Comments on: “Go get the snow tires put on before it’s too late!”

By: jack

jack — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:56:10 +0000

I remember that day… I had to catch the 95 (One of the Articulates)walked out on the main artery and there was five of them stuck in the snow piles… it was horrid, let’s just say i was late that day lol! They are all rear wheel driven thats why they piked.

By: Nath

Nath — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 03:25:44 +0000

nice Blog site! No joke, I had been looking for the picture that Mark linked to, thanks! Happy New Year and keep warm!

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:20:54 +0000

Those accordion buses do seem to be a bit of a problem in snowy weather! I found a great photo, taken during that snowstorm a week ago, showing 5 or 6 of them stuck in a Hull intersection: http://fitottawa.com/wordpress/archives/21

Crazy stuff!

By: pa

pa — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:37:30 +0000

Just FYI, snow tires have larger threads, are made of softer rubber components providing more tractions on cold pavement or snow..and they cost 100$ to 150$C each, preferably 4, (compromise: 2 winter for traction with 2 good 4season tires) ..add 85$ x 2 to put them on (and off) the car (every winter)..Britain has certainly more appeal, when driving to work in this weather.
Fortunately, the snow removal crews worked very hard and the roads were all cleared in about 4 hours…with a 1 million $ bill for Ottawa; Montreal has cleaned up 35cm in one day ..for 3M$!
Buy a snow shovel for Christmas and you will feel more Canadian..Everybody sing ‘I’m dreaming of a white….

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:50:44 +0000

Actually… I don’t know if she is dead or still in critical condition, but a lady got hit by an OC transpo bus.

You have to leave almost an hour earlier when there’s a snowstorm like that. Someone should have told our prof so he wouldn’t have arrived 20 minutes late for the final exam… when all the students were there on time…