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Snow day in Toronto: Hold the snark

Environment Canada has warned Toronto to expect up to 25 centimetres of snow on Friday. Sure that storm will hit other cities, too, but never mind. Here's how it looks so far:

Storified by Maclean's Magazine· Fri, Feb 08 2013 08:51:44

First ... the weather report:

Canada. Winter. Snow. Canada. Winter. Snow. Repeat. #Toronto #weather #dlws http://pic.twitter.com/eYDk74zPVeronica Callinan

Canada's Mainstreet seeing tons of snow, already over 10cm has fallen in Toronto, causing flight delays in #yeg!! http://pic.twitter.com/qAfIwN9vJesse Beyer

The #Weather in Toronto, ON is Snow, -6° Visit http://weather.com for more http://pic.twitter.com/hPfElGmVDavid H

Snowfall: Significant:

#SNOWmageddon in the bold Toronto. 28 inches of snow on my drive and 12 more hrs of madness;) http://pic.twitter.com/2k5kKWoWAurora Celtic ✅

Visibility? Not so good:

Driving in, and now out of, Toronto for the past 3 hours and have yet to see one snow plow. #TOstorm http://pic.twitter.com/tPTI2ewKSonia Fisher

YIKES! Where did the lake go? #toronto #snow http://pic.twitter.com/2fibBmr7Annie-Body

You know the snow is bad when u can no longer see the CN tower #toronto #weatherissuesBelinda

Toronto's city workers keeping the Gardiner safe #TOstorm #snowday #toronto #snow #weather #SnowTO http://pic.twitter.com/nL2ykugoVincent Demers

omfg so much snow rn #toronto http://pic.twitter.com/UdZVqSdo

Delays ... many:

#Toronto snow (1922 vs. 2013) -- http://pic.twitter.com/3isFoFoVRob Davis

Toronto's major arteries clogged #snow http://pic.twitter.com/HhyGoIcHMarijana Josifovska

This woman has 2 phones going w/ @AirCanada customer service. Flight cancelled @TorontoPearson. #Toronto #snow http://pic.twitter.com/UgjvBG7hJeremy Cohn

And while Tweeps outside Toronto made fun of all the chaos, truth is that most residents of the city simply got on with the day:

This mornings bike ride was interesting. #toronto @snow #bike http://pic.twitter.com/hQArwpudMaciej

snow day in Toronto? no problem with the TTC this morning, lots of room on the bus and subway! http://pic.twitter.com/lc8n23yhAlfred Ng

Snow day in Toronto! Quiet in the city. http://pic.twitter.com/qdNXytMNMorgan Livingstone

Others even stopped for a moment to capture its beauty:

Call me crazy, but I am loving the snow. A real winter wonderland in Toronto. http://pic.twitter.com/pAUzLVOsThe GATE

#Toronto #snow ❄ http://pic.twitter.com/6MMI3mIXKathrynn

I just love this photo of Gidget and Odin this morning, playing in the #snowstorm. #puppies #dogs #snow #toronto http://pic.twitter.com/kPHbdOuWKiara Barrett

Great pic capturing snow in #Toronto RT @Chris_Merc: #cp24storm http://pic.twitter.com/7HT9nKWVSimon Ostler

Snow day #toronto #snow http://pic.twitter.com/AYi8v69GDevyn Elizabeth

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