7.    Weather here on the East Coast can often be unpredictable and uninviting, but 2017 was a real anomaly with our absolutely beautiful Summer and overall very nice Fall. Up until this past weekend we had only a handful of days below zero! Saturday's Blizzard warning instantly brought us back to reality living in the snow belt as Winter arrived with a vengeance.

6.   Snow started around noon and ramped up quickly into the afternoon and evening which also brought very high winds causing whiteouts and dangerous driving conditions. By midnight 30cm of snow transformed the city into a winter wonderland!

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3.   Friday before the storm I began a major repair on my 11 year old Honda 928 Snowblower as I rebuilt the track drive transmission. With a lot of hard work I had everything back together and a full maintenance performed by mid Saturday afternoon.

2.   Because there was absolutely no frost in the ground the bottom 2" of snow melted to slush which made for very densely packed snow. Roads throughout the city were treacherous after the storm as once plowed, this layer froze solid during Sunday's -5 temperatures.

1.  With cold temps forecasted for the coming couple weeks hopefully this is the start of an awesome Skidoo season!

Cheers, MIKE

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