The record January 2008 snowfall

On February 1st and 2nd, 20 cm of snow fell on Toronto. Paul spent a couple of hours digging out a parking space for our car. Then, on February 5th, another 30 cm of snow fell turning Markham Street into a one lane "path". 
The front of Megan and Michael's house covered in snow.
After clearing the sidewalk, the car still had to be dug out. Note how the drifting snow backfilled right against the car.
After finishing digging out the car. Paul became quite possessive about keeping " his" parking space (the product of investing an hour digging it out)!
The final task was to dig out the path through the back yard to the Megan and Michael's " doll house" garage.   Total time digging out from the second snowfall was 3 hours.

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Hervé and Bryn said…
no snow here. I don't miss it either. I prefer the sun!
February 10, 2008 at 4:50 p.m.
Margot said…
For the first time I've seen Toronto got at least as much, if not more snow than Barrie. We didn't get hit during the day on Wednesday, all the snow came that night.
February 10, 2008 at 8:23 p.m.
The 85 Factor said…
NO snow here either. We prefer the sun also! A little 'cold' front arrived low to mid 70's for the week. We will have to start calling Paul 'Popeye' if he continues to shovel so much snow!
February 11, 2008 at 12:41 p.m.
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