I take issue with the summation that the country has ground to a halt. Judging by the vast number of "It's only snow" and "Canada has a foot of snowfall and they don't have any trouble!" mouth foaming that I've been reading on blogs and news sites, most of the country has actually gone into work today with relative ease. I'm certainly not receiving any less phone calls. A few schools have closed but I can tell you that all of those I had to pass this morning were open (approx 5). So, just as the newspapers and television reporters are wetting themselves over the chaos that hasn't happened there are an equal, if not larger, number of naysayers who say the country cannot cope with a smattering of snow even though they can still drive down roads, get to the shops and do almost everything else they would have normally done - albeit a bit slower.