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Luc Ferrandez, the borough mayor of Plateau Mont-Royal, is short on action and long on excuses when it comes to snow removal this winter. Here’s a summary of some of the best ones he’s come u...

https://www.segacs.com/2015/luc-ferrandezs-plateau-snow-removal-excuses-watch.html

Yesterday’s flash flooding in Montreal caused pipes and sewers to back up, led to water damage in homeowners’ basements, and caused and power outages across the city. Public buildings across ...

https://www.segacs.com/2012/feels-a-little-like-87.html

I wonder how long it will take Ahmadinejad to blame this on the Israeli Mossad, too? The post Stormy weather first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2010/stormy-weather.html

Here’s an explanation for the unusually cold weather in parts of North America and Europe lately: The folks who run the National Center for Atmospheric Research have a great rundown of the det...

https://www.segacs.com/2010/deep-freeze-2.html

Yesterday was Winter Solstice, and everyone’s been feeling the lack-of-daylight blahs. The cold temperatures aren’t helping, either. Winter came on fast and strong this year, and people seem ...

https://www.segacs.com/2009/darkness-falls-early.html

Spotted around downtown Montreal in the minus-20-feels-like-minus-30-with-the-windchill weather: A cyclist (you have to be pretty hardcore to cycle in this weather) wearing a full ski helmet, ...

https://www.segacs.com/2009/california-dreamin-on-winter-day.html

This is what happens when it snows in England. The post London in the snow first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2009/london-in-the-snow.html

The new Montreal transit chief – get this – actually uses public transit! What a concept! He’s even promised to ride the bus out to the west island to see for himself what a disaster the sy...

https://www.segacs.com/2009/one-timers.html

Quebec’s mandatory winter tire law comes into effect on Monday. If you’re driving with all-season or summer tires, you’ll officially be breaking the law in less than a week. And I, for one,...

https://www.segacs.com/2008/winter-tires-get-a-grip-people.html

Does anyone really still believe that Mugabe will go quietly? Didn’t think so. Here we go again: The construction on St-Laurent launches full steam ahead into round 2… as though round 1 wasn�...

https://www.segacs.com/2008/in-brief-2.html

Bizarre… The post Thunderstorm blizzard first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2007/thunderstorm-blizzard.html

Today was one of those perfect fall days when, despite the crispness in the air and the pumpkins for sale, summer decides to declare its last hurrah. Sunny, warm and beautiful, the whole city was...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/indian-summer.html

Has it really been 20 years since the infamous Montreal Flood of ’87” that flooded homes, buried cars and turned the Decarie Expressway into a river? And next year will be a decade since Ice ...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/20-years-ago.html

I’ve never enjoyed the heat, nor the humidity. Most people I know think I’m crazy, but I’ll happily take a bright, snowy winter wonderland day over a hot, sticky summer sizzler anytime. The...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/those-lazy-hazy-crazy-days-of-summer.html

Hard to believe that less than a week ago, we were wading through a snowstorm in coats and boots. Summer has arrived in full force! The warm, sunny weather has brought the entire city out from hi...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/its-summer.html

New York State called in the National Guard to Oswego, where they got 141 inches of snow over the past week, and are forecasting more. In Ohio, snow and ice combined to cause traffic nightmares, ...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/the-white-stuff.html

It’s about flippin’ time, too! It’s just not January when you can see the grass. The post Snowstorm first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2007/snowstorm.html

Woohoo! The post It’s snowing! first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2006/its-snowing.html

Woohoo, first major snowfall of the season! Winter’s here! I get giddily happy when it snows, so I was dancing around like a little kid most of the day enjoying the weather. Here are a couple o...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/snow.html

Okay, so it’s not nearly as dramatic as Ice Storm 98. But today’s freezing rain left the trees beautiful but the houses dark. Driving through the darkened streets was eerie, with a Halloween-...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/ice-storm-2006.html

It’s a beautiful sunny crisp fall day here in Montreal, which makes this all the more surreal: Buffalo lay all but paralyzed Friday after a record-breaking early snowstorm whited-out the brilli...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/its-too-early-for-the-s-word.html

That’s pommes as in apples, not pommies as in Brits, by the way. Which suits me just fine, because it’s apple season and they are incredibly good this year. And just in time for Rosh Hashanah...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/leaf-peeping-and-pommes.html

Wind chimes. Who thought it would be a good idea to put them up in an apartment building, anyway? My neighbours, that’s who. Living in a wind tunnel just got much more musical. The post World...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/worlds-most-annoying-invention.html

Today was rainy and dreary. But unlike a summer shower, today’s rain came with a chill in the air that felt an awful lot like, dare I say, fall. One week till Labour Day. Seems summer is just a...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/summers-over.html

… and I see that Loto-Hydro is one of them. The post Some things never change first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2006/some-things-never-change.html

According to the Canadian groundhogs, it will be an early spring. Neither Wiarton Willie nor Shubenacadie Sam saw their shadows. It’s been one of the warmest winters on record, so I can’t say...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/groundhog-day.html

Washing dishes Parking space thieves How the less people know, the more arrogant they tend to be Freezing mist Hollywood award shows Neighbours who sing off-key in the shower at 6am on Sundays Mo...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/pet-peeves.html

This morning I went to exercise my right to vote. It was a little more complicated than I thought it would be, though. My polling station is at an elementary school right around the corner from m...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/voting-woes.html

It’s freezing rain again. Ugh. January so far has sucked for skiing, and indications for this weekend are not good. Why can’t we have a good old-fashioned snowstorm for a change? The post A...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/and-in-other-news-2.html

How odd. Last time I had a snow day, I think I was about eight years old and happy to skip out on third grade. But here I am, dug out of all snowbanks and warm and dry at home… on the boss’s ...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/snow-day.html

Not a match made in heaven. The post Wind and umbrellas first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2005/wind-and-umbrellas.html

The early snow was just a fake-out, I guess. Everything’s melting today as the temperature goes up to 10 degrees. Watch your step out there – it’s slippery. The post Melting first appear...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/melting.html

It’s Wednesday, aka humpday. (Which could have multiple meanings depending on who you ask.) Fajita Wednesday at 3 Amigos is the perfect midweek pick-me-up. Especially with those really good fro...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/random-thoughts.html

This time the snow is real. It’s falling and sticking to stuff. We’re expected to accumulate about 5 centimeters when it’s all over. Of course, that’ll all wash away this afternoon when t...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/the-s-word-for-real-this-time.html

Yes, it’s snowing. Winter’s officially here. The post The S-Word first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2005/the-s-word-yes-its-snowing.html

Winter is definitely approaching. It’s been chilly and rainy most of the month. And it’s now getting dark super-early thanks to us having changed the clocks last night. But today was one of t...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/its-a-beautiful-day.html

Hurricane Wilma is heading towards Florida in what seems like an extra underline to this year’s horrible “act of God” season: Tropical Storm Wilma is the 21st named storm of the 2005 season...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/wilmas-coming.html

Here in Montreal, the chief effects of Hurricane Katrina have been a bit of rain and higher gas prices. Not much of a price to pay, considering. It’s times like this when I’m grateful to live...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/and-closer-to-home.html

Residents of New Orleans are evacuating ahead of the expected devastation of Hurricane Katrina: A statement from the National Weather Service in Slidell, near New Orleans, Louisiana, warned that ...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/new-orleans-is-sinking.html

Mayor Gerald Tremblay is promising $10 billion to fix the infrastructure and drainage systems in Montreal, after yesterday’s flooding: Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay called the sudden downpour ...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/tremblay-opens-his-pocketbook.html

It’s been almost 15 years since the big flood of ’87, and it seems today we’re getting an anniversary reminder. The massive amount of rain that is pouring at the moment has turned streets i...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/its-july-87-all-over-again.html

Well, the weather finally broke with overnight rain that closed the 40 at the new L’Acadie interchange due to flooding: The Metropolitain Expressway has been closed in both directions near the ...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/our-tax-dollars-at-work-2.html

Summer’s here with a vengeance. At the moment it’s 32 degrees with 52% humidity. Yesterday was even hotter and more humid. Things to do on an insanely hot weekend to keep cool: Sit in front o...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/holy-hell-its-hot.html

Hot, sunny and beautiful all weekend, and raining on Monday morning. Sometimes, the weather just does what it’s supposed to. I hope everyone enjoyed the glorious weekend. The post Sometimes t...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/sometimes-weather-behaves.html

Today was Ben & Jerry’s free cone day. The post More proof summer is here first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2005/free-cone-day.html

Today, I wore sandals and I had my first iced mocha granité of the season. Spring has been in the air for a few weeks but today it’s officially here. The post Spring is officially here firs...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/spring-is-officially-here.html

We were teased with spring. But now, winter’s back in full force, with high winds, blowing snow, and 10 centimetres predicted in the city by the end of the day. Figures that I’d have picked t...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/winters-back.html

Washington, D.C. in early February – so warm that you can walk around outside without so much as a jacket. Even the brief snowfall just melted as soon as it hit the ground. Unfortunately, I spe...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/what-winter-should-be.html

Current outdoor temperature: Minus 25 Celsius, with windchill of minus 31. Current indoor temperature: due to broken radiator, about the same. My fingers are too frozen to blog at the moment. Mor...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/fingers-are-frozen.html

Today was clear, sunny… and a balmy minus 22 degrees centigrade with a windchill of minus 33. Damian, I sympathize. I really do. But look on the bright side: at least by you, it’s warm enough...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/its-a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighbourhood.html

Sure, winter sometimes sucks. But hey, one of the things you learn as a Montrealer is that when life hands you a snowstorm… go skiing. We headed to Tremblant today. It was my first ski day of t...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/winter-fun.html

Current Montreal temperature: A balmy -26°C, with a windchill factor of minus -40°C. In this weather, exposed skin will get frostbite in less than thirty seconds. I hear a coworker whistling �...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/a-little-chilly.html

It’s friggin’ freezing out there!!! Remind me again why I choose to live in this part of the world? Week before Christmas + SAQ strike = long lineups at the LCBO. On the plus side, LCBOs have...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/random-musings-from-my-weekend.html

Speaking of the Blue Collar labour dispute, Paul puts things into perspective: Gratified as I am that the blue collar workers have seen fit, in their infinite grace, to perform some cursory salti...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/perspective-on-blue-collars.html

As a Montrealer I can deal with pretty much any kind of weather, from July’s humid heat to January’s bitter cold. But the absolute worst has got to be freezing rain. Maybe it’s the frustrat...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/freezing-rain-go-away.html

Other than a few flakes, today was the first official snow of the season. By mid-morning, it had mostly been washed away as the temperature rose enough to change the snow to pouring rain. Still, ...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/first-snow.html

It’s the kind of beautiful day outside today that puts everyone in a good mood. I knew I couldn’t stay cooped up indoors, so I went out walking and window-shopping. I ended up hitting up some...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/indian-summer-2.html

During this long weekend, I tried to spend as little time in front of a computer as possible (hence the lack of blogging). But now it’s the most depressing day of the year: Tuesday after Labour...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/tuesday-after-labour-day.html

It’s like Murphy’s Law of Weather or something: it’s always nice during the week and rainy on the weekends. Or at least it seems like that. Heavy downpours last night and today brought back...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/rainy-saturday.html

Irony: One of the nicknames of Passover is “chag ha’aviv” – the holiday of spring. Yep. This snowstorm sure makes it look spring-like out there… But, whether it looks like it or not, th...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/happy-passover-2.html

Yes, I know technically it started two weeks ago. And I know the weather sucks and it doesn’t feel much like spring. BUT… we changed the clocks last night, which means a whole extra hour of d...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/spring-is-officially-here-2.html

Damian’s been having shovel troubles digging his way out of the big east coast snowstorm. We’re supposed to get dumped on tonight. Hopefully there’ll be some good ski weather. The post Di...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/digging-out.html

Yep, it’s February 2nd, otherwise known as Groundhog Day. And if you believe the rat-looking furry creatures, it looks like we’re in for six more weeks of winter: During one of the coldiest a...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/bundle-up.html

This one’s courtesy of the e-mail forward gods: The Canadian Temperature Guide: (10* C)Californians shiver uncontrollably, Canadians plant gardens. (1.6* C)Italian cars won’t start, Canadians...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/and-on-a-lighter-note-2.html

It’s FRIGGIN’ FREEZING out there!!! The post Brrrrr first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2004/brrrrr.html

Us Montrealers are a hardy lot, we like to argue. We laugh at snow. We shrug off sleet. We survived the Ice Storm of 98, for cripes’ sake! We’re not like those wimpy Torontonians, who call in...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/losing-our-bragging-rights.html

It’s beginning to look a lot like… Chanukah! The post Winter’s here first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2003/winters-here.html

Well, it’s the first heavy blizzard of the season. And after digging my car out from under two feet of snow and then spending over an hour in traffic, I have to echo Terry DiMonte in saying “...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/blizzard.html

Yep, it was cold out there! The post Deep freeze first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2003/deep-freeze.html

It struck me yesterday how much I absolutely love this city in the summertime. Everyone emerges from hibernation, and it becomes a city of festivals, sidewalk cafes, street performances, and a ge...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/summer-winding-down.html

The heat wave in Europe has cost over ten thousand lives in France alone: The French funeral directors association said 10,416 had died during the first three weeks of August because of the heat ...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/10000-heat-wave-deaths-in-france.html

The world’s been a pretty messed-up place lately. We’ve got fires, we’ve got floods. There are unusual heat waves and cold spells. We’ve got SARS epidemics and mad cow disease. Not to men...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/the-ten-plagues.html

Tonight the fog was so thick that I could barely see ten feet in front of me. With the full moon out, and the dark mist covering the roads, driving through the rolling clouds felt like passing th...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/foggy-night.html

With the March to Jerusalem coming up this Sunday, I’m happy to hear that the weather forecast is predicting sunshine and a high of 22 degrees. Sounds like it will be a perfect summer day. Th...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/march-to-jerusalem.html

I hope everyone had a nice weekend, spending time outside enjoying the beautiful weather. In case you’re looking for some entertainment, check out the Link’s board for more on the story below...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/weekend-update-4.html

Three days ago I went out in my boots, winter coat, hat and scarf to brush snow off my car. Today I started a walk in my lightweight spring jacket and ended up taking it off after a few minutes, ...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/well-its-official-spring-is-here.html

I love this weather! Beautiful sunny winter day . . . a bit chilly, but tons of fresh white snow that just fell last night piled up everywhere. The kind of day that used to have me bolt out the f...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/i-love-winter.html

A freak snowstorm hits Israel and buries the area in snow. Just the other day I was on the phone with a friend of mine in Israel and she was complaining about how much she missed our Montreal win...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/snowstorm-in-israel.html

The town of Badger, Newfoundland suffered a flood, and the flood waters froze over leaving the whole town under a block of ice. The entire town was evacuated. Relief efforts are underway to help,...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/flood-in-badger-newfoundland.html

Well, while I was busy running around like a chicken with its head cut off, a lot happened in the world. And under normal circumstances, I’d treat you readers to long rants and tirades about th...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/hectic.html

I’m getting really tired of this cold weather. Coke cans keep exploding, water mains keep breaking . . . and last night a pipe broke in our house. Fun stuff. The good news is the weather foreca...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/winter-woes.html

It is friggin’ FREEZING outside!!! I wish this cold snap would break so I can go skiing already! The post Freezing first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2003/freezing.html

London got hit by a giant snowstorm, the largest snowfall there in 12 years. The storm practically shut the whole city down. (Hat tip: Tom. Yes, you got another mention in my blog, don’t you fe...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/london-hit-by-giant-snowstorm.html