Tuesday, 10 Feb 2004... 88cm of snow fell in Halifax & Newfoundland. Newfie fisherman prepares for storm... ![]() Downtown Halifax... ![]() Learning to live with snow in Eastern Canada... ![]() Newfie sunset - if you can find it... ![]() ![]() Vancouver and Victoria: Tuesday, 10 Feb 2004... Here is a photo of the damage from the terrible coastal storm that passed through Victoria last week. Most people stayed home and most schools were cancelled. It really makes you cherish what you have, and reminds us not to take life for granted. Warning: Following picture is quite graphic and may not be suitable for younger viewers... ![]() My soul is in the sky. - William Shakespeare Into the sky to win or die. - Christopher Paolini The brain is wider than the sky. - Emily Dickinson Weather forecast for tonight: dark. - George Carlin I talk to God but the sky is empty. - Sylvia Plath Grey skies are just clouds passing over. - Duke Ellington Knock on the sky and listen to the sound. - Zen Saying They sicken of the calm who know the storm. - Dorothy Parker Climate is what we expect. Weather is what we get. - Mark Twain Aren't you a little short for a storm trooper? - Princess Leia Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything. - C S Lewis He who has the property in the soil has the same up in the sky. - Latin Proverb It is best to read the weather forecasts before we pray for rain. - Mark Twain In Texas it's always hot, dry, sunny, not a cloud in the sky. - Piper Perabo This is perfect weather for today's game. Not a breath of air. - Curt Gowdy Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. - Charles Dudley Warner Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. - Henry David Thoreau Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. - Anthony J. D'Angelo News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute. - Jessica Savitch I suppose the best kind of spring morning is the best weather God has to offer. - Dodie Smith The landscape of Texas is in all my work. It's that light; it's that sky. - Robert Wilson It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. - Amelia Barr Birds find shelter during the rain, but eagles avoid rain by flying above the clouds. - Abdul Kalam I don't make plans, because life is short and unpredictable - much like the weather. - Al Roker Let's get an extended weather forecast from a jittery, inconsistent, reddish brown rodent. - Unknown I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. - Kate Flannery It's not my fault I was dragged out of my house by a mob and forced to predict the weather. - Punxsutawney Phil A good wife is one who can mow the lawn in the summer and put up the storm windows in the winter. - WC Fields Ghosts have a way of misleading you; they can make your thoughts as heavy as branches after a storm. - Rebecca Maizel I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly. I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky. - Unknown A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain. - Robert Frost Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist. - Edgar W Howe I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have survived the storm of yesterday and that has made me so grateful for today. - Unknown That black cloud is coming from the direction the wind is blowing, now the wind is coming from where the black cloud is. - Ray Illingworth Life is no different than the weather. Not only is it unpredictable, but it shows us a new perspective of the world every day. - Suzy Kassem A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. - Joseph Addison If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm. - Mahatma Gandhi I glanced out the window at the signs of spring. The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, the sun was almost bright. - Millard Kaufman The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. - C S Lewis Never design your character like a garden where anyone can walk. Design your character like the sky where everyone's desire is to reach. - Unknown see also Canada & Weather Sections |
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