{"id":705,"date":"2008-03-12T11:22:36","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T16:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=705"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:10:10","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:10:10","slug":"snow-is-driving-montrealers-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/03\/12\/snow-is-driving-montrealers-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow is driving Montrealers crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mtlweblog\/2324682445\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3016\/2324682445_4f57df9bb2.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s possible for me to express exactly how glad I am <i>not<\/i> to be suffering through yet another winter storm. When I left Montreal at the end of February, I was so sick of what had been the snowiest winter of my life that it was a huge relief even to encounter New York&#8217;s chilly but snow-free streets, not to mention the warm spring sunshine of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t say my angst was normal: for the most part, I don&#8217;t mind too much snow, and like many others I find a good snowstorm to be exhilerating and romantic. But this winter has been anything but ordinary. Montreal has been bombarded by no fewer than nine major storms and many people are feeling suffocated by the seemingly endless snow. In fact, there are even reports of &#8220;snow rage&#8221; in Montreal and Quebec City. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/RTGAM.20080311.wrage12\/BNStory\/National\/\">The Globe and Mail reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>In Montreal, a man pulled a toy gun in a dispute over a parking spot on a snow-clogged street. In Quebec City, a resident allegedly pulled out a real shotgun after a neighbour&#8217;s snow was blown onto his lawn.<\/p>\n<p>This winter, some people appear to be reaching their psychological tipping point. Police and professionals describe it as snow rage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m seeing so much white that I&#8217;m seeing red,\u201d said Luc Tremblay, a psychologist near Quebec City, where a weekend snowstorm helped smash the city&#8217;s record. \u201cAt some point, people feel overwhelmed, crushed. It&#8217;s playing on their morale and their nerves.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Thanks to Kate McDonnell for the photo and <a href=\"http:\/\/w5.montreal.com\/mtlweblog\/2008\/03\/white-winter-provokes-snow-rage.html\">heads up about the article<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s possible for me to express exactly how glad I am not to be suffering through yet another winter storm. 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