I attended a philosophy colloquium yesterday, and before it started some audience members were attempting to explain to the visiting scholar (Dr. John Ashton, a biblical historian and "expert on Heaven", what a great job! - he's speaking tomorrow night at the INCO Centre, 7pm as well) the meaning of the term "weather bomb", aka the system that blasted us last Wednesday. He quickly grasped the concept - no doubt some Old Testament imagery came handy. Such was its force that the provincial government has been moved to back up the installation of studded tires by two weeks. Maybe we'll need to add a new saying to our weather lore: studded tires early, winter be hurlyburly.
(Image: www.sailingbreezes.com.)
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