Enough is enough

I am sure most of you have heard about the massive amounts of snow that Eastern Canada has been getting. It truly has been a banner year for snow for us....here are a few stats:

444cm: record amount of snow fall, set in 1970-71.
411cm: the amount of snow Ottawa has had to date

83cm: amount of snow we received last week

56cm: snowfall from Friday to Sunday

400: number of shovels at one Canadian Tire on Friday
0: number of shovels left at same location on Sunday.

The atmosphere here varies between just sheer snow exhaustion, and the desire to beat the previous record. People figure that if we've had this much, another 33 cm can't hurt. The crazy thing? We could actually make it before the season (which may last until April) is over!

If just the numbers aren't convincing enough, here are a few pictures.

This is our street, on our walk to Tim Hortons. I thought that rolling up my pants would keep them clear of snow, but after trudging out of out snow covered drive-way, I realized that the rolling up was an exercise in futility. My pants got wet anyways!

Below are photos of our deck and our driveway. We have nowhere to put the snow, and so we had to pile it up in front our neighbours garage. They don't use it for their vehicle. The city has had to get creative with where they put the snow, as have we.

The snow on our deck is almost up to the railing, and we can't see our BBQ. Chris has already shovelled it once this season, but we will have to do it again before it gets too heavy and our deck falls off our house. A family in Westboro (a posh part of Ottawa) had their roof collapse because of the weight of the snow.

Not surprisingly, we have decided to move to Victoria once I am done my schooling here!