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Ottawa Snowstorm – Might As Well Go For It!

Suzemuse — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:50:40 +0000

Well there is plenty of talk around town about the massive snowstorm this past weekend. Ottawa won, with a total of 56cm (22 inches) of snow in the span of 2 days. Take THAT, Toronto! :-P

We are a mere 38cm (15 inches) short of the all-time snowfall record for an Ottawa winter, 445cm (14 1/2 feet) set back in 1970-71.

We happened to live in Ottawa back in those days too, and today I asked my folks if they had any photos of that winter. Unfortunately their photo albums did not offer up any pics, but they did find this nifty certificate that our family received as a token of our outstanding survival skills that year!

I’ve been asking around town and the general consensus is, we’ve come this far, we might as well go all the way and try to beat the record! So, bring on another 30 or 40cm of snow, Mother Nature! We’re Canadian – we can totally handle it, eh?

Here are few more snaps my parents took around their house:

Dad looking weary after snowblowing the driveway AGAIN!

The squirrel guard only works when there isn’t a mountain of snow leading to it!

Mom and Dad’s backyard

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Ottawa Snowstorm '08

Suzemuse — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:48:50 +0000

I just had to post some photos of the snow we have here in Ottawa. This past weekend’s storm dumped 56cm (22 inches) of snow on us. We have had 404 cm (13.2 feet) of snow this winter so far, making it the 2nd snowiest winter on record. The snowiest winter on record was in the winter of 1970-71, with 445 cm (14.5 feet) of snow. I was born in the winter of 1970, here in Ottawa, so I don’t really remember it much but my parents sure do!

I thought I’d share some photos I took with my phone this morning. It’s a hell of a lot of snow. We have literally run out of places to put it. And we are getting more at the end of the week.

This is our front yard. Our house does not normally look this short.

Looking down our street

It might look like I drove INTO the snowbank, but no, it
was a mini-avalanche. I think the snowbank is trying to eat my car.
Before I cleaned it off, you could only see the front fender.

The green arrow is pointing to my neighbour. You know you are in Canada when you have to shovel your roof.

This is our back yard. The fence on the right side is 6 feet tall. The one at the back is 7 feet tall. This snow has not been touched by us, it’s literally that deep. Somewhere under there is an inground swimming pool. I fear we may never see it again.

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