So how is this historic storm working out for you? If you're in Ontario or North East US, please tell us your snow story in the comments. Our camera gave up in the cold, that's for sure. But as long as we have hydro, I am loving it. We walked Orbit this morning, nothing can keep us in. The DVP was all white, and there were not many cars. Orbit ran, and played. But after there was lightning and thunder, he decided we were not safe. And he pulled us home in a straight line, tail between his legs. And now all the neighbours are taking turns shoveling, or help each other dig out their cars, when they for whatever reason want to drive it. I saw a woman cross country skiing along Gerrard Street. The Chinese church across the street is funny. They always used to have a ploughing contract, and that effing plough would wake us up at five in the morning whenever there was the tiniest little bit of snow. But they must have cancelled the contract, because now they were shoveling the Chinese way. Like they were building the Chinese wall, they came out in dozens, and shoveled the whole parking lot and the sidewalks in no time.
I heard about yellow snow, but green snow is new to me.
It was very unexciting. The subway was the same as usual. I only had some trouble getting to the subway station, but it wasn't far.
I did learn something interesting: I read about the storm in the newspaper yesterday and they mentioned that it's illegal for homeowners to scoop snow from their property onto the road. Illegal! There's a law about scooping snow! Imagine that in Holland: by the time the cops come over all the snow would have melted anyway.
Yes, I knew that. Sometimes on the radio they will urge people to keep the snow on their property. We are extremely lucky, a snowplough dumped a big pile right in front of our house, so nobody can park there anymore. And I make sure to keep the pile nice and high, by illegally dumping more on it when I shovel.