Typically, I drive my wife to work in the morning. She works in Halifax. Under ideal conditions, this is about a 25-30 minute drive. If you've ever experienced morning rush here, depending on time of morning, the drive time can stretch to 45 minutes. One tiny accident, a fender-bender or rear-ender, can cause ridiculous delays.
Then, there's the weather.
During winter in Nova Scotia, you have to be prepared for the worst. Last week was truly odd. During the morning commute, we got to experience a little bit of everything, as our wacky weather couldn't seem to make up its mind what season it was. In just those five days, we dealt with blinding sun at dawn, dense fog, rain, snow (which stretched the drive time to almost 90 minutes as traffic was forced to a crawl on the unploughed roads and highways) bitter cold with wind chills in the -20 range, and mild temperatures close to +10. It makes it difficult to plan a morning routine when there is such a vast inconsistency in the weather from one day to the next. This is complicated tremendously by the maddeningly inaccurate weather forecasts. Being a Nova Scotian, and especially recently, I tend to equate the "science" of meteorology with astrology or palmism.
The forecast for Monday morning is cold temperatures in the negative double-digits, plus snow. Of course, that's if you can trust the predictions. At this point, I wonder whether I would be better served listening to Cindy Day, or if I should just "go down to Madame X and let her read my mind."
Here's to happy travels.
Then, there's the weather.
During winter in Nova Scotia, you have to be prepared for the worst. Last week was truly odd. During the morning commute, we got to experience a little bit of everything, as our wacky weather couldn't seem to make up its mind what season it was. In just those five days, we dealt with blinding sun at dawn, dense fog, rain, snow (which stretched the drive time to almost 90 minutes as traffic was forced to a crawl on the unploughed roads and highways) bitter cold with wind chills in the -20 range, and mild temperatures close to +10. It makes it difficult to plan a morning routine when there is such a vast inconsistency in the weather from one day to the next. This is complicated tremendously by the maddeningly inaccurate weather forecasts. Being a Nova Scotian, and especially recently, I tend to equate the "science" of meteorology with astrology or palmism.
The forecast for Monday morning is cold temperatures in the negative double-digits, plus snow. Of course, that's if you can trust the predictions. At this point, I wonder whether I would be better served listening to Cindy Day, or if I should just "go down to Madame X and let her read my mind."
Here's to happy travels.
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