We're having a snow day!

Alas, 'snow day' in Saskatchewan, Canada, doesn't mean what it means in a good portion of the rest of North America. Rather than meaning a day off from school or work it simply means that we're in the middle of a blizzard and we have to take extra time and care getting to where we normally would. We still have to be where we normally would be despite the fact that the authorities have advised against travel, even in our city! We've even been in a whiteout here - right in the city! Arghhhhhhh! (I'd include a photo, but a picture of a whiteout is, well, white. Useless, in fact.)

We're used to this type of weather and snow tires, car warmers, battery blankets and block heaters are not only common, they're almost required equipment. The block heater is, certainly. I'd like to say it makes us tough and allows us to show our frontier spirit but truly, I hate it just as much as anyone would. The snow we have every winter makes it hard to get around and increases the number of traffic accidents incredibly. Fortunately, this isn't Toronto - a snow day in Toronto means they'd have called out the military to take care of things. They've done it before...