wow, it's proper rain out there in #TheSoo right now. #onwx #onstorm

back to the snow globe effect here in #TheSoo. seems like the warned snowsqualls have started up. #ONStorm

still heckin wimdy, but the snow is holding off just to the west of us, and the highways are slowly reopening from west to east. don't want to speak too soon but we might be through the worst of it here in #TheSoo

the wind is really starting to howl out there. also starting to see power outages due to fallen trees in the west end of town. #TheSoo #ONStorm

I'm usually up early (~5am), so on miserable weather days I often dig out the car and go have a look around before everybody else is out on the roads.

did not do that today. and given the struggles other folks are having trying to get out of their driveways, I'm feeling pretty good about that decision. 🥶 #TheSoo #ONStorm

all city facilities, programs, & services closed/cancelled until further notice, including Sault Transit + garbage/recycling collection. #TheSoo #ONStorm

me: I wonder if the worst of the storm will pass us by

the worst of the storm: 🎯

#TheSoo #ONStorm

raining in #TheSoo. doesn't appear to be freezing on anything yet though #ONStorm

ngl I was pretty surprised that someone would pitch natural gas generation here. I understand the rationale -- responsive generation to balance out troughs in wind output -- but battery storage would be preferable and encounters fewer problems with the neighbours.

#TheSoo

https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/sault-ste-marie-smothers-a-trio-of-proposed-gas-plants-11629073

with #Hwy17 being closed between Sault Ste Marie and Wawa, travellers are looking for creative ways to route around it

here's my guide to all the options and the challenges involved with each one

https://shadowspar.dreamwidth.org/158306.html

#ONstorm #TheSoo

here in #TheSoo we got maybe 15-20cm of lake effect snow, followed by a flash freeze to -17°C. most annoying of all possible winter weather combinations, lol 😅 #onwx

full on snowglobe levels of snowsquall here in #TheSoo right now.

well there's some good news I wasn't expecting 😅
Samsung & EDP pitching a 200MW, 1600MWh Battery Energy Storage System here in #TheSoo
https://www.gatewaybess.ca/

bizarre flight to have roaring overhead just now. who's going from Sault Ste Marie to Zurich on a chartered Dassault Falcon 7X? 🤔 #TheSoo #CYAM

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/MMD6009/history/20251006/0705Z/LSZH

Shaw/Rogers outage here in #TheSoo, helpfully not listed on their outages page
https://www.rogers.com/support/outage

The James R. Barker downbound at the West Pier of the Soo Locks in Michigan coming in from Lake Superior, 10 August, 2025. Photo by David Kaye.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#TheSoo
#Sunsets

well we finally got the massive freaking thunderstorm we've been promised for like the past week lol #thesoo #onwx

excitement this morning at the steel plant. cannot wait for them to finish the transition to EAF. #TheSoo

good news from #TheSoo: birbs are back 😊

https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/three-new-additions-to-the-international-bridge-10661510

ok, with the second-to-last poll finally counted, and probably only the remote mail-in ballots left to count, it looks like Terry Sheehan (LPC) has won re-election here in #TheSoo
#canpoli #saultpoli