I was born and raised in Montreal and would never live anywhere else in the world. It is a beautiful, cultured, educated and safe city and these winter storms and cold winters make every Montrealer resilient and good-natured and allow us all to really appreciate the beauty of all four seasons.
I lived in Montreal for eight years ! Couldn't wait to leave . You get French rammed down your throat. The French think that the whole world is goin to speak French just for them. They don't want to learn to speak English . Fine, you'll be stuck in Quebec for the rest of your lives. The whole world does business in English !
@@richardswann5300 I have no idea what city you’re talking about because Montreal is almost fluently bilingual, very friendly and very hospitable. Sounds like your attitude was the real problem. Anyways, we don’t need people like you who do not value our beautiful city. There are many people who do and that is why Montreal is seeing a rapid growth in population and construction.
It is insane . Montreal can have very different faces from one season to the other, I went there in the summer time, you could never guess what winter looks like until you see it 😳
@@mrg8581 Summer at the moment when we get our rains. Usually crazy, noisy downpours at rush hour :D of course! Winter not a drop. Just sunshine and very cold.
LOL a snowstorm like this would cripple a city like Washington DC for a week. In Montreal, you show up a half hour late for work and your boss gives you a dirty look.
@@GermanKorb I mean does work never stops in a weather like this? Wouldn't people be asked to stay at home? The transportation is affected as I am seeing in this video.
@@maipardhan work doesn't stop unless you work for the government and they announce a close at city offices and schools. People would usually take a sick day and go to work the next day. Those who take a subway the snowstorm does not bother them.
I'm from Montréal and I can tell it's as bad as it looks hahahha. When you're not in a hurry though it's nothing, but fun. I actually enjoy coming back from work and getting the stress out by plowing my front door stairs.
I visited Montreal for about four weeks in February 2020. Sadly I missed this storm by a few days but I got to experience the aftermath and I loved it (I know for someone living there the snow can be annoying if you need to get somewhere on time but as a tourist it‘s awesome) I actually fell in love with the place, people kept looking at me like I‘m a psycho when I told them that I love the Canadian winter hahah. Can‘t wait to go back and hopefully stay for a year. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the comment, Dan. You gotta agree that anywhere you go as a tourist is a different experience. You don't need to hustle every morning to go to work and just be outside any time of the day to enjoy the weather. Snow walks are great if you're going for a walk, but not to work :)
@@GermanKorb 100% agreed! Different story if you live there. Mad respect to anyone going out there to hustle daily. Every city has its up-and downsides of living but I think Montreal is amazing and I'd recommend it to anyone willing to endure the cold winters :)
*I VISITED MONTREAL OTTAWA QUEBEC CITY AND TORONTO ARE PROBABLY THE CLEANEST CITIES IN THE WORLD,A REAL SPECTACLE AMONG THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND EXCITING MEMORIES OF MY TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD.*
I’ve been living in Montreal for 15 years, this type of weather was a novelty at first but now I’m kinda done with it! Planning to retire someplace with less snow.
Totally, the best snowstorm to make great footage. I don't blame the ones that complain about the snow and winds and digging out the cars, for me, I love it. I think we probably received about 30cm of snow, some places more because of the blowing and accumulation. Will be watching your videos tonight. I've been filming and editing the whole day so didn't have a chance yet. RU-vid life, it's like that! We work hard for the content :) But I enjoy it :)
I was curious how the average snowfall was where I live in Northern NY and Montreal which is about 120 miles away.....Montreal 89.1 inches per season and my town 90.1 inches, which is almost identical... Montreal, being further north probably as colder temperatures...thanks for the video...
Thanks, Mylos! What kind of storm? A snowstorm? Should I expect some exciting footage? BTW, your latest compilation from Frankfurt airport was a blast. I enjoyed it very much!
I have no memory of that storm at all, probably blocked it out. So strange to watch this in the summer, I dread another winter coming. If you've never had to deal with winter or snow, consider yourself lucky. Also, there's an A&W on Queen Mary now???
Yes, it's used to be Java U, if I'm not mistaken, in front of Snowdon metro station, now it's the A&W. Cool place. They have a terrace to enjoy the root beer.
Just another walk in the park for us Montrealers !!! I cannot wait for winter 2021 !! We are the world champions when it comes to driving in winter time !!!😅😅😅
I spent my first Montreal winter experiencing the ice storm in an apartment, over what was a Bank of Montreal at the time. a block from this metro station
When I arrived in Montreal in 2007 some trees were still showing the scars from the huge loss of branches during the famous ice storm. First thing I bought was a little camping stove and a hand crank powered radio! I went into survivalist mode.....been here ever since and I’ve only used them for local power outages never an ice storm.
Oh wow!!🥶 Montreal has been our family destination for Christmas, for years but never experienced so much snow. I guess every year is different. Quebec City, it’s been the only place that I would say that was the closest to this video.hopefully you are already just to this weather.
@@borealis1592 yeah every year is slightly different but on average during the winter during the peek there could be anywhere between 80% of a average car worth of snow to a full car buried if it staid parked over id say a few days to a week or so of course there are plows to keep the snow from accumulating to that extent
@@alexmercier3964 - Thanks Alex, keep strong and safe. Here in SoCal is always summer, that’s why I don’t know what it’s like to live in a place where there’s so much snow.
For a person living in the tropical area , cities covered in snow look beautiful. Offcourse cause I've never experienced such snow storms so can't comment
By Montreal standards this is just a dusting. I was alive and young to remember the 'Blizzard of the Century '71' Where everything stopped except the metro and the commuter trains. 47cms but the winds where 100+km/hr. Outside the city things were even worse. Our huge Mercury Rideau 500 was completely buried with just the antenna showing. Our street was not plowed and the adjacent cross street had plows leaving 2 meter snow banks to block our street. I had to ski to get out. The police and fire were asking for snowmobiles with pull sleds to answer calls. It took three days to open up our street. Several years later, when I was working at the Steinberg's supermarket at Fairview mall. it was known that we were an emergency designated store. During one snowstorm we were required to stay on after hours and remain open overnight. The problem was that the Mall contractors had kept the lot open but the city had subsequently blocked the entrances after the contractors had left. So we had only customers that arrived by snowmobile. We were also provided with meals from the shelves (they were punched in by the store manager) that we cooked in the bakery ovens. I see from your video that they downgraded the 165 bus from the articulated bendy buses to the regular bus. Smart move in the snow as they don't do very well on the uphill on Cote-de Neiges in the snow.
Yes, Ron, this is just a regular snowstorm, not to be compared to a Blizzard of 1971. That was like once in a lifetime. I would call it a Snowmageddon or Snowpocalypse or Snowzilla.
@@GermanKorb há se eu pudesse iria msm..vejo tds seus vídeos..Que lugar lindo fico me imaginando aí. Nesse branco td...vc é que é Feliz né aí nesse lugar maravilhoso as penso até que nasci no país errado.de tanto que gostoso desse lugar.. Me faz um favor pega uma pouco dessa neve na mão e pensa em mim..Aqui do outro lado do mundo. Já vou ficar contente...
You will see it's not that bad. The winter last long but if you have warm clothes and boots you will be fine. It should be mild in March. Good luck with the move.
to enjoy our winter...you have to experience it...meaning...getting out.sure its cold..this is winter!...buy you great winter clothes...and get out and move...when i see people waiting at the bus station for exemple..and freezing in line...there are bus station almost each corner ...so walk to the next one...when you walk..most of the time...you forget how its cold!!!
Is it just me or I prefer winter over summer don't get me wrong I love summer but like there's something about winter I'm just sitting inside while watching the snow fall down in the comfort of a warm blanket and a warm drink?
@@marie-joserenaud7916 Our average temperature last summer was 26 Celsius, not hot. There aren’t many venomous critters. I’m 63 and only saw one spider in the garden called red back spider. The poisonous critters is what you’ve been led to believe. Same as a lot of people think kangaroos jump down the main streets of Sydney, it does not happen.
Jesús bendito Montreal en invierno parece Siberia como puede vivir desa forma la gente ya que ser muy muy muy duro para aguantar ese clima los canadienses son auténticos arzes
This really wasn’t the worst snow Montreal has ever seen.A big problem for this city is that since it’s an older historic city, with many narrow streets, and cars parked and snowed in; the snow plows can’t clean up fast enough. Add low temps of -40 degrees Celsius, and wind, ..then you see the picture. Montreal is easier to get around by foot, subway and taxi during any storms.
Montreal has never hit -40 ever. An average winter day is around -10 and the last time we even hit -30 was in 1992. -40 with the wind chill factor happens some years.
