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  1. Ottawa Blizzard
    I was living in Toronto at the time, so we could just got grazed, before it turned to rain. It was really bad in Kingston and Ottawa, though. People out of power for days. Toronto's big ice storm was on December 21, 2013. Without power for three days. Great photo opportunities, though.
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    January 1998
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    Wow...another 17" for Toronto on top of what we already have. The city won't know where to put all the stuff.
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    Might see some ice buildup at Niagara Falls.
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    Has anyone read the new book called Mighty Storms of New England by Eric. P. Fisher?
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    That's what I like the cold for. Nothing beats skating on natural ice. My local pond was 8" thick last Sunday.
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    I went for a walk on Friday morning when it was -11 F. The sun was out and the winds were completely calm. It actually didn't feel that bad, surprisingly.
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    My back yard thermometer got down to -27.3 Celsius (-17 Fahrenheit) on Friday morning - among the top three coldest temperatures I've ever recorded! Amazing example of radiational cooling at night. Deep snowpack, clear skies, next to no wind...
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    Congrats on your upcoming wedding! I'm still hoping for a February like 1934, 1967, 1979, and 2015, followed by a March like 1960 and 1984. Spring can then get off to a roaring start in April!
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    I remember there was one winter back in the 90s (1996-1997?) where the ice boom actually stopped working, resulting in a massive buildup of ice below the falls.
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    Great experience. I used to love parking the car and walking over the Rainbow Bridge to the US side, back in pre-pandemic days. These days, I'd need a PCR test to cross back into Canada.
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    Temperature has fallen into the 20s here. Sidewalks icing up.
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    I seem to recall it was quite impressive as recently as January 2018 - that was during the big arctic outbreak that year. The next few weeks look quite cold, so we'll see what happens.
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    I'm surprised to see cars in the centre picture. I believe walking on the ice bridge was illegal after 1912 - I've read there was a terrible tragedy that year, when the ice bridge suddenly broke up, and a couple were swept away to their deaths.
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    Just a general question, but when does ice gnerally start to develop at the base of Niagara Falls? I notice that, despite the recent cold temperatures, none has formed yet. I know it's unlikely we'd see ice build up to the extent it did a century ago, due to the ice boom, and the fact we all rely on the falls for our electric power.
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    Awesome post Roger - thank you. Wow, Toronto saw a lot of snow in the 19th century. Tail end of the Little Ice Age might be a reason? The UK saw some big storms back then, as well, the great storm of 1881, and the deep freeze of 1895 being two example.
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    Similar to this storm, then, in how YYZ reported bogus numbers. I seem to recall a bunch of us venting about it on this board, at the time.
  18. Ottawa Blizzard
    Multiple. Downsview reported 35 cm (14")
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    Oh, we're here, but we've been posting in the Upstate New York subforum for this storm...given the storm didn't really impact Michigan and Illinois. Has anyone heard from snowstormcanuck? I would have thought he'd have been right on top of this storm!
  20. Ottawa Blizzard
    Congratulations Bangor, Jackman Station, and Quebec City.
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    I remember back in 2007-2008, there was very much a "northwest trend" on the models, kind of like what we saw with the recent storm. Maybe we can get that to happen with this storm too?
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    Trust me, I know how that feels up here in Toronto. This latest storm was very much the exception that proved the rule. We are not exposed to lake effect snows too often, while the lake serves to moderate our temperatures. Unlike cities like Ottawa and Montreal, we aren't in a valley location that can trap in the cold. We are very often in a snow-to-rain scenario here.
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    That was a big storm, especially in Ottawa (20"), but it wasn't as big as this one has been, here in Toronto.
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    Yup, I'd estimate I got around 16", maybe more.
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    Last one I can remember was early February 2013. Other than that, there were big storms in 1944, 1965, 1966, 1992, 1999.
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