George Kourounis
EF2
After several days of lake effect snow squalls. The snow has finally stopped coming down in the Muskoka region of Ontario. I finally was able to make it up into the hardest hit areas and the amount of snow there is staggering! Even with several days of the snow compacting down, it is still the wildest lake effect event I've ever witnessed. This was truly an epic snowfall. Estimates of 4 to 6 FEET of snow were reported in some areas. We may never know for sure exactly how much came down, but it was unreal.
I waited a day for the plow crews to clear the roads, so that I could actually get into these towns. Starting in the small town of MacTier, I then continued on to Bracebridge, then Minden. These were the areas where the snow squalls seemed to lock into place and dump massive amounts of snow for several days in a row. Cars were completely buried, snowbanks reached to the roofs of houses and sidewalks were non-existent in a lot of these communities.
I've uploaded several dozen photos from the event here:
http://www.stormchaser.ca/Snow_Blizzards/2009_12_11_Ubersqualls/2009_12_11_Ubersqualls.html
Here are a few samples:
George Kourounis
www.stormchaser.ca
I waited a day for the plow crews to clear the roads, so that I could actually get into these towns. Starting in the small town of MacTier, I then continued on to Bracebridge, then Minden. These were the areas where the snow squalls seemed to lock into place and dump massive amounts of snow for several days in a row. Cars were completely buried, snowbanks reached to the roofs of houses and sidewalks were non-existent in a lot of these communities.
I've uploaded several dozen photos from the event here:
http://www.stormchaser.ca/Snow_Blizzards/2009_12_11_Ubersqualls/2009_12_11_Ubersqualls.html
Here are a few samples:
![TN300_Ubersqualls_17.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stormchaser.ca%2FSnow_Blizzards%2F2009_12_11_Ubersqualls%2FTN300_Ubersqualls_17.jpg&hash=a8064380e2532f7b4afeb955dc08f591)
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George Kourounis
www.stormchaser.ca