Canadian Obsessions

I have noticed a number of obsessions here, on the tv at least. One is the Hockey and that is an obsession here in Ontario at least, but I think it is national. The other is an obsession with the "stars". It seems every time I turn on the tv, there is a "star watch program", news from Hollywood,  e talk, local stars etc. The third obsession is "THE WEATHER'. Throughout an hour of news programmes there are at least 4 updates on the weather, complete with the weather map etc. I know at this time of year it is pretty important, particularly when driving, but I am sure an hour of news would be reduced to just 1/2 hour  if there was just 1 weather update.

With the temperature so variable at the moment I can understand the obsession, as we are having a quite a bit of rain, which is turning to freezing rain, so there are lots of "fender benders". The next day there is snow, fog or a temperature of 4 or 5 above 0, so road conditions change minute by minute.  As you can see from next week's forecast, we are expecting the lot.

Sunday Jan 1 Monday Jan 2 Tuesday Jan 3 Wednesday Jan 4 Thursday Jan 5 Friday Jan 6 Conditions 6am - 6pm   Mixed precip. Scattered flurries Cloudy periods Scattered flurries Variable cloudiness Variable cloudiness P.O.P. 80% 60% 20% 40% 30% 20% High 3°C -3°C -11°C -1°C -3°C 2°C Feels Like -4 -11 -15 -8 -7 -4 Low -3°C -9°C -13°C -11°C -5°C -2°C Wind S 45 km/h NW 35 km/h N 20 km/h SW 30 km/h W 20 km/h SW 35 km/h 24-Hr Rain close to 1 mm - - - - - 24-Hr Snow close to 5 cm 2-4 cm - close to 1 cm - -