Marilyn's Photos - Jan 23 2026 - Humans Love a Storm
It is national news in the U.S. with its broad sweep across the country. It is being called a “generational” storm by CBC. It is a “stretched polar vortex” and has an “atmospheric river” of moisture. It is like a buffet of weather. It has everything - snow, and ice and sleet.
The PBS article has some numbers: the number of snowplows owned by the city of Jackson, Mississippi - 0. The 4 U.S. hub airports in the path of the storm. There are 12 beet juice-dispensing trucks in Chicago - the natural sugars of beet juice lower the freezing point of water, allowing salt mixtures to work at lower temperatures and prevent refreezing. There were lots of numbers in the article. The number that got my attention? It is expected to have a windchill value of 50 below zero in parts of Minnesota and North Dakota.
Did you know that Ontario is experiencing a salt shortage? It started to hit the news a week ago. It has been caused by an early winter and more extreme weather.
And how will we do here in the Golden Horseshoe? The Weather Channel says that the northern edge of that “monster” U.S. storm will “graze” southern Ontario on Sunday. We get Lake effects, so that be a “wish” to only have a grazing effect given the prediction:
“Depending on how the winds align over Lake Ontario, these snow squalls could target Toronto and surrounding areas for several hours before the main event.”
What did Richard III say when the snowstorm stranded him several miles from his campsite?
Now is the winter of our distant tent.
This is from a few ears ago - these are the outdoor benches at the Butterfly Conservatory in Niagara Falls. I predict they will look like this on Sunday.
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