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22 » “.vu. - »..‘.. . .u;e . Runners make their way along Main Street in downtown Stouffville during last Thursday’s storm. Raincoats were more in "l'wentquu wmmfiK-g order for this week’s weather. Temperatures are to hover around 0 C during the next week with no snow in the forecast. in Markham; Aurora recon Stouffville Hyundai and Stouffville Chrysler teamed together and generously donated 3 I .000 to the Stoufiville Food Bank .just in time to help out for the holiday season. Stouffville Hyundai and Stouffville Chrysler Donate $1,000 to the Stouffville Food Bank 20 Automall Boulevard (Millard Hwy. 48) 905888.6680 ° smuffvillcchryslcmom Stouffville V tvu I I V "IV | m FQt'l's 67 Autumn" Boulevard (Millard 81 Hwy. 48) 905.888.7777 ' stoufivillchyunducom Stouffville l CHRYSL-R DODGE 2001 AUDIO AKAL OPTICAL BASS PRO SHOP BEST BUY CANADIAN TIRE CORBEIL FIRST CHOICE SUPERMARKET F000 BASICS FOODLAND MT ALBERT FOOOV MART FRE SHCO FUTURE SHOP GIANT TIGER GOLF TOWN GRAND FORTUNE HOME DEPOT HOME HARDWARE HOME OUTFITTERS IDA LITTLE CAESARS LOBLAWS LONGO'S LOWES MM MEATS MARKHIM HE ALTH NETWORK MARKS WORK WE ARHOUSE METRO To find out me about how m reach you! target market and get the same gteat response from your "yer ddstnbutions as these customers. can us today' 'Selected areas onIy Nomdolmmflulkomdol ,8 Imth vlh' Sun-Tribune vlslt save.ca STAFF PHOTO/JIM MASON MICHAEL ANGELO'S MICHAEL HILL MICHAELS NATIONAL SPORTS N0 FRILLS PEOPLES REAL CANADIAN SUPERSTORE RE XALL SEARS SHOPPERS SHOWCASE IV SOBEY‘S SPORI CHER STAPLES SUN DENTAL SUNFOOD SUPERMARKET SUNNY FOODMART TU SUPERMARKET IARGEY THE BAY THE SOURCE TIGERDIRECT TOYS R US TSC STORE VINCE'S WALMART ZEHRS A week ago. Mother Natum sucker-punchui southern ()ntan'o with a blast ()fwintcr that delivered at least twice, and in some cases more than three times. the thru‘uslcd 10 centimetres of snow. ‘ By mid-afiemoon on Dec. 11. York Regional I’oliu‘ had recorded about l00 tmflic collisions and that didn't count the downs expected to show up later at the police collision-reporting centre in Richmond Hill. Poke closed King Road between Hwy. 27 and Weston Road and were asking drivers to avoid driving on Major Mackenzie Drive from Kipling Avenue to l’ianulloV l)riw due to poor road conditions. School buses were cancelled and (X) l'runsit was reporting delays 0n several mutvs. in Markham“. Aurora received 27 centimetres. But how does last week's storm compare to years past? You've. got to feel for residents who were living in the Oak Ridges are 74 years ago. Environment (Ianada senior Climatologist Dave Phillips said. On Nov. 3t), 1940. 38.1 centimetres of snow fell on the northern Richmond Hill community. But it gets worse. because 15.2 centimetres had already fallen Nov. 26, 12.7 centimetres had arrived on Nov. 28 and 5.1 centimetres had come on Nov. 2%). That makes for 91.4 centimetres of snow in five days. “Did they ever recover from it?" Phillips said with an incredulous laugh. adding the live~dav period liker adds up to York Region's largest recent accumulation. the area. Schomberg had [11'9inin 32 L‘cnti'nwtrvs of snow While school children may have welromed a snow day last 'lhursday. Phillips pointed out there was a time a few decades ago when students and teachers would hm e cursed a blizzard because they would have had to go in class on a Saturday to make up the time. Not surprisingly. nasty winter weather has been \\llll us forever. A century ago. residents would have welcomed sntm' because it made it easier to transpurt lugs and equipment than on dirt roads. Phillips said. "Snow was seen as good news HK) years ago." he mid “It's seen as a scourge today. Unless you're a skier ur snow boarder. tor the rest ()fus. it's a four-letter word." 'lhings were almost as bad in St()11fi\'illt* during lhv same two-day period. On Dec. 10. 1992. the lawn gm 45.5 centimetms and another 13.1 cemimetms fell the follow- ing day. for a total of 58.6 centimetres. On Dec. 10. 1992. 40.4 wminwtrvs landed an Richâ€" mond Hill. Another 12 cuminwm‘s fell from the sky tho next day. for a total 0f52.4 centinwlms in two days. In 1999. there was a "real biggie” of a stonn than wal- Ioped the region. Phillips said. A total 01'604 centinwlres fell in two days at Buttunville Airport. “That's half a year's worth in two dayx." said Phillips. pointing out that was the same month 'l‘oronto called in the army to help it cope with massive amounts of snow. looking ahead. Phillips is wondering when kids who find sleds under the U99 will have a chanco in use them. “We may not have a white Christmas." he said. "I don't see any snow-makers (snow storms) coming from now to Christmas." Storm didn’t measure up to blasts in past By the time the weather system finally moved out n! “Wemaynothaveawhitefluistmaa” lqm'cnél‘yrmg.(‘mn BY LISA QUEEN Dave Phillips Iinnrmmu'n! (,ltrnulu x'nmr (lmmlolnuzsl ad fallen at Bummvillv Airport