As The World Turns

This was the headline and part of the news on Yahoo Canada today. Much of eastern Canada is currently having rather warm weather. Some ski hills there have had to close and the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, billed as the world's longest skating rink, still isn't frozen giving rise to many to ponder if this is the trend to come.

"Canadians waiting for winter, wondering how it will affect national identity.

Canada's typically harsh winter weather continued to spare most of the country over the weekend as mild conditions prevailed instead of the snow and deep freeze many would expect at the start of January.

And while many cheerfully enjoyed the unseasonal treat, others pondered what it all means for Canada's national identity.....as a hardy, cold-weather population"

Me cold-weather populatee?

"..the weather is gradually becoming warmer but Canadians shouldn't think current conditions herald a new winter reality. You can't use this as a forecast; you can't say this is the beginning of balmy winters from now on. I think this is in fact a preview, a dry run of the normal winter that we'll see in 2030, 2040." - Environment Canada senior climatologist David Philips.

"Canadian Sarah Campbell seems perplexed. "It's kind of weird," says Campbell, who is more accustomed to the mild weather of her native Scotland. "This time last year, it was snowstorms." She says she's most concerned about Canadians of a different sort. "I just think about the poor polar bears. I feel badly for them." - Hooray for her!

The weather is certainly weird. I just came back from my old haunt Lake Louise which is benefitting from the storms battering British Columbia i.e. lots of snow. I don't remember seeing that much snow when I was there last year....

Back to a bit closer to home. Been hearing that a cold front is coming through the middle of this week but WTF! this is too much.

From +1º to -21º in one day is, really, too much *indignant*

Makes watching this movie over the weekend suddenly seem so ... relevant..