Wednesday, February 10, 2010

No Snow?

Yesterday I was talking about the possibility of a few cm's of snow for today. I was hoping that we would see a few flurries through the overnight and this morning...and it never happened. Why no snow? Well the question isn't why but where. Where is the snow? There was snow across the region today, just no more than a trace amount in Peterborough. Looking at the King City Radar this morning, bands of snow greeted folks in Haliburton, Bancroft and many communities to the north. Most of the snow occured south of the city though. Oshawa dealt with a few flurries, Toronto dealt with messy roads and further south (into southwestern Ontario) between 20-25cm fell.

Where the worst weather took place (and continues to take place) is in the northeastern U.S. along the Atlantic Coast. This powerful low continues to bring punishing winds and heavy snowfall to major cities like Washington, New York and Philadelphia. Highway pile-ups are occuring, flights are cancelled and some of the world's busiest airports are literally shut down. So did we catch a break? Certainly, but a few cm's would have been nice. The next best chance for flurries will be on Sunday. I'll have all of the details tonight on CHEX Newswatch.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Freezin' For A Reason!

First of all, I have to thank Stu from Stick Shots Photograpghy for these great pics. Awesome shots! These pics are from the BEL Rotary Polar Plunge that took place on Sunday on Chemong lake and yes, Tyler and I plunged as a 2 man bobsled team.
I also have to thank my wife Kate for helping to make that awesome sled! Sure, it was made of cardboard but the engineering that went into that sled was intense. Not to mention the two rolls of duct tape!

The water was COLD but the hot tub felt great and the donations from all of our supporters was, as Tyler would say, outstanding. While I can't thank every individual donator on this blog (there are too many) here are a few of the standout donations...

Boston Pizza - $50
Peterborough Senior Lakers - $120
Peterborough Junior Lakers - $100
Kawartha Chrysler Jeep Dodge - $100
Byden Acres - $100
Jeanette Jennings - $100
Tim Horton's Monaghan - $400
Cottage Country Sunrooms - $250
Ultimate Home Improvements Plus - $100
Liftlock Stars - $200

A big thanks goes out to those already mentioned above and to everyone that made a contribution to BEL Rotary, St John Ambulance and the MS Society. I have a feeling that as the money gets counted we may have fallen short of Lois' total of just over $2, 000 but we came very, very close. I'll have the total for you tomorrow on Newswatch. Oh, and if Lois did indeed beat us in our friendly wager...CONGRATS! Without our little bet Tyler and I certainly would not have raised this much cash and we'll be happy to have her as our boss for a day as we deliver papers for Peterborough This Week. At least we won for best costume.

Thanks again!