We're getting our first whiteout blizzard of the season NOW

When I got up this morning it was only 29 degrees out and windy as hell. In the last hour the snow started coming and has gotten heavier with the wind creating whiteout conditions. In no time at all, everything has become covered in a thin white blanket of snow. With a bit of luck, we'll be out sledding in no time. Yeehaa, no more black flies, mosquitoes, gravel dust or potholes in the road till next spring. (The potholes fill in nicely with snow and ice and in the winter we can do 80 mph on our gravel road)
I AM CANADIAN and I'm about 8 hours north of Buffalo, NY. and I LOVE WINTER!

mmmmmmmmm

fried snow..........

Sort of in the middle of nowhere, between Kirkland Lake, New Liskeard, Elk Lake and Matachewan. Otherwise known as paradise.

It was 100 years ago. Today, most of the lakes in the near north are dead or close to it because of acid rain. Anyway, the wilderness is still there (somewhat) so we can be thankful for that at least.

sounds like heaven Northerner - I'm soooo jealous.

BTW, it's sunny here and the temps are warmer (3) than toronto (1)

When I got up this morning it was only 29 degrees out and windy as hell. In the last hour the snow started coming and has gotten heavier with the wind creating whiteout conditions. In no time at all, everything has become covered in a thin white blanket of snow. With a bit of luck, we'll be out sledding in no time. Yeehaa, no more black flies, mosquitoes, gravel dust or potholes in the road till next spring. (The potholes fill in nicely with snow and ice and in the winter we can do 80 mph on our gravel road)
I AM CANADIAN and I'm about 8 hours north of Buffalo, NY. and I LOVE WINTER!

What kind of work is there up there?

you're Canadian and you use Fahrenheit and MPH instead of Celcius and KPH?

It was 100 years ago. Today, most of the lakes in the near north are dead or close to it because of acid rain. Anyway, the wilderness is still there (somewhat) so we can be thankful for that at least.

Since INCO raised and cleaned up the stacks in Sudbury, things are going much better. Sudbury is starting to grow trees and the lakes are coming back. There are fish in lakes now that were dead 10 years ago. We have no problem with acid lakes in our area at all.
We were driving to a neighbour's farm to get our chickens and turkeys yesterday and saw 3 moose in the field beside the road; a big bull and two cows. We stopped the truck to watch them graze for a while and along came a pickup truck with 3 American hunters in it, stopped the truck, got out, levelled the rifles and down went the bull and one cow, right in front of our eyes. The bull was a clean kill, but the cow had her shoulder chipped by the first shot (lousy aim) and the lunatic was running across the field while cracking off more shots at the poor thing instead of just taking a clean kill shot. It eventually died. So I asked them if they know the farmer who owns that property and they didn't, so I told them that for a nice moose roast, I'll keep my mouth shut. We'll see if my roast shows up today.

you're Canadian and you use Fahrenheit and MPH instead of Celcius and KPH?

I'm an OLD Canadian who grew up with F and MPH and as I got older and Canada changed, I also learned the metric system, but since so many posters are American, I try to keep it simple for them. You see, intelligent Canadians have the ability to do these conversions in their heads, while Americans don't have a clue how many F degrees -2C is or how fast 130kph is, so I try to take it easy on them and not place too many expectations on their limited education. Christ, I'm grateful when Americans don't think we live in igloos and eat raw fish.
One of my favourite shows is "Rick Mercer Talks To Americans" because it really shows how incredibly stupid they are, including university profs and politicians, which are supposed to be the cream of the education system in the U.S.
That's why.
P.S. It takes me so long to answer because we only get dialup internet out here in paradise.

I hope man can clean up his act before we end up in a situation where the destruction of nature becomes irrversible... that would be a sad day indeed.

I had to plug in the horse water heaters already.

Here's some photos I took around the elliot lake area:
[link to www.renderosity.com]
5 pages in all and you can enlarge by clicking on them.

I've been up in elliot lake for just over 3 years.

I hope man can clean up his act before we end up in a situation where the destruction of nature becomes irrversible... that would be a sad day indeed.


That sad day happened years ago, my friend. We have already trashed the environment beyond any hope of repair and the countdown is on. Species are becoming extinct in record numbers, extreme weather records are the norm rather than the exception, the Amazon rainforest is almost completely destroyed (thanks to Rockefeller, read the book "Thy Will Be Done", which describes how Rockefeller hired mercenaries to kill everyone in the villages of the Amazon for $35.00 a village before lumbering the area), the polar caps are melting and the ocean levels are rising threatening countries like The Netherlands and England, the cod stocks are depleted and the Pacific ocean has a black section of death in the middle of it. I'm afraid that sad day happened already and all we can do is take care of our little, tiny part of the planet to our best abilities. At least that's what I'm doing with my 80 acres. (I know acres is Imperial, but we really don't use hectares for farm land that was divided into 160 acre sections.)

When I got up this morning it was only 29 degrees out and windy as hell. In the last hour the snow started coming and has gotten heavier with the wind creating whiteout conditions. In no time at all, everything has become covered in a thin white blanket of snow. With a bit of luck, we'll be out sledding in no time. Yeehaa, no more black flies, mosquitoes, gravel dust or potholes in the road till next spring. (The potholes fill in nicely with snow and ice and in the winter we can do 80 mph on our gravel road)
I AM CANADIAN and I'm about 8 hours north of Buffalo, NY. and I LOVE WINTER!

Here's some photos I took around the elliot lake area:
[link to www.renderosity.com]
5 pages in all and you can enlarge by clicking on them.

I've been up in elliot lake for just over 3 years.

So, are you "sassydog"?
We moved up here from the Niagara Peninsula to get away from all the people, noise and perversion, not for the income opportunities.
Where did you relocate from and why?

The only snow in Canada is in the west. No snow in Northern ON, I am in northern ON. Sun is shining. Hell, it is raining up in Nunavut. Here is the map

[link to www.weatheroffice.gc.ca]

The only snow in Canada is in the west. No snow in Northern ON, I am in northern ON. Sun is shining. Hell, it is raining up in Nunavut. Here is the map

[link to www.weatheroffice.gc.ca]