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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
Canada
March 15, 2017 10:27am CST
i know I was saying there was no snow this winter...but it arrived a couple of days ago. According to the weather news it will be over later today.
We have feet, not inches and looking outside it looks like a winter wonderland.
My husband took off for the Y to sit in the steam room and I will be interested when he gets home if the highway is clear. If it is I might go to the Y for water aerobics later today.
So winter decided to kick us in the backside in Mid March this year...sigh...
I was up early yesterday and today and put on the boots, coat ,hat and gloves and shoveled off the porch, the walk way and the driveway until the newspaper popped up in my shovel..
A horrible accident happened on the highway near my daughter's place. Massive mess of huge trucks and cars...one truck carrying chemicals, one killed and I think 18 hospitalized because of the chemicals...
The photo above was taken yesterday early morning and one a bit later. The snow outlined by the street light was interesting...
Spring is around the corner...
More than two dozen people were taken to hospital in Kingston, Ont., after a 30-vehicle crash on Highway 401 east of the city closed the highway in both directions.
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@Marilynda1225 (79724)
• United States
15 Mar 17
I really had been lulled into a false sense that spring had arrived when we got hit with that snowstorm yesterday. Today the outside world doesn't look much different than yours. That accident was horrible.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
20 Mar 17
I am seeing a lot of melting going on and I hope this will be the last snow we see...but here in Canada, we never know...
@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
15 Mar 17
Spring might be on the 20th, but not so sure will be rid of what winter is doing to us!
Hope you have an early thaw there and some warm weather.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
20 Mar 17
@PainsOnSlate Not a fan of snow and people must get tired of me saying that! So happy spring is here.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
20 Mar 17
@PatZAnthony I loved snow until my surgeon said i had to give up skiing. When i can't play in it , I don't want to see it... I know how you feel...
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
20 Mar 17
Happy first day of spring, we still have snow but it is beginning to go away...
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@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
15 Mar 17
We're getting about the same. We got over 2 feet yesterday, and more piling up today! Some areas still have a state of emergency!
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@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
20 Mar 17
@PainsOnSlate Friday we had 40 degrees and lots of snow melted.. yesterday was more like 30 and we got more snow.. but not much. Today it was 40 again..
I wish Mother Nature would make up her mind!
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@rebelann (111168)
• El Paso, Texas
15 Mar 17
It's been a strange season for everyone I think, we had an early winter .... ok, compared to where you are I'd have to call it fall .... and now it's spring already, it's early even for this desert which used to get cold from January to the beginning of March then the trees would start to bud in late march but that's all changed here as well, my trees are already full of tiny leaves and now I'm waiting for the China Berry blossoms to open. Even the bees have bee around lately, I'm so glad to see those little kritters.
I hope that chemical spill wasn't too close to where your daughter lives.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
20 Mar 17
It was on a major highway and about 45 min. drive to my daughter in the boonies...It was just scary for me because my son and son in law were heading out to plow for the night and did find out before they left the house so they could stay a long way away from the chemicals.
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@rebelann (111168)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Mar 17
Thank goodness they were alerted before heading out @PainsOnSlate
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
30 Mar 17
The remnants of this storm were still sitting on my front lawn at the cottage.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
30 Mar 17
@PainsOnSlate Here in Connecticut there are only traces but of course this morning it was 28 degrees lol
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
30 Mar 17
So you are home now! The snow will go away soon. Ours is a fading memory.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
30 Mar 17
@BelleStarr It snowed all day here but nothing stuck, just very wet...
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
17 Feb 18
In the winter the paper is in a plastic bag so the snow doesn’t get near it.
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@Hannihar (129470)
• Israel
18 Feb 18
@PainsOnSlate
That is good that they are considerate that way PainsOnSlate.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
17 Mar 17
That is so awful about the accident. Here I only heard of one accident and none in the county I live in. I hope your husband arrived home safely. We weren't allowed to go out during the storm as they declared it a state of emergency and only emergency crew were allowed to be on the roads.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
18 Mar 17
@PainsOnSlate Maybe the poor guy was just trying to get done with work so he could get home to his family. That is really heartbreaking.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
16 Mar 17
Oh wow so sorry to hear of the accident we had one up the road from me where a snow plow flipped over in a ditch and driver trapped - never did hear an update on that. We got 6 inches of snow where i am but other places got a foot or more near me. I go back to work today so hoping I don't get stuck in my driveway lol.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
20 Mar 17
@PainsOnSlate i don't have that luxury but luckily my work is only 5mins from my home. I am sick of winter also
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
19 Mar 17
I try to avoid driving after a storm, its easy for me because I work at home...now I'm sick of winter.
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
20 Jun 17
Just saw this old discussion on the side wall Paints.
Love the photos even if it is stormy.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
20 Jun 17
Thanks for checking it out, I find old ones on the side too..
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
20 Mar 17
Hope you enjoy the first day of Spring... we have snow still but it seems to be a bit warmer outside.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
16 Mar 17
We will be in the 70's on Monday - thank God we don't live up north any longer.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
20 Mar 17
@PainsOnSlate The weather here in a yo-yo- up and down like crazy.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
20 Mar 17
Its 32 here right now so enjoy your 70's, I know it will end soon, just not right now, supposed to drop below freezing in a day or two.
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
16 Mar 17
I love the photos... shame about the crash...
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
17 Mar 17
Thanks and now the snow is melting so life is good.
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
16 Mar 17
@PainsOnSlate , it really does look like an icy fairyland world to me. Sorry it hit you so close to spring though. Terrible about that accident! I hope you got to the Y. Take care. :)
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
17 Mar 17
@PainsOnSlate thank goodness they are so prompt, so you could travel safely. :)
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
17 Mar 17
I did get to the Y. Our neighborhood roads were full of snow and sand but the highways were clear and dry. Amazing how fast they can get the roads plowed.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
24 Apr 17
Thanks and I'm happy to say the snow is gone and Spring has Sprung!
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
19 Mar 17
It has started to warm up but we still have a lot of snow.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
20 Mar 17
That is the ravine behind our house, its governemt land that will never be cut or built on ( green space) and is the reason we bought this house. We love it all year long. The street light next to our driveway is fun because just a look at that light we know what is happening with our weather even in the dark...
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
19 Mar 17
That is exactly where I would like to be right now!!!
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
20 Mar 17
it was the chemicals that sent a lot of people to the hospitals that day, its scary thinking what might be next to you on the highway.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
19 Mar 17
Some day you will experience it and then you are going to be saying to yourself,,,its too cold!
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 Mar 17
I've never seen snow like that. Horrible accident. What is water aerobics?
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
19 Mar 17
I joined the WMCA, its an organization that is for exercise and entertainment. Water aerobics is exercise done to music in the pool, its a very popular to older people who can't do the more difficult work out. There is a leader telling you what to do as he does the movements on the floor next to the pool. Here is a list of the things we have at our "Y"...
25 metre four lane pool with chair lift
Leisure pool with swirlpool, spray features and sloped entry, on deck sauna
Two lane indoor walking track
Multipurpose rooms
Fitness Centre with cardio and strength training equipment
Family changeroom
Childminding
Cyclefit Studio
