Beyond the Text: Snow in Toronto

As a Torontonian, cartoons like this annoy me to no end.

In January of 1998 there was a major snow and ice storm that hit Southern and Eastern Ontario. I was there and I can testify to the fact that it was scary. The military was called in and ever since then Toronto has borne the brunt of all kinds of jokes about how we can't cope with snow (apparently). I honestly think that this has little to do with the weather in Toronto and how the media presents the city. Toronto is colder than the average Canadian city during the winter because of the lake effect. Although it snows less in Toronto it's a bigger problem because there's fewer places to put the snow. Oftentimes the result of this is that days after a major storm commuting is still dangerous.

It's not a huge issue but it's still interesting.