UPDATE: Many are without power since Thursday night, this is now Sunday. Some aren't expected to be back on grid until Dec. 3rd.
Muskoka, in Central Ontario, east of Georgian Bay, has had a dump of snow and power outages. The friends I left behind there are digging out. This missed us, somehow. I woke at midnight and checked. Nada.
This was in Dec., 2009 in Bala, Muskoka!
Lake Effect Snow, it just keeps rolling over cottage country, picking up moisture from the warm Great Lakes.
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Back to the present. My friends, Erica and Jennifer, tells me they had a foot of snow Friday, two more feet overnight, as well as a power outage. Small town Bala, with 2649 without power. Many have generators, as this is a common happening. They had a snow day, with everything cancelled or closed.
As I watched the hydro outages, they kept increasing!
This morning, it was even worse. When we lived in Muskoka we had a seamless generator. It was fabulous. It didn't run everything, but you choose certain things, like appliances. Many people have a fireplace or stove, as well. The numbers just keep rising.
Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, etc., get power from Elexicon Energy.
My friends in Muskoka are still without power Sunday morning. Winter is here!
Highway 11 was closed. Vehicles just plain stuck!
The OPP posted these photos from Nov. 30th, 2024!
Here? Nothing! Jut a few flakes.
15 comments:
I understand there is more coming tomorrow. We were in London in Blizzard 71. Sue had to walk from one end on London to the other to get home from work because the buses were hopelessly snarled. It was quite the event. In Sarnia, we were just outside of the snowbelt and seldom got hit. About 20 miles outside of town, it would begin.
Oh no, I am glad I do not live there. We have only had a light dusting so far. Take care, enjoy your day! Have a wonderful week ahead.
The sky pictures are lovely! Hopefully your friends get their power back on SOON!
My friend was visiting in upstate NY...where they had had snow but it was plowed out by Sat. Her plane home is today, which promises her adventures galore! So glad you didn't get dumped on in this storm...and it's great to see your previous storm survival photos!
Wow. Some parts of Australia do get snow - but never like that.
My friends in the Soo are buried too. What a sudden transition to winter!
I couldn't handle having all that snow. I feel for all the people up there. It is so stressful.
I am so glad we don't get snow like that here.
I hope it's not insensitive to say that all of this just makes me happy. Very happy to be home in Honolulu. Thanks for sharing. Aloha!
Stay safe friend
OH WOW! I do remember those days when we lived in Illinois and also had that lake effect snow off of Lake Michigan.
Yikes! We have yet to have an event quite like this. I sure hope that there will be no tragedies from the snow.
A lot over in B C too, I am amazed at the number of road webcams that are available, see before you drive, or if that's too scary, stay home, unless you have to be at work, Loved the yardstick photo, We have a generator, can run a lead off it to the freezer, fridge, and at a previous home, had one that was wired into the house system, turn off the mains, turn on the generator. . I think that way down here is now prohibited, as some people didn't turn off the mains first and when the power came back on, big problems. Stay warm.XXX
Don't talk too soon about just a few flakes. the snow gods might hear you.
Been there, done that. We love snow, but inches, not feet!
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