In the case of Toronto, just shy of 50% of the population is from another country (We have the largest percentage of immigrants of any city in the world at 48% of the population) and most of those countries are places that see snow rarely if ever. So a large chunk of the population doesn't know how to deal with snow and Toronto doesn't get enough to teach them properly.
-Adam On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Luiz Felipe <[email protected]> wrote: > Here (Fortaleza, Brasil) we had some 5 years without rain - at all. When it > came, young kids would run in fear, of that unknown water falling from the > sky... and I never saw so many car crashes in my life. Looks like people > really lose unused habilities... > > Not that it was that much rain anyway... but the city just flooded, since > some git in the management had not bothered keeping the drainage system > working. I did have some problems myself - after 2 years unchecked, my car's > wipers just quit the moment I turned them on. Lucky me, I had some orange > refrigerant and vodka under the seat, from the night before, and was able to > survive with them until the rain stopped (some hour later). > > Now, if someone would like to buy houses around here, I'm available to > help... :-) > > Luiz Felipe > luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br > > > > > Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:58:01 -0500, Christian <[email protected]> > escreveu: > >> In DC the mantra is "milk, bread, toilet paper!" >> >> Spit on the pavement and traffic will be grid-locked for days. >> >> Fun stuff to read, Dave. >> -- >> >> Christian >> http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ >> >> Bill Owens wrote: >> > Hell, here in North Carolina, just the threat of any kind of frozen >> > precip causes a run on the grocery stores for milk and bread, even >> > though said precip will be gone in less than 24 hours. (I used to >> > stock up on bread and beer) >> > >> > Bill >> > >> > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 8:50 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> Its snowing, yes another storm in Toronto. Expecting a whopping 3 cm's. >> >> >> >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> My attempt at snowed in humor. >> >> >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
