Weathering Heights
As this is my very first post to Metroblogging Montreal, I thought I’d leap right in and become one of the group with a traditional post about our Montreal weather.
It is April, now into the second week. The Canada geese have flown back (usually a surefire indicator that spring is finally here), so why on earth are we still having snow? We had some unpleasantly cold rain spells for a while and then the weather changed its mind and decided it wasn’t quite done with the snow yet. Why does it insist on toying with us so? Why do we Montrealers go on about it so? If we dislike it so much, then why don’t we move to a gentler clime? The answer may lie in the gorgeously sweltering summers we have, or on the slopes for the ski and snowboard enthusiasts, or in our general Montreal joie-de-vivre that we hold in such high esteem.
If there is one thing that unites Montrealers, it’s the general complaining or talking about the weather. It is no topic for smalltalk, we take our weather conversations seriously. Our winters can be brutal and overly long, but it makes for great conversation starters with strangers at busstops and whatnot. What with our language issues, the state of our local politics, the state of our roads, perhaps the weather conspires to make sure we stay strong and together. Have we needed an extra dose of unification this season? I wonder…
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Welcome Zura to Metroblog! Looking forward to hearing more from you.
I think Montrealers like to withstand the winter weathers here so that we can secretly feel superior to those who don’t have the same fortitude. L’hiver c’est mon pays afterall…
Congrats for your first post Zura!
Welcome to Metroblog!
Guess what, talk of a major snowstorm for Tomorrow.. It’s still too early, but it might happen..20-30cm !
Thank you all for the warm welcomes! I agree, Laiya, we Montrealers will die first before calling in the army to brush the snow off the pavé-unis.
Hey Zura, welcome aboard! Weather machismo aside, I’d be more than happy to retire my parka for the season, to say nothing of my shovel.
Hey there and welcome. Can you believe it’s supposed to snow again tomorrow!? But soon it’ll be festival season, woo hoo!
Welcome Zura! Wow, what are the chances that we’d have two authors who’s names start with “Z”? hehe
I’m a transplanted Montrealer currently living in a VERY different clime and the contrast has been a source of significant spilt ink over on my site. I half think my time here out west is an extended experiment in comparative weather analysis.
Weather is the essential condition of being a Montrealer…It’s what unites us…We wear it as a badge of honor.
Someone in Montreal told me it snowed there today. “Quite a bit,” was how she put it. My meterological heart is with you all.
And I won’t tell you what it was like out here today. There’s no need for that…It’s just “bad pool.”
Welcome aboard Zura. We just flew in from a week in El Salvador and, needless to say, when we saw all of that snow we almost felt like enduring another 7 hrs flight in Air Transat seats…almost.
Congrats Zura