The People and the Snow

So it's going to snow tonight. A lot, so they say. 15cm of snow may not sound like the end of the world to people living outside of the GTA but if that much does just plunk down on the streets overnight it's going to make things a bit dodgy in the morning. I myself enjoy seeing my street all covered in it; it's been repaved in the last 2 years and the sidewalks widened so whatever does come down will fall evenly and there will be somewhere to put it when the plows come by.

For fun I decided to check out the Toronto Star comments section around this article. There were 55 comments in there mainly from unemployed opinionated buffoons or people who do not live in Toronto, all of whom decry the city for it's unpreparedness for snowfall, and who keep harkening back to 1999 when mayor Mel Lastman called for the army to help clear a massive snowfall that made the city grind to a halt as a sign of the city's weakness.

So listen up, you unemployable fools. And you hicks who aren't familar with urban infrastructure. This is, after all, A CITY. It's a big place. Lots of people live here. And those people, myself included, can't simply sit back and watch the snow fall; we have to carry on with our lives. There's not a lot of space for a big snowfall around these here parts; when it comes down it covers the only surfaces we have downtown, and those would be the roads and the sidewalks. With me so far? I'd draw you a picture but I'm all out of crayons. So, snow falling everywhere, people still needing to go to work and walk around and drive. And we do that where? Riiiight : on the roads and sidewalks. So there we are trying to live our lives around the snow - how do you brilliant no-jobbers and no-brainers think the day will go? Plows do not run up and down the street if there is nothing to clear, so a reasonable amount will accumulate before we see them go by. And by that time the cars and the people are out and about. Clearing snow while the city is awake is not an easy task. It'd be like you trying to fix your old Chevy's rubber-band engine while it was still running. Or your dentist trying to clean your last few remaining teeth while your gums were flapping about things you don't understand.

So don't worry about us. Get off the computer and get back on the couch and watch some television, suck down a few bottles of Canadian. Don't overtax your brain with what goes on in Toronto outside of the Leafs losing, and then of course make sure you remember to make all your expert professional hockey opinions known online after that happens too.

Just stay home where it's safe. There's a good plebe.

That is all.