{"id":2583,"date":"2007-12-17T00:31:40","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T04:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2583"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:00:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:00:40","slug":"snow-storm-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/12\/17\/snow-storm-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow storm stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/46\/125092903_9126ca8619.jpg\" height=\"333\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When I looked out of my apartment window at 8am Sunday morning I could see nothing but white. It scared me, so I went back to bed for a few more hours. When I got up later I was amazed to see so little traffic on the roads. I guess we received a lot of warning and most of us bunkered down.<\/p>\n<p>I had to venture to the far reaches of Downtown North York. Usually, it takes about 45 minutes to get to Finch station from my place in Parkdale, but today it took about 90 minutes, and that included a brief cab ride. The infamous Queen <strike>504<\/strike> 501 streetcar was nowhere to be seen between 2:35 pmand 3:20pm today. After waiting for about 25 minutes at Queen and Dufferin, I began to walk and finally stopped at a covered transit stop at Shaw to rest for a few minutes. I got chatting with one guy about NFL football (which I don&#8217;t follow) just to distract myself from the simmering TTC rage. After another 10 minutes of waiting we shared a cab to Yonge.<\/p>\n<p>Then my subway entered Bloor station and the doors wouldn&#8217;t open for 3 minutes.  I ended up in Downtown North York 45 minutes late.<\/p>\n<p>On the first massive storm of the year you&#8217;d think the TTC might have a supervisor or two to look out for delays on this notoriously erratic streetcar line. But from Lansdowne (where I first set out on foot) all the way to Yonge, not one maroon-coated person with a notepad and conductor&#8217;s hat could be seen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I ask, dear readers, did the blizzard screw up your Sunday? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/photojunkie.ca\">Rannie Turingan<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I looked out of my apartment window at 8am Sunday morning I could see nothing but white. It scared me, so I went back to bed for a few more hours. When I got up later I was amazed to see so little traffic on the roads. 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