OMG! It's snowing! In Canada!

Another winter storm rolls in, and of course I've got things to do today, so I can't just batten down the hatches and stay home warming my hands on the warm glow of the internet. Victor is ill, so we had to go down to the walk-in clinic to get him a note so he'll have something to hand in at school when they resume (he had a presentation to make yesterday, but was far too feverish to concentrate, never mind actually going to school).

This is a pretty impressive storm so far: nothing at 8:30, a few centimetres on the ground by 9. It's blowing all over the roads now, so driving is a bit fraught (that is, I was in 4-wheel-drive from the end of my driveway until I got back a few minutes ago).

The plow crews are, I hope, taking care of the major highways . . . because we saw no sign that they were out on our trip into Whitby and back. The two major roads connecting Brooklin and Whitby were both snow-covered and icy, and as there's a stretch along both that has no building or tree cover to break the wind, they're both at very low visibility.