Snow Storm Didn't Live Up to the Hype, but we Sure Did

On Wednesday February 2, 2011 the GTA was expected to get a record snow fall of up to 30 centimeters. This snowfall was not met and we only received 13 to 17 centimeters of snow. The word 'Blizzard' startled parents, schools, and daycare with almost every school and daycare canceled because of the weather parents were rushing to get someone to babysit their kid or work from home. The extreme warning for this storm wasn't a horrible thing. With all the people thinking that this storm was going to be one of the worst in years, they stayed inside and drove with greater caution, this made for less crashes. 


The federal government lowered the criteria for a storm system to be called a blizzard. I think that with more blizzards people will decide to be more cautious and the roads will become a safer place when we have bad snow storms like this. I think that if there is any doubt about a storm turning into blizzard weather reporters should say that it is going to be a blizzard so people lean towards staying off dangerous roads.

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/932436--snowstorm-didn-t-live-up-to-the-hype-but-we-sure-did