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The hotzone really seems to be from Stratford/KW north to Owen Sound east to Peterborough County and south to the northend of the GTA. Huron and Bruce County really seemed to have escaped the storm even though they were the original blizzard warning and areas east were added last night. Absolutely wicked storm. I took a short drive to St. Jacob's last night and experienced ferocious whiteouts. Dufferin/Wellington County have been hit hard apparently OPP are coming from as far as Bracebridge with their snowmobiles to get to stranded people. Also heard there are snow drifts as high as 10 feet in those areas.

I feel like this has been going on for 4 years

Line 86 really separated the high ice accretion to almost nothing. I drove up to dufferin county that night to be at ground zero and went from just a glaze in Waterloo to widespread outages and trees down starting at elmira. Seeing fergus at 10pm or so was an experience. Someone on twitter said the town looked like an EF2 tornado had hit and they were right. I got stuck on a county road off 109 and got help by an OPP officer. After that, I spent the night in grand valley and it was wicked. Continuous crashing all night from trees breaking. The next day was an icy winter wonderland. Would have been a catastrophic ice storm if it got down to kw/guelph/west GTA. There was almost no wind so damage was minimal. Though, when you drive from belwood lake to orangeville ,especially now with no leaf cover, all the trees are bent and drooping.

March 2016 wont be remembered compared to how widespread Dec 2013 was, but we had up to 2" of ice around orangeville. It was phenomenal to witness

OSPC sent this today "Heads up for Wednesday to Friday.. There is potential for a winter storm later Wednesday through Thursday and into Friday across Southern Ontario. There is a fair amount of uncertainty this far in advance. However many computer models are suggesting the possibility of significant amounts of freezing rain and snow. Stay tuned."

4.3" in Kitchener. No complaints from me. Nice little storm.

EC met says 7" at Downsview

Looks like 11.34" in KW. I was 10 and dont remember this storm.

November 23, 2013 we had an EF1 tornado with snowfall in eastern Ontario https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311644883_A_Unique_Cold-Season_Supercell_Produces_an_EF1_'Snownado'

I cant even imagine what that must have been like! That radar shot is wicked especially if that's 5 or so hours after it started. 2000 was a huge year for floods IIRC so not surprised by your accounts. I'll see what I can do about ordering some radar shots or loops but it wont be for a couple weeks. I'm really curious now!

I was only 11 in 2000 and don't remember this. Was it hours long severe storms?

Well good short on the tornado, Stebo. Thanks for the links!

I still don't understand how even after an extremely devastating blow to the city, and number of near misses over the last decade, Joplin won't be using multiple siren activations aside from another sounding 10 minutes after the warning is issued if a tornado is confirmed or something along those lines. Topeka has the same sirens as Joplin and they will sound here throughout the entire warning. On Apr 27 they went off at least 6-10 times or more, and that was just for a doppler indicated tornado. They also continued to blow them even after the warning expired. My landlord says she heard them on and off over 40 minutes. One three minute window to hear them outside is not enough...especially in a large city where greater numbers of people are always coming and going.

For the record...over on page 50 I said EC's F5 rating for Elie, MB was suspicious. Just recently saw the video of the anchored house being torn off its foundation and thrown hundreds of feet as it explodes. Also saw photos of empty basements left where houses once were. There is surprisinly not a lot of damage photos and videos from that tornado. Sorry EC!

No idea if this was posted, but it's from "Cedar Ridge" in Joplin and states it's as the tornado was forming. There is so much rotation!

He even says it. Right in the middle of the city and not a person or sign of life anywhere. I'd think people would be screaming and crawling out of debris assembling in the streets. It somewhat gives the illusion that "everyone is gone". Must have been absolutely hell.

The one thing I always find so eerie about these immediate aftermath videos...is there is never another person in sight.

Great news. Also, that sounds like they may be zoning them into areas that would go off if that area is in the warning polygon.

No word on activating the sirens more than once for a tornado warning? I wonder what the solar panels are used for. Probably not the siren batteries, but for the new equipment to power a reserve battery so the sirens can still be activated from the EMA if the power is out.

Chance

MSNBC posted the article over tornado tourism. http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/17/10176503-civic-storm-brews-over-tornado-tourism-in-joplin-mo

Pictures of all the houses http://portfolio.colwellcaptures.com/f50014186

If any Canadians are reading this...CityTV Toronto is airing the EM: Home Edition Joplin two-parter at 7pm and 8pm EST. WKBW Buffalo is airing them at 8pm and 9pm EST. Both tomorrow Jan 13. Check your local listings

Hey, I was hit by that one!

It was also terrible on the Japan earthquake, too, but I can barely remember the April 27 coverage except they kept reporting live from the same spot as if that one small area was the only devastated area in all of North America. It's the only major US network I get on cable. It feels like years prior they had exceptional event coverage but this year had been lackluster for the network.