It was a messy and difficult commute yesterday that seemed to come out of nowhere.
Did the city drop the ball? Did meteorologists drop the ball?
Hector Moreno, Manager of Road Operations, argues crews were on top of it. "Most of our equipment basically got caught in traffic during the second round of plowing and salting."
He says all 200 salt trucks were out during the first round of snow. "We were expecting 1-3cms and then by 4 o'clock, in some areas, we had about 7cms of snow. The rate has a lot to do with it and the way that it comes down. Also, at 5cms when we deploy plows on the main roads and 2.5cms on the expressways, that's based on a rate of snow that is coming that's not as significant as yesterday."
Jeff Coulson with Environment Canada doesn't think you should blame the weather man, either. "I think the wording of the advisory was actually pretty good. The only thing that didn't work out was that the band stuck itself in the north end of the city for a little bit longer."
He says people around the GTA got a taste of what residents in Barrie and Midland get all the time. This was a lake effect band of snow or snow squall coming inland from Lake Huron.
As for this evening, Coulson says snow should begin around 8pm or 9pm and continue into Saturday morning. 5-10cms is expected for Toronto; 15-20cms is possible for Barrie and cottage country.