No Ice on Lake Ontario
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
Canada
February 23, 2017 7:25am CST
We should be buried by snow and freezing our butts off here in Canada at this time of winter.
But it's 50 Degrees Fahrenheit right now and by tomorrow it should be summer around 75 degrees.
It has been a crazy winter. We had one freezing rain day and two snow falls that gave us one inch each time. That snow melted in a matter of hours.
Yesterday we couldn't see out our windows because of fog. We live very close to Lake Ontario (that never freezes because of its depth), but it usually has ice flows all over the place, like in the photo above. The warm weather over the cold lake makes us live in never never land of fog...
No ice this year...
It is because of "Global Warming" which is not a good thing. Has your weather gone crazy too?
The photo above was taken by me in Grimsby, Ontario years ago.
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 17
@PainsOnSlate Let's hope that this is not the case, winter in March can make serious damages.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
@LadyDuck Here it is a normal event. March comes in like a lion or a lamb and goes out wihe the other.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
Its very warm here, foggy and raining. we needed the rain since we have had not snow to talk about. We will see if Winter comes in March...
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
24 Feb 17
Oh, now wait! Isn't that Global Warming stuff all just a myth!
Your weather is as nice as ours is. We should be having winter weather and it is in the 70s here again today.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
24 Feb 17
@PainsOnSlate I thought every body knew that.Only,some wouldn't admit it.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
24 Feb 17
@silvermist only those that voted for him think he is a good pres...
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
24 Feb 17
Funny how Trump thinks its a joke...he must be making a ton of money to be able to stay something that stupid with a straight face.
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@Juliaacv (48415)
• Canada
23 Feb 17
I don't think that the Thames River, which runs thru our area, was frozen very thick for very long this season.
We used to like to go for a drive down to the mouth of the river to see the ice floats, but I don't imagine that there will be any this year.
They are amazing to see when it occurs though aren't they?
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@Juliaacv (48415)
• Canada
24 Feb 17
@PainsOnSlate There used to be a nice restaurant out at the Lighthouse Cove, at the mouth of the river, and we'd love sitting there at a window table and gazing out at the huge ice chunks, and rage of the water flow beneath it. We also drove up to Sarnia one year to see the huge ice floats on the St Clair River as they had a lot of ice coming down from the other lakes.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
24 Feb 17
I love looking at the lake with the piles of ice on the beaches, not so much this year ...yet.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
24 Feb 17
@Juliaacv It is impressive when there is a mass of ice. I llike to see it too. When we lived on the lake (when we first moved here) in the winter the waves would crash on the barrier bank and splash the back of our house. I had glass doors with an inch of ice covering them. We tried to get into the back but the ice was so bad we were afraid if the wind blew we would be in the lake...so we left it on the glass. That was before modern cameras, I should look in my albums, I think I have photos of that....
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
23 Feb 17
We have fog right now, if it ever burns off today it could hit close to 80. This is not normal weather. Our high should be mid 50
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Feb 17
@PainsOnSlate They say the bugs are killing off farmers' winter crops - and that means less crop and higher prices at the store.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
24 Feb 17
It been a very strange and scary winter, without the heavy freezing next summer the bug are going to be miserable...fingers crossed we will get some winter even if its in March...
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
24 Feb 17
It really is, we have seen so many movies put out by science organizations and know its global warming is happening and now we have a president who is going to stop all that has been done so far...
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
@JudyEv its beyond my understanding to figure out why some don't believe its happening.
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@JudyEv (325751)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Feb 17
@PainsOnSlate I don't understand those who keep denying the fact that it is happening.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
23 Feb 17
We really only had that one week of winter and that was last week. We got a lot in a week but before that and since that we have had Spring like weather for the most part. The winters are definitely not like they use to be. In my hometown the bay always freezes over and it is all open water. I have never seen that before.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
It has been strange and I know here in the fruit belt the freeze helps the trees and there has not been a good one yet. And if the trees bud, and then we get a freeze, there goes the fruit we are famous for.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
@PainsOnSlate that would not be good. I hope that doesn't happen.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
Trump is trying to stop everything that has been out out there about Global warming, what an idiot he is, on a daily bases...
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
23 Feb 17
75°F = 23.889°C
50 F - !0 C
I always liked that photo. Ice covered in birds...
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
23 Feb 17
@PainsOnSlate Thank you!
One wonders: Do birds get cold feet?
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
23 Feb 17
@MALUSE I've never ask one so I don't know, except the majority look like ducks and sea gulls... probably used to cold weather.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
I agree, and I hope we get more snow before spring...too many bugs if we don't get it.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
23 Feb 17
On Tuesday I crossed the canal. There was a lot of floating ice, blown in off Lake Erie. It has been an unusual winter.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
It has been a bit crazy, the lack of snow worries me, I know we need the freeze to get rid of bugs and we haven't had enough freeze yet, maybe in March.
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
1 Mar 17
@Morleyhunt amazing it is not cold enough to get those nasty bugs to hibernate..
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
1 Mar 17
@PainsOnSlate I know. Even in January we had to do a thorough tick check after every hike in the woods. That is not normal.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Feb 17
Yes but I am not complaining because I hate the cold. The trees are blooming and getting leaves now, the flowers are in full bloom and I may mow the lawn next week.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
That won't happen up here in Canada but I'd like to see that...i imagine winter will show up next month to kick us back into the cold.
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
23 Feb 17
That is a wonderful picture. The great lakes are so majestic. I have seen Lake Superior (in my state) and Lake Michigan (when I went to Chicago)
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
We like living by the lake (views) but when we lived right on the lake it was polluted, dangerous to swim in and couldn't eat the fish there, I'm thinking its getting better but with all the big cargo ships I doubt it will ever be clean again.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
28 Feb 17
@PainsOnSlate - That is so sad about the pollution. Fish eating kind of bother me, because it seems like fish are living filters
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
I took the photo a few years ago but I've always liked it too. Thank you.
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
27 Feb 17
@PainsOnSlate There are things from my old computer that I have not taken the time to figure out on my new computer either. I have so much less time is most of the problem.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
27 Feb 17
I play with my camera and before I got a new computer I was able to really play with the photos. I love editing and enhancing the photos, now with my Mac I haven't figured put how do use the editing programs that I used to use. We had snow yesterday too and its supposed to get warm again this week...not normal for Canada...
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
27 Feb 17
@shaggin that too, another store phoned and said they need more of my art by Friday so i will be scarce here for the week.
@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Feb 17
Here in Florida, we basically did not even have a winter this year. I blame global warming for that. It makes me shudder to think about how much worse it can get if this global warming trend continues. We've got to come up with a solution or else this entire planet is in big trouble!
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Feb 17
@PainsOnSlate You're not a Canadian?
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
28 Feb 17
@moffittjc I am both. Born in the states (NY) moved to Canada at the age of 40 ish, been here since. (Hubby was recruited to work here) When our children grew up and wanted to become Canadians (one for politics and one for military), we said why not - by then we were allowed to have duel citizenship so we all because Canadians and kept our American status too. I voted for Obama twice and Hillary got my vote last year. I also voted for Justin Trudeau...
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
27 Feb 17
We Americans need to get rid of the current president for the health of the world... He is wanting to pollute our lives again...like back in the 50's and 60's...
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@DianneN (246720)
• United States
23 Feb 17
I put my toes into Lake Ontario when we vacationed in Toronto. It was 70 degrees when we were there during the month of April. It's been very mild in Connecticut, too. Here in Florida it's been perfect every day, except for the heavy rain we had during the daytime hours yesterday.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
I have a feeling that the snow is going to show up before Spring. but only time will tell...
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
23 Feb 17
maybe yes, its all because of climate change, so do you like the weather or not?
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
23 Feb 17
I don't like it, with no real winter we will be covered in bugs that usually die during the winter so that will not be good for this area.
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
29 Dec 17
This year is different, ( I wrote this last year) We have had more snow than we have seen in years - about 4 feet but its down to 10 inches now. It is also extremely cold this winter, it takes you breath away its so cold...Christmas was busy for my boys, plowing snow every night, they will be here today and we will have Christmas today. Today it will be Snow Showers and -7°Celsius (19.4 Fahrenheit) And no we can't go out without coats... even last year.
@Hannihar (129430)
• Israel
29 Dec 17
@PainsOnSlate
I certainly do not miss the minus temperatures and all the snow to shovel.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
24 Feb 17
it is a serious problem.
It’s confirmed: both Antarctica and Greenland are losing ice —around 350 billion tons each year—and, as a result, sea level has risen 11.1...
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