What) People across Saskatchewan continue to groan under the weight of yet another snowfall, leading some to wonder if the winter weather will ever come to an end. Experts on the weather agree that the 2012-2013 season has been one for the record books - with parts of Regina, for example, receiving a record 196 centimetres of snow between autumn 2012 and now (March 18, 2013).
"It began early, it stayed late and clearly has been the dominant kind of weather ... cold and snow," Dave Phillips, senior climatologist for Environment Canada, told CBC Radio host Dan Kerslake Monday. "It really has been brutal." Phillips said one of the highlights of the season has been the snow, which began falling earlier than usual and stayed. "In some places in Saskatchewan the snow on the ground ... the amounts are like 60 to 70 centimetres of snow," Phillips noted. "These are record amounts of what we call snow-on-the-ground." He added that Regina is closing in on 200 centimetres (more then 6 feet) of snowfall for the season, which compares to 100 centimetres the previous winter. (1)
Where) 1406 7th Ave North
Why) We
left Regina on January 21 to escape the winter. We had hoped
that the winter would be gone upon our return on March 27 but
instead everything looked the same. To commemorate that
surprise I am going to finish the Arizona section with the
same types of pictures that I started it with. 
