Mother Nature shows her power

This week, alot of 'unexpected' events have been piling up in Toronto due to the unleashing of the power from Mother Nature!

There was the falling ice from CNTower story that shuts down busy Toronto street and expressway (if you want to see the chunks of ice formed on the CN Tower, follow the link and you can get a good picture of it), where sections of the Gardiner Expressway area; one of the main express way serving the downtown Toronto city area were closed due to fears of ice falling from the CN Tower at speeds of more than 300 kilometres an hour as the sun warms up and torn off chunks of ice! There were even news of fallen blocks of ice falling on the window panes of cabs and pedestrians are wearing helmets as they walked on the street for fear of the fallen ice.

Yesterday, on Highway 400, visibility is down to 0 and there was a pile up vehicle accident involving more than 75 vehicles! Luckily, no one was killed in this tragic event. Paramedics, firefighters, hazardous material crews and polices worked through the night to help victims and clearing of the roads.

This morning there is an extreme cold weather alert, temp of -21oC with windchill, an extreme coldness of -31oC from the cold artic air. In this kind of weather, you can get frost bite when skin is exposed to the cold air in mins! Hopefully as Springs gets nearer, Mother Nature will be more merciful and Spring temperature will appear soon...

Cheerios and keep Smiling!
With Love from PoohBear

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