Lately, we have been having temperatures in the nineties on a regular basis here in Burlington, and by chance I just came across the attached Montreal weather (1971) item in my "stuff"!
Art
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VerdunReader9,.Art How ya doing ,.that is a neat keepsake,from the Star or the Gazette,....? I think we all Remember that storm ,.and a few similar in the very late 60's too,...........Winter sure made itself very clear ,then...... Thanks for posting that,................. Have fun & Remember Verdun
Now that is a Verdun Memory, the storm of 71. I was still in Grade l0 at Verdun High. I remember the school being cancelled. The bus routes were eventually cancelled. I remember the stores didn't have bakery delivery and all we could get - bread wise were hot dog buns. A great adventure for a kid eating toasted hot dog buns for breakfast. I do remember the helpfulness of the people on our street all chipping in and shovelling out each others cars. Does anyone else have any Verdun recollections of that storm.
My wife and I arrived from Van. about 9 pm.We lived in DDO. at the time and the cab got as far as St. Johns rd. and Devon. That was as far as he could go. From there we had to walk about 1/4 mile in deep snow lugging suitcases and no boots just shoes. I sure remember that storm\.
Luarie. I do remember the storm of '71. I was working at the Montreal Exchange at the time. I decided to park inside the Place Victoria garage that day. I was not able to get my car out of there for an entire 7 days. I also remember walking home on that Thursday, after the exchange closed. I was living on Beurling at the time. I took the Metro from Place Victoria to Atwater that night. Then I ran most of the way home. Because I lived across from the park at the back of the VCHS, the wind had blown the snow up to the top of the front door. I had to go around back, climb up to the 2nd floor, and break the window to get in. We had a dog at the time, and heated with an oil heater, which was almost empty. BUT....I did not go in the next morning, and stayed home to help with shoveling. I was in shape then, so it was a little fun. It would kill me today... But I do remember it,
tho!!!!
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That's quite a story Winston. I remember my brother owning a house in Chateauguay which had one of those driveways that went down from the side walk. The snow in tehat driveway had drifted up and was over six feet tall. Man-power cleared that, no snowblower. I bet he would say he couldn't do it today either.
Well it's not quite 1971 standards,.....but check this out ,.moments ago on the Coquhalla Connector Hwy,.here in BC ......................Snow http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/bchighwaycam/index.aspx?cam=41 They had to send out a few Hwys trucks to plow the hwy,.......how's that for June 25th..................hahahahahaha
Les - Thanks for sharing the picture. Great way to cool off thinking of the snow. It is quite hot today in Kingston, 30 c.
Well I just walked back in the house & this msg. re: the snow on the Coquilhalla Connector btwn. Merritt & Kelowna ,...now shows as a Nice Dry patch of Hwy, with the Sun shinning,........ That's the beauty of this Province ,........We have from Snow caps to Ocean Surf,............and it can change at any given Moment ,................ That's why it's called "Super Natural BC" .....come & visit, but don't tell anyone please.... hahahahahhaha (Acually it Raind almost Daily ,and we do get about a day & a half of sunshine but this is used to ,go to the store & buy rain gear,........................................ it's true I tell ya ,.it's true HF&RV so when you click on the link in the previous post ,.you will not see any snow ( this miraculously is the only Day & a half ,....without Rain)
That hwy cam ,posted earlier was supposed to show you all the 15cm's of Snow that fell this morning..........................This is the Mountains you know, ..............................................always fun to look at Snow ,when it's above a few thousand feet high,............................................. HF&RV
Les, Snow has never been a few thousand feet high in Verdun. Must be terrible out there with it that deep. I remember March Ist to March 3rd 1971. Spent three days snowbound in my tractor at Montmagny. Ed
Edbro,.that's what makes us out here 'Strong like Bull,Smart like Tractor' when it's that deep it makes it quite hard to 'shovel it' Something I suspect you would have no problem with: hahahahahahah HF&RF
Grr. Ed
........LMAO!!!
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