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Ontario, Canada Weather

December 2009
28th-31st. Blustery and much colder weather sweeps in, with frequent snow showers and flurries as 2009 comes to a close.

January 2010
1st-3rd. Fair, cold. 4th-7th. Fair, then snow breaks out near the St. Lawrence River Valley. 8th-11th. Heavy snow Great Lakes. 12th-15th. Fair, cold all of Ontario. 16th-19th. Snow squalls Great Lakes. 20th-23rd. Snow, then turning fair and cold. 24th-27th. Heavy snow. 28th-31st. Clearing, cold.

February 2010
1st-3rd. Wet Great Lakes, then clearing, cold. 4th-7th. Periods of light snow. 8th-11th. Colder weather Great Lakes. 12th-15th. Snow, increasing in intensity to the east. 16th-19th. Mixed clouds and sun. 20th-23rd. More periods of snow; heaviest again over eastern section.

George what is your feelings on garbage and recycling?

You know, folks today have really got their thinking messed up;  Take all this recycling they got going today with garbage pick up.  First off I see it as a cost to the public and more of a threat to our system than if we didn’t do it at all, recycling that is.  Reason being?  Well think about this.  First off the huge cities when getting into this recycling have to buy more huge trucks which in turn burn more fuel which in turn puts more pollution into the air.  All that this does is put more of a strain on our system.  What’s the answer?  Well I believe the answer to our problem of getting rid of waste is to only save what we no there is a use for, like certain pop cans, steel, and some plastics and cardboard.  The rest forget about it, waste of time.  For the rest of the items I feel we should be burning it.  You know years ago in a small town called Smithville Ontario a fellow came up with burner that would burn all our garbage with an efficiency of around 98%.  I seen it and watched it work.  Great thing in my eyes.  We could then use this unit to produce hydro and things like that.  Now in my eyes that would make more sense than just dumping it in a landfill sight. As all we are doing there is adding more pollution to our soil and eventually even destroying the good water we have now.  Thing is though,the Powers That Be don’t want this to happen, saying it isn’t good enough. I say dam, what we got now sure isn’t good for man kind.  What we got here is, folks that isn’t thinking of what is good for the world, they are in reality thinking what is good for their pocket books. There is no other system in the world that can offer 98% efficiency like burning.  Simple As That.  My Opinion Only.

George, what is your feelings on this article?

Seniors who are exposed to significant levels of air pollution for more than a year face double the risk of pneumonia, Canadian researchers report.

You know reading that piece of information just goes to show one how folks minds work today.  Think about it, anyone should know that if the air isn’t the greatest it will contribute to all kinds of problems like Pneumonia.  Trouble is, there are a lot of people out there today that can’t visualise things any more and depend on others to do their thinking for them.  Just one more reason why this country should be  looking at becoming more self reliant and stop depending on others to do our thinking for us.  My Opinion Only

85 Days until Spring

North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa
11:33 AM EST Friday 25 December 2009
Freezing rain warning for
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa continued

..Freezing rain spreading into these regions from the south..

This is a warning that an extended period of freezing rain is imminent or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.

The much-advertised Texas storm will bring a wintry mix of freezing rain along with some snow and rain to the warned areas. There is potential for an extended period of freezing rain especially for regions north of Lake Huron where 2 to 5 millimetres or more of ice may accumulate on untreated surfaces.

Travellers are advised to take extreme caution and allow for extra time to reach their destinations. Environment Canada will continue to monitor this developing situation closely. The freezing rain warning may be extended to other areas as needed later on.

The winter storm watch has ended for Northwestern Ontario as snowfall amounts are no longer expected to exceed the Environment Canada warinng criteria of 15 centimetres per 12 hours.

Kerstmis Fatato, Santa’s Chief Elf, has confirmed that Santa and his empty sleigh safely touched down at the North Pole at 2:00 a.m. local time on December 25. Santa was greeted by an elated Mrs. Claus who took him home for a mug of hot cocoa (with marshmallows) before tucking him in for a long winter’s nap.  Merry Christmas Folks, From My Family To Yours.

NORAD has confirmed that Santa and his fully-loaded, reindeer-powered sleigh took off from the North Pole and soared into the Arctic sky at 6:00 a.m. EST (5:00 a.m. CST, 4:00 a.m. MST, 3:00 a.m. PST). NORAD radar is tracking Rudolph’s bright red nose, and satellite imagery is providing minute-by-minute coverage of Santa’s location.

I like to post this every year.  ENJOY!!

“DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
“Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
“Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’
“Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?

“VIRGINIA O’HANLON.
“115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET.”

VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You may tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.