<p>okay, weeks and weeks of 40 below is an overstatement, but not much of one. last winter they did cancel school after 7 days of temperatures 40 below with windchill - it was beyond bitterly cold! luckily this coincided with winter break, so we only missed that one day - the bad weather stuck around for quite a while. regardless, we DO have weeks upon weeks of temperatures well below zero not counting the windchill. yes, i live near mountains.</p>
<p>oh, and montreal is a horrible comparison. you can’t base opinions on upstate ny with montreal info. the adirondack mountains create quite a difference in the weather between here and montreal.</p>