this is just a picture. but, we all need to start thinking more dialectically, in general, and this is a good example.

it's going to be cold in canada for a while, still.

but, you see all of that hot air in the atlantic? it's going to win the fight, sometimes. and, it's going to win more and more often over the upcoming years.

so, think of it like a struggle - an epic battle, a duality. that's reality: conflict, change.

if the line is over the st. lawerence, as it has been for the last several years, then it is true that cities that straddle the line - chicago, detroit, toronto, montreal - will have some absolutely brutal weather. again.

but, it's also likely that you'll get a few bouts of warmth.

this is my advice this winter: check the long range, and try to plan around the nice spots.

it's too early to lose hope in an early spring, because that hot water could still overwhelm, in the end.