear the streets, but nothing had been done about driveways or anything else. The bump sign warns of a speed bump but it's buried under the ton of snow.

That's your normal height street sign.

Sorry this is blurry but that's what happens with no flash. But it looks nicer than the flash. When you have a dog, you have to get out!

I am reminded of the old saying about snow on the roof.

The next day, there were no sidewalks, except where private plows had been at work. I had to walk on the street to get to the point where I could cross to a cleared sidewalk.

I've taken several photos of this tree in front of the old Nepean City Hall. The snow around it has not been piled there - that is just buildup from falling snow.

The big problem is where to put all that snow. You really have to chew it up with a snow blower, spit it into a truck and take it away to the snow dump. Here, it has been piled at one end of a very large parking lot.

This is the northeast corner of Woodroffe and Navaho and it is owned (up to the public road allowance) by the shopping centre. The centre's plows have been out and done a good job of clearing snow - up to the point where the land turns public. You can get almost all the way up to the road and then there is a three foot snowbank blocking your way. There was a "path" formed by a few foot prints in the bank so if you put your feet in the holes left by the intrepid first person, you could cross the street. But you couldn't push the walk signal buttons on the east side of Woodroffe and if you don't push them, you don't get the walk signal. So you have to take your life in your hands and run across when cars are making the left turn. Good grief.