Another Day Another Blizzard

For a calm ass December, January sure is ripping the shit out of Toronto.

Forget the great white of 1999, 2004 is the year people will talk about from now on when they think back to bad winter blizzards.

The storm we’re enduring this week is being called the worst white out since that infamous snowfall in 1999 that brought the army to town to help dig us out.

As much as 10 centimetres of snow had fallen by Tuesday morning since it began on Monday, while drifts flooded the air thanks to winds that reached 60 kilometres an hour.

And it looks like we could get as much as another 10 centimetres before the storm bids us adieu late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

That has city crews working hard, trying to push back the tide of the cold white stuff with plows and salters. But it's a standoff battle, because as soon as they're finished clearing, much of it is back.

And despite their work, driving conditions are less than stellar. Motorists are urged to leave for work ahead of schedule to give themselves lots of time to get in or hop on public transit and leave the car behind.

And air travellers are also in for some hurdles in their journey, as Pearson Airport reported some delays and cancellations Tuesday morning. If you’ve got a flight booked, check with your airline before you make your way to the airport and give yourself lots of time to get there. You can also see how things are doing there at www.gtaa.com.

And remember: Monday is Groundhog Day. Hopefully, the furry creature won’t see his shadow and spring will be here before we know it. If that is, the little critter can burrow his way out of the hole through all that snow.

Not to mention Downtown Toronto suffered another Blackout ... this time IN THE BLIZZARD!!

So you’ve slogged to work in the terrible weather and you made it in, despite the snow. The worst of your day is over right? Wrong. Not if you work in the downtown core of Toronto. A huge power blackout has hit a wide area of the city, after a substation failure near Bay and Queen.

Crews had taken one set of circuits out for maintenance when another that was feeding customers failed, too. That left everybody from Queen St north to College and University east to Victoria in the dark. Among those affected: City Hall and Toronto Police Headquarters. Some hospitals are also affected, although they have emergency reserves.

The subway is running normally, but shuttle buses are running along the routes as a precaution. Stations including Queen’s Park , St. Patrick, Osgoode, Queen, Dundas and College on the Yonge-University line have emergency lighting on, but the trains are moving.

Hydro One explains it endured the equipment failure at its Terawley Substation around 11am and lost about 160,000 to 170,000 megawatts of load. The good news it’s not that serious. The bad is it’s likely going to be sometime in the mid-afternoon before the power is back on.

Officials don’t believe the weather played any role in the blackout. But for some, it's a signal to leave early. Because for them, there's no power, there's no heat - and there's no point.

Motha fucka stooooooooop snowing!!! And warm the hell up. While ur at it, send me money the bill collectors are getting vex.