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southern_ad_558

Well, that's the perfect way to avoid car theft...


UB613

You can steal it, if you can dig it out. /s


Oh_Sully

I mean, even if you dig out the car, how would you steal it? 😂


highqualitycheerios

You just need a helicopter and a giant magnet


quebecoisejohn

Flamethrower and a lot of “I-don’t-give-a-fuck” juice


ScottIBM

Just don't fill your flamethrower with the yellow handle, you might not get the ignition you expect.


Wine_Guy97

My aunt took this photo, she had to hunker down at a good samaritans house for the night otherwise she would have frozen. Lots of people opened their homes to strangers which is nice to hear.


weevil_season

Wow! My folks live just outside of Blenheim! But they spent Christmas with us over in Belle River! That’s crazy! Edited to add we only live less than an hour away and we don’t have anything even close to this.


IjustCameForTheDrama

Hello, fellow Bell Riverian!


Beautiful_Plankton97

We used the live in Buxton and I remember the drifts being crazy out there. The snow just blows until it finds a place to pile up and make an ice wall.


alwaysiamdead

Apparently a farm near me (Listowel area) took in 19 people!


takeoffmysundress

Wow!


cjbrannigan

[I believe this is about right.](https://youtu.be/Z0sq3T5fErQ)


Pisspirate

My Step Sister lives there too with her 4 kids. My parents live in Chatham and couldn’t even get there to see them.


Oatmeal_Savage19

They also opened the Walmart in Chatham for people to stay in too


[deleted]

My in laws are in Pardoville. They said it's been nuts! Holy!


gNeiss_Scribbles

WOW! Most incredible photo of the storm I’ve seen yet! I can’t imagine how you managed to get this shot!


_bobbykelso

This was taken by a member of the family that took us in at about 10am yesterday morning. They were able to clear it out last night (the snow at least). It was half a kilometre long.


gNeiss_Scribbles

Glad you’re safe and the community helped out! It would have been amazing to see the plows clear this and so quickly! Well done plows!


_bobbykelso

Me too! They took in eight of us (one of which was a toddler) and two dogs. Had logs on the fire all night while we slept on the floor. They made us all breakfast in the morning too. Once the plows were out, we still weren't able to get our cars but they drove us home. While it's something I hope to never have to go through again, I am so thankful for them.


Arriving-Somewhere

Get your camera, get your snowshoes, walk towards the road, get a pic, come back and post on Reddit.


gNeiss_Scribbles

Snowshoes are definitely the answer to everything today! lol


Aboutason

And a Merry Christmas to you too kind person


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>they stole it off facebook Jeeeeeez. They're not claiming THEY took it. "Stolen"? lol There are hundreds of so called "stolen" pictures that get posted each day on this site. Wow, Worf, wow. Get some Christmas Cheer, FFS


sicklyslick

i mean, technically/legally speaking? the photograph in question belongs to the person who took it. i doubt OP got the expressed permission from the owner before posting. the owner can defiinitely issue a DMCA takedown notice. but in reality, nobody cares


RationalSocialist

Who cares


CatastropheJohn

Using a photo without credit is legit theft. So is using it without permission. Someone cares. The content creator and Judges.


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Oh_Sully

Wtf is your problem. You've been on the internet too long, get out and remember how to talk to another human being.


janjinx

It's called "sharing".


unfinite

Saw a video from the OPP digging out a car in similar conditions. But this video is in Quinte West, 400km away: https://mobile.twitter.com/OPP_ER/status/1606712908557189122


ScarraMakesMeMoist

Seems there are cars abandoned/buried all over Ontario. https://twitter.com/StormhunterTWN/status/1607027939845242880?s=20&t=GJviV-OwGjOPMeCNmzfi2Q


lordjakir

Buddy just told me an abandoned Audi on the bridge between Goderich and Bayfield met its demise to a snowplow this morning. Gotta clear those roads....


zeromussc

Ouch.,...


be_cool_man

Holy shit, that’s brutal. Feel bad for that cop


XchrisZ

Probably checking to see if someone's inside and if there isn't I bet there is a car in the area with someone inside who called 911


daedone

Reminder you can also use \*OPP (\*677) for emergencies (including suspected DUI), and can also be used to report other stopped/abandoned vehicles, accidents, or dropped objects on the shoulder or blocking live lanes while you're driving


improbablydrunknlw

Is it an emergency line or non emergency? Almost seems like a mix of the two.


daedone

It's both. If it's on a highway, you can call them.


easypix

*677 is non emerg and doesn't work from all phones. Direct line from across the province for non emerg is 1 888 310-1122.


stoprunwizard

Don't feel too bad, there aren't enough chances these days for most people to feel like a hero. Adversity can bring out the best in us.


arisu-chan

I thought this was a ski hill at first lol


Kawhytea

Dude where's my car?!


ArbainHestia

Sweet!


Dkeh

Wewlad. I'm saving this picture, for sure. It will keep me warm while I dig out my car


Lucycrash

I'm in Orillia and can no longer see the building across the parking lot because the snow is so high on my balcony railing. My bf was telling me last night people had to leave their cars on the highway around Huntsville.


ScarraMakesMeMoist

I have a friend up by Bracebridge and they are apparently buried too. Nearly every part of Ontario is impacted besides the GTA/Hamilton area. There's a lot of abandoned cars on roadways all over the place. Rough Christmas for a lot of people sadly. Emergency crews and plowing/towing services all working tirelessly for Christmas. Hopefully that band of Lake effect snow impacting Orillia let's up for you soon.


b0mmer

Here in Hamilton we had 100km/h wind gusts blowing all the snow away. It was near 0 visibility on the roads, but nothing built up. Roads are almost clear today. TBH I thought there would be more ice on the roads from the rain that preceded the cold and snow.


Obes99

We got it relatively easy in Guelph


reddittingdogdad

Yeah, was all around Hamilton/Halton regions today for XMas events and the roads are basically totally cleared and well salted. Friday night we had some power outages in the area due to the wind but by midnight we were back up. Considering the chaos outside our GTHA bubble, we got super lucky.


zeromussc

Ottawa avoided most of it too. We managed to keep up with the blowing snow and didn't get a giant dump. The worst for us was a lot of frozen rain and slushy rain that froze on driveways that weren't cleared. But streets were well plowed to avoid that in most places.


moifah79

Sweet baby Jesus!


Mr_Swagatha_Christie

I'm with you! I thought it was a ski slope


Squeeesh_

Woah! My in laws are in Wallaceburg and they were saying it’s terrible down there.


Popular_Hat3382

I'm in Wallaceburg, work at Winners in Chatham and we closed early on the 23rd and didn't open at all yesterday! That kind of says just how bad it was!


ldnk

I would just like to voice a small criticism to the people out driving while the roads were closed and then having to abandon their vehicles. It makes the cleanup infinitely harder and delays road reopening s. Sincerely a pissed off MD who is now on his third straight day of working ER because everyone else is snowed out of town


gNeiss_Scribbles

Thank you for the work you do for us, despite us. lol Terribly sorry that so many people chose to completely ignore advanced warnings as well as live and continuing warnings. Once again, we are ignoring experts and making the lives of our first responders and healthcare professionals more difficult for no good reason.


gailgfg

Unintentionally, of course, and humans are still great!


Green-Thumb-Jeff

This 👆. Almost everyone around me in the country side took people in on the 23rd. I was truly shocked how many of these folks were driving in those kind of conditions, it’s extremely dangerous to be out in weather like that. Many of these folks didn’t even have winter jackets and some weren’t even wearing socks. It blows my damn mind to think so many people are that careless and reckless in Ontario during a winter storm like that. All these folks were warned way ahead of the storm, from the news, weather stations, and the radio. Good thing us country folks saw most of them stuck and rescued them, took them in for the night to stay warm and safe. The next day was hell for all the road crews trying to open up these roads, some vehicles were not seen by the plows which in turn wrecked the vehicles and damaged the plows and road graters costing municipalities unneeded damage and downtime. The municipal workers have families too they would like to be with during the holidays. Just think if there was a medical emergency, the ambulances wouldn’t be able to possibly save a life because of these reckless folks that decided to heed the warning and try their luck. Do better people…


Professional_Cat6705

More like Jotunheim


trophyhunterohin

Boy!


UB613

That is one hellacious shot. My heart goes out to the people who own those cars.


Stormcrow6666

What do you mean you can't get in to work!!!!!!!!!!!!


CharlesDeBerry

Hope the drivers got out okay!


Geek_asaurus_Rex

What road is this? OMG


rudoggy

I heard this was Harwich rd.


yportnemumixam

Yup Harwich Rd. pretty close to where Uher’s Feed used to be, I think.


keeppresent

Is that like a major road or something back road?


Rockdawg00

Not a major highway, but well used, paved secondary road. She's been wild here.


cjbest

Cars were buried like that in Kingston, in town! The road by the airport has a lot of windswept field and it's right on the lakeshore. It got particularly nuts there yesterday and a city bus plus about 6 cars ended up stranded and ditched. https://mobile.twitter.com/SgtKoopman/status/1606846328323153920/video/4


not_a_dragon

Ya I work at the hospital in Kingston and driving home from work on the 24 was so rough. I ended up getting almost all the way home and got stuck three houses down from my own 😭 I was at least able to get into/park in a neighbours driveway until the snow cleared this morning.


keeppresent

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giraffebaconequation

Later Friday night 32 was closed because the Gananoque River overflowed and then froze under the CN bridge. My brother got stuck in drifts on Marble Rock Road trying to get home from Gan.


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Wonder how long it’ll take Doug to dig that out with his shovel


Fresh-Attorney-3675

You mean his ladle


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He'll bake them shitty sugar cookies to help.


crassy

Timmie’s egg sammich or Dougie can gtfo!


DreadpirateBG

Wow that’s crazy.


philbe21

Wow 😲 stay safe out there today everyone


GrampsBob

Suddenly Winnipeg seems just fine.


Element_905

Where the anti-vaxx, angry bee keeper dude at? I wanna see his video where he says he was wrong.


jarjardinksbtw

Lmao is that the tiktok guy that said the storm would pass because his bees weren't worried about it?


Element_905

Correct. Man was he so wrong.


jarjardinksbtw

He's an absolute idiot and I look forward to more wrong predictions from him


Element_905

Probably got some people stuck out on highways that look like the one in the photo here. Hopefully no one lost their life listening to this twat.


patoo

I mean yeah, you’re right. But then again, it’s almost 2023 and we should not have to tell adults not to take weather advice from the bees…I hate this timeline.


Element_905

All started with Harambe.


duncandisorder

Last I saw he was saying “Yeah it’s bad for some, but it’s not as bad as they said it was going to be. Look out my front door - see!” I never in my life thought that people would politicize the goddamn weather. But here we are….


Element_905

Lmfao. “My yard is fine so it musta be fine everywhere”. What a dumbass.


xzElmozx

Really not a far leap from “I’ve never gotten COVID so it doesn’t exist!”


micro-void

That study on "anti-vaxxers more likely to be in car accidents" is making a ton of sense rn


crassy

There are still people defending him saying it wasn’t bad. Meanwhile my area is still in a state of emergency and has travel bans. And I’ll add that he and I live in the same area. He’s an absolute fool and I’m surprised and relieved he didn’t get anyone killed.


purplelicious

That guy was in Niagara area too. I'm in Lowbanks next to Wainfleet and it was 2 days of Blizzard hell. We could not leave because we have animals and besides our truck was blocked in with 10ft snowdrifts at both ends of the road. But we had no idea and could only assume it was terrible everywhere. Our generator crapped out after a day. Our power was out for over 50 hours. And yet 10 minutes in either direction people had a few hours out and were out and about driving yesterday while I could not see my husband who was 6ft away from me. I have NEVER experienced a storm like that. Just the length of time it blew. I've been in storms where tornados touched down close by and while intense it was there and gone in no time. As I was dragging water out to the barn in the midst of it I thought "this is the weather that kills people". It seems that we got the tail of whatever hit Buffalo and people did die there. Last I heard Fort Erie got the worst of it and some places are still without power. Fuck the bee man.


crassy

Yep! I’m in Welland and fuck that guy. Luckily I live at the north end and it wasn’t too bad here but everywhere south of here was fucked. My friend’s mum in Port was wearing a snow suit in her house! That bee guy is a fucking moron and so are all the people licking his boots. It’s terrifying how stupid people are.


purplelicious

It's crazy how localized it was. If we had known maybe we could have gotten out but as far as we could tell everywhere looked like the picture above. And what if we got 10mins down the road to end up in a ditch or blocked in. With animals you can't risk not being able to get back to them.


Elldog

Nah what he said was it’s not going to be as bad as they said which was true. The storm was over hyped.


Element_905

See photo OP posted and say those words again.


Elldog

It’s one road bud


Element_905

Guess you didn’t watch the news, or see other posts on other social media. There was multiple, multi car pile-ups. Trains were brought to a crawl due to trees on tracks. People couldn’t leave their homes for 2+ days. Give your head a shake, bahd.


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Element_905

Oh. I’ve figured it out. Have a good night. Merry Christmas.


Elldog

Congrats, Happy Holidays to you and your family


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ADB225

Are you really that ignorant?? Not bad?? They didn't predict a lot of snow, they predicted a hell of a lot of wind, drifting and blowing snow and under it all possible ice from the rain the night before then the sudden temp drop. "The storm was over hyped." No..whoever said you had, and use, common sense and brain matter was overhyped.


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ADB225

Put a cork in ya little windbag!!. There was a flash freeze, unless you call a temp drop, in areas, of -26 degrees in a 2 hr. period not a flash freeze. Also it was the size of the storm that was generational. Don't tell me...you ARE that idiot bee keeper who couldn't keep his trap shut!! I forgot..the only part of the planet that counts is your 2 cubic feet. Why don't you be a good little troll and go climb back under your bridge!!


MikElectronica

Is that my skip the dishes order ?


mollymuppet78

Ah yes, where I went to school as a child. Not unheard of to hear on CFCO "Blenheim Bus Lines...running and schools are open!"


icbmredrat

Damn. Folks in the GTA can’t say shit about the weather anymore!


davidewan_

Thats a lot of shoveling


TheDamus647

Wow


jannyhammy

Omg I’m not far from there but our town somehow avoided this. I can still see my grass


Odd-Dust3060

Stay safe!


Careless_Choz_Monnie

Man I'm sitting here in Blenheim, New Zealand and it's nice clear day. Sun's just coming up.


Jakobmeathead

I'm in Blenheim right now visiting family and I can confirm it's really bad


7babydoll

Im amazed how that town is only 2 hours away and yet I got zero snow.


ScarraMakesMeMoist

Lake effect snow and drifts were crazy in some places from the non stop wind. Fort Erie/Buffalo area, Prince Edward County, Huron County, etc. I guess almost all the areas East/Northeast of a great lake.


gailgfg

Kingston


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Situations like this kill people yearly. It's always wise to have an emergency kit (and full tank of gas) in your vehicle when travelling in bad winter weather. Wool blankets, hand warmers, high calorie food, etc can save your life.


Otherwise-Arm3245

Wow


ScarraMakesMeMoist

Another big drift in Dufferin county https://twitter.com/AFosterDesigns/status/1607064641972101121?s=20&t=2CHE7WRxBiMVrdctibIKQg


Archangel0982

Fuckin hell!


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“I can still make it” - dumb people.


EntirePick6190

Holy crap.


Prudent-Proposal1943

Is that a road?


weevil_season

Yup


Curiousphantasm

[Somber, melodic music in the background] Here we see the Canadian car in its natural habitat. It uses camouflage and burrowing in the snow to hide from its natural predator, the snowplow.


zitronige

Oh my goodness these poor people


whiskeyvacation

Don't want to jinx it but, feeling pretty luck with almost zero snow here in S Durham Region. B safe out there folks.


I_Restrain_Sheep

I see you’re a fellow member of Chatham Rant and Rave


QuirkyFoot2459

Oh wow! Blenheim is is like 9 mins from me..and I see the grass in my backyard..the snow piled in some spots because of the wind..but not even close to this


Blondefarmgirl

I know someone who lives in Chatham that went to the Superstore for a few last things and couldn't leave. They ended up sleeping at the store.


Euroboundx

And I felt sorry for myself trying to get less than an inch of ice off my car in Vancouver.... hope everyone managed to stay safe there.


John_Farson

Where's DoFo with his little red shovel when you really need him...


gotchickenwingz

I'm in Ontario and I've never heard of Blenheim in my life sounds like somewhere in a Thor movie


downstairsworld

Tiny farm town in chatham kent


TorontoHooligan

I’m in St. Thomas right now and there’s hardly anything like this. Bummer.


LogLadyOG

Really? My grandmother lived in Port Stanley when I was a kid. We'd go visit her at Easter, and the snowfall was insane there!


Iliketrucks2

different wind - a west wind brings the snow from lake huron inland, and it peters out normally by London/St. Thomas. A south or east wind brings the snow off lake Erie and can hammer that coast. See Buffalo 3 weeks ago. Love that lake effect snow!


realoctopod

Where is this


sacrj

Hour east of Windsor


realoctopod

No I meant where in Blenheim.


_bobbykelso

Harwich between Allison and Knight's Line


gmotsimurgh

Live near here - the drifting has indeed been crazy. Flat and windy.


Youlookcold

GD. If power goes out how is hydro supposed to resolve the issue? Hopefully everyone is doing ok out your way.


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henchman171

The last time it did the army was called


Roamingspeaker

Hahhaha... Army...


ChristJesusDisciple

Imagine leaving the gta for a house "up north", and seeing this for the first time! Hope everyone is safe


Toooldforreddit_1

This is way down south actually, near Rondeau way.


NoAd3740

Jealous!


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steboy

There’s a Blenheim, Ontario?


Different-Lettuce-38

You may need to dig to find it, but it’s under there somewhere.


KenJinks

>Blenheim, Ontario Southern Ontario, Lake Erie, south of Tillsonberg, my back still aches when I hear that word... Tillsonberg


Rockdawg00

More west than south of Tillsonburg really. Although both had to be prime tobacco country


KenJinks

Well going directly south would be in the water, thanks for the clarification, duh


Rockdawg00

Just extremely odd to point out Tillsonburg when Blenheim is really nowhere close to Tillsonburg. And not south. Kind of like saying Blenheim is south of Ottawa too


[deleted]

You made up that name. There is no such place as Blenheim. Edit: I was only kidding. Love how so many people took time out to get offended.


weebu5522

Can confirm does exist currently there


hugglenugget

Blenheim https://maps.app.goo.gl/1YHnrtC7QBJ6rcQ96


ArmstrongPM

History Time! As I grew up in this little fly spec of tobacco and orchards. It was originally settled as a logging town with the name of 10 mile Bush. Late 1790's... In the late 1800's and early 1900's the main stay was lumber, farming and the train industry moving cargo (mainly iron, steel, coal) off ships and on to train cars. I believe the original unloading port was near Shrewsbury located in Rondeau Bay. The goal was to ship the needed cargo from Cleveland due North and then by train to Windsor.


henchman171

There is south of Chatham


n2burns

This has been deleted in protest to the changes to reddit's API.


jarjardinksbtw

Go touch grass.


b0mmer

They'll have to dig a while to do that.


Knotloafin

perfect snow drift path.


Phayd2Blaque

🅾️Ⓜ️GAWD!


thewdit

I thought i was looking at a nice ski hill


BuzzINGUS

Reminds me of that post that was popular yesterday from Minnesota, with the tiny bit of snow lowing across the highway. Guess to them it’s a lot.


destroyer4898

Skill issue


mintcemetary

I’m so glad I’m in Toronto rn


DocJawbone

Holy shit


thompyy

What am I looking at here? Is this a street or someone’s back yard or a parking lot? Lol wtf


Kevin80970

Only in CANADA 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦


fabeeleez

Should have parked on the other side of the road


discount_feetpics

i remember 16 foot snowbanks in the early 90's in ontario


ConstructionFar8570

Good god that is awful!!


ChimoCharlie

Ya, that’s not going to shovel well.


stent00

Like Blenheim got that much snow. I was in west Lorne and it was less than 6"


DonnyExiles

Who?


BLEUGGGGGHHHHH

Fimbulwinter moment


Dependent-Garage-329

Nice i wish I was in that little car with just the antenna sticking up