CHEESE2009
02-03-2011, 01:27 AM
You wanna come and dig me out of the snow? LOL
(yesterday Night) First pass, looks perfect - I go to bed... Customers didn't even get a chance to see my work, it started snowing right as I hit the pillow.
(Today) Get up, do my local homes.... I then travel to the distant customers...
The plowed banks are up to my waist and solid. Past the banks, the snow is up to my knees...
I am armed with a shovel, snowblower is too big to fit in the truck...
It's been snowing for longer than 24 hours straight.
What happened? Nothing, I left the job (parking lot)... Gonna get some rest, tomorrow is going to be brutal............................................ ............ lol
NEWS:
MONTREAL — Amid a heavy blanket of snow and strong winds, motorists and their passengers in some 100 vehicles were stranded Wednesday on a South Shore highway for a gruelling eight hours.
They were immobilized behind or among a chain-reaction smash-up involving a total of 70 other vehicles – from 10:45 a.m. to 6:45 p.m., Constable Daniel Thibeaudeau of the Sûreté du Québec said.
It was the worst of the weather-caused chaos in the region.
As dark fell and the evening rush hour began, however, that remarkable tie-up proved just a small piece of widespread traffic havoc police suggested had been augmented by inappropriate speed in perilous conditions.
About 30 tractor-trailer units and an empty school bus were among the vehicles damaged or disabled, Thibeaudeau said of the spectacular morning smash-up – along 1.5 kilometres of eastbound Highway 20 near Ste. Julie, close to the exit to Highway 30.
He reported three injuries, none serious.
With winds gusting to a forecast 60 kilometres an hour, and 16 centimetres of snow recorded after the snowstorm began in earnest about 6:30 a.m., Environment Canada at 3:30 p.m. extended a winter storm warning.
The storm alert was originally issued shortly before 11 a.m.
The latest outlook called for “5 to 10 centimetres of additional snow with zero visibility in blowing snow, until tonight.”
Another pileup accident, this one about 9:50 a.m. along Highway 10 near St. Jean sur Richelieu, also south of the city, was of a much smaller scale.
It involved 10 vehicles and sent at least one person to hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
North of Montreal, along Highway 640, 30 vehicles slammed into each other near Mascouche just before 11 a.m., in conditions of near-zero visibility.
One serious injury was reported, along with three minor injuries.
Dozens of smaller accidents were also reported on highways and roadways in Montreal and surrounding regions.
The toll triggered a reminder from police that motorists should slow down and exercise extreme caution as they ventured out.
Anyone who can avoid driving should do so, police advised.
(yesterday Night) First pass, looks perfect - I go to bed... Customers didn't even get a chance to see my work, it started snowing right as I hit the pillow.
(Today) Get up, do my local homes.... I then travel to the distant customers...
The plowed banks are up to my waist and solid. Past the banks, the snow is up to my knees...
I am armed with a shovel, snowblower is too big to fit in the truck...
It's been snowing for longer than 24 hours straight.
What happened? Nothing, I left the job (parking lot)... Gonna get some rest, tomorrow is going to be brutal............................................ ............ lol
NEWS:
MONTREAL — Amid a heavy blanket of snow and strong winds, motorists and their passengers in some 100 vehicles were stranded Wednesday on a South Shore highway for a gruelling eight hours.
They were immobilized behind or among a chain-reaction smash-up involving a total of 70 other vehicles – from 10:45 a.m. to 6:45 p.m., Constable Daniel Thibeaudeau of the Sûreté du Québec said.
It was the worst of the weather-caused chaos in the region.
As dark fell and the evening rush hour began, however, that remarkable tie-up proved just a small piece of widespread traffic havoc police suggested had been augmented by inappropriate speed in perilous conditions.
About 30 tractor-trailer units and an empty school bus were among the vehicles damaged or disabled, Thibeaudeau said of the spectacular morning smash-up – along 1.5 kilometres of eastbound Highway 20 near Ste. Julie, close to the exit to Highway 30.
He reported three injuries, none serious.
With winds gusting to a forecast 60 kilometres an hour, and 16 centimetres of snow recorded after the snowstorm began in earnest about 6:30 a.m., Environment Canada at 3:30 p.m. extended a winter storm warning.
The storm alert was originally issued shortly before 11 a.m.
The latest outlook called for “5 to 10 centimetres of additional snow with zero visibility in blowing snow, until tonight.”
Another pileup accident, this one about 9:50 a.m. along Highway 10 near St. Jean sur Richelieu, also south of the city, was of a much smaller scale.
It involved 10 vehicles and sent at least one person to hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
North of Montreal, along Highway 640, 30 vehicles slammed into each other near Mascouche just before 11 a.m., in conditions of near-zero visibility.
One serious injury was reported, along with three minor injuries.
Dozens of smaller accidents were also reported on highways and roadways in Montreal and surrounding regions.
The toll triggered a reminder from police that motorists should slow down and exercise extreme caution as they ventured out.
Anyone who can avoid driving should do so, police advised.