So apparently we are all going to die today. Or Sunday. Or Tuesday or Wednesday. Since we are getting snow those days. So much snow that Environment Canada calls it snow-mageddon. Who knew that the end of the world would be cold and icy? I had always envisioned it as hot and fiery.
Well, I guess we should say goodbye then. Or we could plow and shovel. Like we do for all the other snow we get. I would like to see the “phraseology meter” at Environment Canada.
- 0-1cm = “Light dusting”
- 1-5cm = “Light snow”
- 5-10cm = “Snow”
- 10-20cm = “Heavy Snow”
- 20-30cm = “More Snow Than You Can Shake a Stick At”
- 30-40cm = “Snow-mageddon”
- 40cm + = “Impossible, the universe has imploded at this point”
I’m beginning to think that the peoples at Environment Canada live in some tropical paradise, like Vancouver or Victoria. Whilst 30cm of snow is substantial, I doubt it equates to the end of the world.
Have fun in Snow-megeddon.
PAulm
Update: Apparently someone at Environment Canada realised that snow-megeddon was a bad phrase and now the official release says “..Dreams of a white Christmas becoming reality..” Not apycoliptic sounding at all.
Wait a minute! This post has ambiguous phraseology!
My favorite phrase from the front page of the Toronto Star, “Commuters are being hammered by light flurries”. No lie.
Oh, sorry, but the correct answer is “Snowpocalypse,” though we also would have accepted “The White Death.”
Hey, I have an idea! How about we alert the media when it DOESN’T snow in Canada, in winter? That would be a lot more newsworthy.