Check out some scenes from a small town here in Newfoundland...
http://www.gov.nf.ca/badger/images/photo1.jpg
http://www.gov.nf.ca/badger/images/photo2.jpg
http://www.gov.nf.ca/badger/images/photo3.jpg
http://www.gov.nf.ca/badger/images/photo4.jpg

Rivers backup up with ice and temperatures hovering from -15 to -20 Celsius before windchill. This really sucks!

http://www.gov.nf.ca/badger/
http://stjohns.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=nf_badger_abitibi_20030217
http://www.vocm.com/cgi-win/vocm.exe/76838-Local

Not my hometown, but not too far away... my bestfriend's grandparents (both sets) live there though and it's not looking too good for them.

Rene