Even though we don't have hurricane's, tornado's or big earthquakes here in Canada the weather does seem to be getting a little fiercer.  We had our first tornado warning this past summer and of course that meant that everyone who had internet had to google what to do in case of tornado.  It was something we always took for granted.  The flip side is that in the winter we can get some wicked snow and ice storms that can take out hydro for a few days at a time and leaving roads unaccessible. 

The hurricanes that were hitting North America this past summer did have some lingering effects on our part of the world as well.  When we took a walk through the woods recently we saw the damage the high winds and rain has done.  There are many trees that are uprooted, snapped and even hanging midway all throughout the woods.  This also means a lot of work ahead of us to get the trees cut up and cleared out.  Luckily we have an outdoor furnace that we can keep going with these trees so they don't have to go to waste.

( I do have another reason to clear these out - they are blocking my cross country ski trails!)