They flew over Charlottetown last Wednesday. Got a decent video of them.
That's great Todd, just never get tired of seeing those jets flying in low.
I have a flight tracker radar app on the mobile, boy has traffic ever dried up around Toronto. Where we live you can count on a flight ever two minutes flying over either landing or taking off from Pearson or Billy Bishop but not now and the ones that are up are typically UPS and FedEX or other Cargo Carriers plus the odd Air Canada going between cities. The thing we notice is Air Canada is pulling out the big boys for these flights, like the Airbus 330 and Boeing 767 I suppose to get as much social distance on board, we don't see the smaller Embraers any longer. The approaches are much lower too we see them at 1500 to 3000 feet over neighborhood.
And back to weather, its a full on Blizzard in Toronto zero visibility and high winds.
-- Edited by 73SC on Saturday 9th of May 2020 11:50:03 AM
Looking back at my post in January, talking about +9 and rain, it strikes me as not being much different than weather we are getting now in May, except today it's +7 and rain. Snow flurries tonight and tomorrow, but in many parts of NB they are predicting 15 - 30 cm of snow... crazy!
Looking forward to warmer days, even if we have to stay inside! lol
I'm sure Vancouver Island is sunny and 30 today....
64PARCONUK said
May 11, 2020
We had a great April and, up to two days ago, May also. Unseasonably warm, even hot some days. It turned cooler yesterday and looks to stay that way til the end of the week but, thanks to the Gulf stream, our temperatures are much better than you guys and gals have to endure. I should be sunbathing again by Saturday!
4SPEED427 said
May 11, 2020
Supposed to be 24 here by Saturday but this year the only way I believe it is to see it.
timbuk said
May 11, 2020
4SPEED427 wrote:
-7 here last night but at least no snow.
I'm sure Vancouver Island is sunny and 30 today....
minus 7? what is going on there carl and yes it is quite nice here today
65 SD L79 said
May 11, 2020
we had a high of 6 today average is 18. 6 is the average low, we will be below freezing again tonight
ABC123 said
May 11, 2020
Started the day with this,
And ended it like this,
The rainbow ends at my brother's house.
He said he might have some vintage Molson's Golden but that's all.
-- Edited by ABC123 on Monday 11th of May 2020 07:57:34 PM
Our forecast for May long weekend is REALLY nice. I'm staying home but I'm really really curious to see how many people with cabins in Northwest Ontario head that direction and what repercussions there are, if any when they come back to Manitoba. Plus I hear the citizens of Kenora have been pretty rough on Manitobans coming there up to this point. How will people stay home after what we've been going through? It's one thing when it freezes most nights but stay home when it's 25*? We'll see.
jmont64 said
May 12, 2020
4SPEED427 wrote:
Our forecast for May long weekend is REALLY nice. I'm staying home but I'm really really curious to see how many people with cabins in Northwest Ontario head that direction and what repercussions there are, if any when they come back to Manitoba. Plus I hear the citizens of Kenora have been pretty rough on Manitobans coming there up to this point. How will people stay home after what we've been going through? It's one thing when it freezes most nights but stay home when it's 25*? We'll see.
I dont know what the issue would be really. Most people can get totally stocked up from their home base and the only stop you may need to make is a fuel stop. Pack lots of grub and you can even make a sandwich for the way home. Especially if youre just going for 4 or 5 days.
4SPEED427 said
May 12, 2020
I would stop in Manitoba for fuel. Continue to the cabin with no stops. Spend a night or two there. On that way home, same place in Manitoba for a fuel stop. Never even get out of the truck in Ontario except at our Ontario home.
I agree, I don't see the issue. However, we'll see how it goes for everyone for the long weekend and take it from there. It's our busy season at work so I volunteered to keep the parts department open on Monday for the farmers who break down. That way I won't be tempted to head to Ontario for the weekend!
Pontiacanada said
May 12, 2020
jmont64 wrote:
4SPEED427 wrote:
Our forecast for May long weekend is REALLY nice. I'm staying home but I'm really really curious to see how many people with cabins in Northwest Ontario head that direction and what repercussions there are, if any when they come back to Manitoba. Plus I hear the citizens of Kenora have been pretty rough on Manitobans coming there up to this point. How will people stay home after what we've been going through? It's one thing when it freezes most nights but stay home when it's 25*? We'll see.
I don't know what the issue would be really. Most people can get totally stocked up from their home base and the only stop you may need to make is a fuel stop. Pack lots of grub and you can even make a sandwich for the way home. Especially if you're just going for 4 or 5 days.
That's what people should be doing in theory, but it is not happening. Cottage goers are stopping and buying up huge quantities of food in small communities. My buddy's community in Ontario's cottage country is going through this, and the people are POd. They don't like seeing "foreign" licence plates, just like here on PEI.
4SPEED427 said
May 12, 2020
And I totally agree with that. Why can't they do everything before they leave home, get to their other home and stay put?
If they would go to their own place and truly isolate they'd have the same or even less contact vs. if they stayed at their other home.
Time will tell, this weekend will be a good indicator of how it's going to go.
timbuk said
May 12, 2020
have not been to cabin since feb for me it is only 1.5 hrs away gona need to go tho get the maitenance done will wait and see what happens we are laxing a bit here it seems no new cases on van isle since friday so getting better here
-- Edited by timbuk on Tuesday 12th of May 2020 11:13:19 AM
65 SD L79 said
Jun 10, 2020
word is London getting hit now with storm, any of you guys in that area let us know how bad it is
ARCADIAN said
Jun 10, 2020
High winds and lots of heavy rainfall in Owen Sound and oh yah the Hydro went off at 7:15 and came back on at 7:50 Just a normal occurance anymore when there is any kind of severe weather!!!!
Canadian Poncho said
Jun 10, 2020
I still get Ontairo weather alerts. Just saw this one:
Current details: At 8:48 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado. Damaging winds, large hail and locally intense rainfall are also possible.
Tornado just southeast of Dorchester may reach the Ingersoll area by 9.15 PM.
This is a dangerous and potentially life-threatening situation.
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We rarely get thunderstorms here in PEI. Mother nature saves them all up and gives it to us as a Hurricane
65 SD L79 said
Jun 10, 2020
fingers crossed the worst goes north of us here in the Falls
ABC123 said
Jun 10, 2020
"Tornado just southeast of Dorchester may reach the Ingersoll area by 9.15 PM.
I just gained a lot of new possessions !
My fence line will be a lost and found for the neighbors tomorrow
-- Edited by ABC123 on Wednesday 10th of June 2020 08:19:57 PM
DonSSDD said
Jun 10, 2020
Very scary stuff. Todd, we used to get big sheet
Lightning storms in the summer in pei.
ABC123 said
Jun 10, 2020
I just checked the Hydro One Power outage App.
You can follow the outages on the map from here right through Ingersoll and Woodstock
Hundreds of customers without electricity.
A quick tour of the yard and found that one of my Maples, has be shredded.
65 SD L79 said
Jun 27, 2020
Careful what you wish for. After a real wet spring the next 9 days shows no rain and hot. Most car shows are cancelled for this years so I insuranced some of the newer cars for the summer and leave the no AC classics parked
That's great Todd, just never get tired of seeing those jets flying in low.
I have a flight tracker radar app on the mobile, boy has traffic ever dried up around Toronto. Where we live you can count on a flight ever two minutes flying over either landing or taking off from Pearson or Billy Bishop but not now and the ones that are up are typically UPS and FedEX or other Cargo Carriers plus the odd Air Canada going between cities. The thing we notice is Air Canada is pulling out the big boys for these flights, like the Airbus 330 and Boeing 767 I suppose to get as much social distance on board, we don't see the smaller Embraers any longer. The approaches are much lower too we see them at 1500 to 3000 feet over neighborhood.
And back to weather, its a full on Blizzard in Toronto zero visibility and high winds.
-- Edited by 73SC on Saturday 9th of May 2020 11:50:03 AM
Snowbirds fly over, snowed out !
Snowbirds scheduled to fly over Guelph Saturday UPDATE: Postponed until Sunday
https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/snowbirds-scheduled-to-fly-over-guelph-saturday-2337511
Looking back at my post in January, talking about +9 and rain, it strikes me as not being much different than weather we are getting now in May, except today it's +7 and rain. Snow flurries tonight and tomorrow, but in many parts of NB they are predicting 15 - 30 cm of snow... crazy!
Looking forward to warmer days, even if we have to stay inside! lol
This is May 11th not March 11th
I'm going back to bed
I'm sure Vancouver Island is sunny and 30 today....
minus 7? what is going on there carl and yes it is quite nice here today
we had a high of 6 today average is 18. 6 is the average low, we will be below freezing again tonight
Started the day with this,
And ended it like this,
The rainbow ends at my brother's house.
He said he might have some vintage Molson's Golden but that's all.
-- Edited by ABC123 on Monday 11th of May 2020 07:57:34 PM
I dont know what the issue would be really. Most people can get totally stocked up from their home base and the only stop you may need to make is a fuel stop. Pack lots of grub and you can even make a sandwich for the way home. Especially if youre just going for 4 or 5 days.
I agree, I don't see the issue. However, we'll see how it goes for everyone for the long weekend and take it from there. It's our busy season at work so I volunteered to keep the parts department open on Monday for the farmers who break down. That way I won't be tempted to head to Ontario for the weekend!
That's what people should be doing in theory, but it is not happening. Cottage goers are stopping and buying up huge quantities of food in small communities. My buddy's community in Ontario's cottage country is going through this, and the people are POd. They don't like seeing "foreign" licence plates, just like here on PEI.
If they would go to their own place and truly isolate they'd have the same or even less contact vs. if they stayed at their other home.
Time will tell, this weekend will be a good indicator of how it's going to go.
have not been to cabin since feb for me it is only 1.5 hrs away gona need to go tho get the maitenance done will wait and see what happens we are laxing a bit here it seems no new cases on van isle since friday so getting better here
-- Edited by timbuk on Tuesday 12th of May 2020 11:13:19 AM
word is London getting hit now with storm, any of you guys in that area let us know how bad it is
I still get Ontairo weather alerts. Just saw this one:
Current details:
At 8:48 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado. Damaging winds, large hail and locally intense rainfall are also possible.
Tornado just southeast of Dorchester may reach the Ingersoll area by 9.15 PM.
This is a dangerous and potentially life-threatening situation.
----------------------------------
We rarely get thunderstorms here in PEI. Mother nature saves them all up and gives it to us as a Hurricane
fingers crossed the worst goes north of us here in the Falls
"Tornado just southeast of Dorchester may reach the Ingersoll area by 9.15 PM.
I just gained a lot of new possessions !
My fence line will be a lost and found for the neighbors tomorrow
Eye witness accout
Video
https://twitter.com/anthonyfarnell/status/1270876181353697283?s=21&fbclid=IwAR1rNJpuN9qmv98gA8201q4r58UKF9GbkL9qUnMTKpgi5n0Nvhvav0clQGw
Just a few miles from here.
Hope everyone is OK
-- Edited by ABC123 on Wednesday 10th of June 2020 08:19:57 PM
Lightning storms in the summer in pei.
You can follow the outages on the map from here right through Ingersoll and Woodstock
Hundreds of customers without electricity.
A quick tour of the yard and found that one of my Maples, has be shredded.
Careful what you wish for. After a real wet spring the next 9 days shows no rain and hot. Most car shows are cancelled for this years so I insuranced some of the newer cars for the summer and leave the no AC classics parked