{"id":909,"date":"2008-02-06T20:50:34","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T01:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/02\/06\/thunder-and-lightening-in-february\/"},"modified":"2010-10-09T20:01:33","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T00:01:33","slug":"thunder-and-lightening-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/02\/06\/thunder-and-lightening-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder and lightening in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>We&#8217;ve been having some pretty wild weather here in Toronto since yesterday evening.   This is part of the storm that caused major tornadoes in the US. <\/p>\n<p>It started out with hail and or icy snow pellets at about 9 pm or so Tuesday evening and then I think it turned to snow.  It snowed through the night and so far all day today!  I think we&#8217;re supposed to have a total of 15 inches of snow\/ice by the time the storm is over.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Now and ice storm is bad enough but this one&#8217;s been accompanied by lightening and thunder! I think we&#8217;ve had lightening and thunder since about 5 pm today.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>That&#8217;s so weird.  A thunder storm with snow in February. Very strange indeed. <\/p>\n<p>My garden is immersed in snow and ice.  It&#8217;s actually quite nice to look at.  The clothes line is coated in a thick layer of ice too. <\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>It&#8217;s supposed to be very cold all week and we&#8217;re expecting more snow over night and then again on Friday and I think throughout the weekend so this round of snow will be here for a while.  Often when it snows it only stays on the ground for a few days at most and then melts away again.   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