Heavy snow jams traffic across Metro Vancouver

as usual, not much sympathy from the ROC.

"Why do I get the feeling that, whenever this happens, the rest of the country is laughing at us?" - average Vancouver resident/rioter/hippy/grow-opper.

Of course if it had happened in Toronto they probably would have had to call out the army to save them. I blame all the contemporary wussiness on the fact that no one plays outdoor hockey anymore where all the players had to pitch in to clear the snow off the ice.

I like this comment...

This photo caption puzzles me...

Unplowed!!! There's not enough snow there to warrent the use of a broom, let alone a plow.

Glad it's them and not us. Just looking out my front window across the straight, I can see some very ominous dark clouds sitting over the North Shore Mountains right about where Vancouver is.

They just closed the #1 highway in the valley and told everyone to get the fek off it and as a plus anyone who's sitting in the ditch has been told they'll have to wait till the weather clears before they get help.

I guess driving through the Sumas prairie would be an experience.

We're under a snow and blowing snow advisory here... 15 to 25cm for tomorrow with 40km winds.
All this may turn to freezing rain at the end of the day.

Traffic jams for just 15cm? We just got that too and the buses are no later than usual.

Well, we might get ours soon.. Weather Network has warnings up for the Island as well.

Snowy all week, think I'll get some groceries in the am.

I think it was the winter of 92/93 there was a huge snowstorm right before Christmas. We were on the ferry going to pick up a buudy's brother who was flying in from Winnipeg, and visiting another friend out in Abby. people were talking about the snow on the mainland and my friend and I were laughing...since we'd both lived in Manitoba for a few years and knew what real snow was. We figured a few cm at most. Almost a foot amnd a half of the heavy white shit.....and more coming down.

We drove out to Abbotsford...slowly taking 0 avenue most of the way, as we figured we had a few hours to kill before we had to go into Richmond. no sooner do we get in, then we get a phone call. My friend's brother had caught an earlier flight...so back into the city along #1 and the King George...lots of cars in the ditch as the heavy wet shit had started to turn to ice. Got to the airport finally and by the time we got to the ferry terminal the ferries were done for the night....back to Abbotsford we went. The ditches looked like parking lots, but we made it safe and sound.

I also remember a nasty storm we had as a kid. We were coming back from my aunt and Uncle's in Colwood(right near the langford marches) and we came back along the lagoon road to Belmont Park. Made it over the bridge, and right shy of the gate to Fort Rodd the ice got nasty and the car couldn't make headway, so we pulled over to the side. I got out, slipped and proceeded to slide down the road a fair distance...I thought it was fun. Later that day, we(a bunch of kids) were sliding on Thetis cres. down from John Stubbs.

It takes a lot less than 15cm to shut down traffic in the Lower Mainland. All it really takes is about 4cm of the white stuff and the whole damn city comes to a screeching halt or sideways slide. Too many people here don't know how to drive, period, never mind driving in the snow. Added to that, these same people believe their "all season" radial tires are a viable alternative to real snow tires and will not make the switch until it's too late. Also, the usual snow we get here is the heavy wet stuff, the stuff that makes excellent snowmen. Vancouver itself is built on nothing but a series of hills, there are very few places you can go that isn't up or down, so all in all Vancouver is a scary place to drive with just a wee bit of the white stuff!

It takes a lot less than 15cm to shut down traffic in the Lower Mainland. All it really takes is about 4cm of the white stuff and the whole damn city comes to a screeching halt or sideways slide. Too many people here don't know how to drive, period, never mind driving in the snow. Added to that, these same people believe their "all season" radial tires are a viable alternative to real snow tires and will not make the switch until it's too late. Also, the usual snow we get here is the heavy wet stuff, the stuff that makes excellent snowmen. Vancouver itself is built on nothing but a series of hills, there are very few places you can go that isn't up or down, so all in all Vancouver is a scary place to drive with just a wee bit of the white stuff!
They should take lessons from this guy:

http://acidcow.com/video/15455-bus_driv ... _road.html

What Hyack said. I live in Abbotsford and we got just shy of 20cm today. Just remember, people for outside BC, the snow we have is wet, slushy and slippery. And we have a lot of hills especially in places like Mission, Burnaby, and North Van.

Mind, I get by on all-seasons very well and haven't bought snow tires in years. Again, like Hyack said, the worst is other drivers. In the Fraser Valley there are two kinds of drivers in snow: the ones in their 4x4's who think they can drive normally and then end up in the ditch or a tree. Or the people who are so spooked by it they drive 20kph and also cause accidents.

You should see Saskatchewan style, freezing for weeks, randomly goes above 0 so snow melts, then dips below again making the roads treacherous as hell. It does that a few times every winter.

Well, we might get ours soon.. Weather Network has warnings up for the Island as well.

Snowy all week, think I'll get some groceries in the am.


Beat ya to it.

Right now all we've got is a light dusting of snow and that's it. But and this is big but, they're talking about some moisture comming up from the Central Pacific and hitting the cold artic air on Wed or Thur.

If it does............ can you say 1996.

Got a vet's appointment tommorow and other than that I'm in gonna be like you and hunker down.

we'll trade yea.