The rest of Canada chuckles as snowsteria hits Toronto amid snowmageddon fears http://ca.news.yahoo.com/rest-canad...to-amid-snowmageddon-20110202-112512-057.html
TORONTO - Snow big deal. The Snowtorious B.I.G. Snowmageddon. Snow kidding.
Snowsteria seemed to take hold in Toronto on Wednesday amid an Environment Canada prediction of a winter walloping that sent people in and around Canada's largest city scurrying like groundhogs for their burrows.
Schools declared a snow day. Workers stayed home or holed up in hotels. Normally frenetic rush-hour streets and commuter trains took on a ho-hum weekend feel amid the question: Snow what?
Snow big deal, as it turned out. Canadian Forces remained safely in their barracks.
No snow day for the blogosphere.
"There is hardly any snow on the ground and they close the schools?!" exclaimed one incredulous commenter under a lengthy list of closures on a news website.
"This once again is hyped up by all the news media . . . Workers and teachers find excuses to stay home. Parent scrambling to find alternative. Someone need to be responsible for this!"
Environment Canada was making no apologies for its predictions, gamely pointing out that some areas of southern Ontario, if not Toronto, did experience blizzard-like conditions for a while.
Gotta love the Yahoo comment section LOL
Jason Sheffield
First of let me say, I am NO fan of Toronto! They think they are the centre of the universe and the rest of Canada is just ... there.
quebec_dom
bunch of wimps!
even worse than americans!