Snow? SNOW?!?!?!

Dogs had a pretty good time today. I put down excess carpeting in the back of the van yesterday. (I put in hardwood flooring over the weekend and would rather recycle it than throw it out). The hope was that it would make it more comfortable in the back for the dogs, and also to make it easier to clean when it gets dirty back there (just take the carpet out, clean and/or vacuum, put it back!). We'll see how that goes once it gets wet...

In any case, they seemed to LOVE it, especially on the way back. Oliver sprawled his long body out smack in the middle of it all and fell fast asleep, even making noises that sounded much like a dog snoring... The others took up what room was left and did the same (minus the snoring). It appears to be a big hit!

Anyway, that was the fun stuff. Here's the not-so-fun stuff courtesy of those jerks at the Weather Network:


THE FIRST MAJOR SNOW STORM OF THE SEASON LIKELY LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

HUMDINGER MAY NOT BE A SCIENTIFIC TERM BUT IT MAY VERY WELL SUM UP THE WEATHER THAT MOTHER NATURE HAS IN STORE FOR EASTERN ONTARIO.

AN EXPANDING AREA OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN WILL BLOSSOM ACROSS FAR EASTERN ONTARIO ON TUESDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO HEAVY WET SNOW IN MANY AREAS BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. IN A SWATH FROM OTTAWA THROUGH RENFREW TO ALGONQUIN SIGNIFICANT HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY SET IN LATE TUESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 15 CENTIMETRES ARE LIKELY BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 50 GUSTING UP TO 70 KM/H TUESDAY NIGHT IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH LOW VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MERCURY EDGES JUST BELOW THE FREEZING MARK.