As I guessed would be the case, the internets is full of idiot commentors saying "say home when there's a snowstorm!" and "Ontario is wussy!"
Military for snow... WOW you'll never see that on the rock. When will people learn to stay off the highways. it's not like there was no warning. Maybe it just seems a little crazy to me because I've gone through so many bad storms, drove in them and been stuck in them. Everytime ontario see's 30 cm of snow the military is called into action. get some common sense and stay inside and if you must go out, be prepared for what might come your way
When I lived with my parents there were two roads to get from their house to the highway--one went along the lakeshore, the other a corn field. ANY snow fall, if there were high winds, was hard to drive in--the corn field winds almost blew my little car off the road, and the lake-side blew gigantic drifts onto the narrow road. It was hard to decide which route to choose, but you had to drive in it anyway cause you can't miss work or school every time it snows with wind.So I can easily see how people could get suddenly snowed in on a high-wind-gust-snowy highway, when the weather didn't seem that bad when you left your house. (Not to mention these conditions come up very quickly.) On top of which the visibility at times was zero--if you can't see past the hood of your car, you won't see the five foot snow drift until you're in it.
AND as for the complaints about using the military, isn't that our worldwide goal? To change swords into snowploughs?
The un-dumb comments eventually surface:
*I just wanted to comment on all those people complaining about those stranded on HWY 402...................Thank God it wasn't any of your family members stuck out there. I'm sure your complaints wouldn't be about the stupid people driving but the fact that you all thought that the military and government weren't doing enough,
*Ironic how alot of people keep saying "What were these people thinking...stay at home" yet, as an essential service worker I am REQUIRED to get to my job no matter what the weather. Do you folks think that hospitals, fire departments and ambulance workers should all stay home at the first sign of bad weather? If so, then the headlines LACK OF EMERGENCY WORKERS and everyone would be complaining about that!
Nice to see all the snowmobilers out there helping people too. Like Dunkirk!
The best comments, though, were about a numerical discrepency in one article: "Drifting snow and zero visibility had trapped about 300 people in their vehicles . ... In all, there are some 360 vehicles stuck."
* It should of been stated that approximately 60 cars were pregnant and gave birth over night in Sarnia during the storm.Clearly explains the additional 60 cars without drivers.
* Re: 60 extra vehicles " They were abandoned there from the previous storm last year, no one noticed them before"....
* only 300 survived of 360 can this be another donner party???
