This is musing. It could be amusing. Waves of disappointment swept the city about two days ago. Environment Canada gave weather watches for snow in the Toronto area. Downtown Toronto got no snow.
People widely anticipated such white whispy deluge. The weatherman's forecast of fear failed the test. Every place around the city got clobbered with the bleached precipitation. Toronto's citizens were both joyed and disappointed.
Now I've lived down here, in this city for a couple of decades now. I got some experience with the habit. The weatherman had his shot. Now its mine.
Based on history, when a storm warning fails. The following storm always nails this city's little ears back. The first major storm always chokes the city.
My theory is that people have short term memories here. It matters little that the previous ten warnings were accurate, it is the last forecast that people remember. In that train of thought, the impact of the first major storm this season will be far greater than the normal response because people will not believe the forecast weather watches.
So if there isn't a major storm choking this city right off,then I will be disappointed. Such is the nature of the beast.
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I've often thought no driver's license should ever have been issued in Toronto unless the person took the driver's test in the snow, in the winter.
I can tell you from long, direct observation that all it takes is one flake of snow hitting the ground and all the assholes in Toronto start crashing into each other like bumper cars at the Ex.
Speed is the culprit. Few people in Toronto seem to be able to grasp the concept snow, ice and even rain for that matter, are slippery and it sometimes takes a lot longer to stop a vehicle.
The good news is, they'll learn or re-learn to drive in winter, pretty damned quick. It's Darwinian.
Bring on the winter. We all like it because it's so damned entertaining.
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