Anyone who follows this blog on a regular basis and has gone back to read old posts will note that shoveling snow in the rain has been a recurring theme over the years. This now makes three out of four winters where I’ve had to go outside to shovel my driveway in the rain.
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Shoveling Snow In The Rain Again
January 22nd, 2009 · 10 Comments · Rants
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Pretty Wicked Storm
November 4th, 2007 · Comments Off · Halifax
Well we survived post-tropical storm Noel. It was a rough ride once again, but we came out of it largely unscathed. I say largely because right around 4:30 am a piece of flashing ripped off the side of the roof. Since it was aluminum flashing it apparently made a heck of a [...]
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It’s Getting Windy
November 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off · Halifax
The remnants of hurricane Noel are on their way. From what I’ve been hearing on the news it’s a little weird. This doesn’t seem to be a system that weakening, but rather losing its formation. The eye vanished a while ago but the wind speed is still very very high. Oh [...]
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Snow
December 5th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Halifax
So Halifax got hit with a surprise storm just before rush hour last night. It made for traffic chaos. The roads were very slippery and then when the power went, the lights stopped working. Not that it mattered that much as people were doing very poorly, blocking the intersection as the lights [...]
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It’s the little things
December 16th, 2005 · Comments Off · Rants
Snow’s not always fun. I mean it looks nice, fun to play in, but when you’ve got a driveway to shovel and a job to commute to, it can lose its lustre. For those of you who don’t get to enjoy snow in all its wonder, I’d like to point out one of the small annoyances of snow accumulation.
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Shoveling Snow in the Rain
December 11th, 2005 · Comments Off · House and Home
According to the weather network we got 26.2 cm of snow a couple of evenings ago. So yesterday we dug out. It was the first snow of the year and left me a little sore this morning. Unpleasant as that was I had no idea that it could be worse.