Day Two Hundred and Fifty Seven - Lake Effect Snow

Dear all,

Well, safe to say that we have caught up with the UK: Holy Moly, it's snowing and it's snowing hard. Harder than we all thought would strike in early December but it turns out, there is a simple explanation: Lake Effect Snow

Lake effect snow is a result of cold winds, moving across long expanses of warmer lake water which subsequently provides energy to the rampant water vapour, freezes and is deposited directly onto the leeward shores. In Collingwood, we are experiencing this to such a degree, that I was *actually* blown over this morning when I tried to access my car in Darren's parking lot. The weather at the moment is EXTREME.

But, I still had to get to work despite Darren saying that ' I should call Paul and alert him' to the fact my car was hidden under 3 ft of snow and Collingwood was at the epicenter of a cataclysmic white-out. But, the horses needed feeding, so I packed some supplies and after 15 minutes of snow clearing, I set off into the 'white'.

To describe my journey to work this morning is difficult purely because it was so awful, I am still slightly in shock. It was also hard to take photos as (a) it's illegal and (b) I didn't want to die, but I managed to snap a few [See above]. I found this photo online that I feel gives ample description of what is currently happened in and around The Georgian Bay:

Paul promised a 'thaw' before Christmas but at the moment, that is fairly hard to imagine. I even thought I had lost the minis today but luckily they were hiding in their shelter literally unable to surface as the snow bank was so high. It's chilly in Ontario: we are taking one for the team UK!