Hail! In Toronto!
Not unheard of, but hardly common here, and quite the feature of the morning. In my part of town I was in a car hammered by pellets maybe the size of raisins. But clearly other parts of town
had more fun.
Yup, his were the size of loonies and toonies. Moreover, CBC meteorologist, Natasha Ramsahai, held up pieces of hail the size of golf balls in her morning weather report.
Labels: weather
4000 - That's an Amazing Statistic
Amazing indeed.
These guys are great at getting to the fatuity of so much of it all.
Weather Channel Accused of Pro-Weather BiasThe Knights Doppler!
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Red Sky at Morning
And yet my drive home was in pretty good weather.
(January 3, 2008, North London, Ontario.)
Labels: sunrise, weather
British Weather
As I leave the UK, I expect a little less obsession on the Continent about weather, though the British concerns this year make some sense. In many regions this is the 'dullest' summer on record - and my week in London featured cloudiness with one day's exception, and my time recently in Hampshire has featured clouds and rain, eliminating all the standard outdoor touristic options.
This causes many to dream of better weather, but this can be hazardous, as I learned on the Manchester TV news. I found a print version of the report
here.
What stood out was this passage:
She suffered fatal injuries in the impact and died instantly. It is thought she was dazzled by the sun as she swerved to avoid a wakeboarder.
It seems there are hazards associated with leaving a British summer and exposing oneself to the blinding light of Canada.
Labels: blinding, Manchester, sunrise, weather
