A Perfect Example of how much it Snows in Canada

Canadian buried in snowbank survives for 3 days

Donna Molnar, 55, was last seen on Friday when she left her home west of Toronto in a snowstorm to get baking supplies. Her van was found abandoned by the side of a windswept rural road late the next day.

Police scoured the nearby area for two days and said they had all but given up hope on Monday when a search dog called Ace began to bark at a snowdrift about 200 meters (220 yards) from where the van had been found.

Rescuers approaching the spot found Molnar, who was suffering from hypothermia. She is now in hospital in serious but stable condition.

"That deep snow may very well have been what insulated her enough to keep her core temperature high enough that she survived the three days," said Staff Sergeant Mark Cox of the police force in Hamilton, Ontario.

Cox told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp that it appeared Molnar had become disoriented in the snowstorm and may have left her vehicle to get help.

"I have to admit that we were losing hope that we'd find her alive ... we felt that we might simply be trying to give closure to the family at that point," Cox said.

And what of Ace, the search dog?

"I'm told on good authority he's looking at a T-bone dinner for this one," Cox said.

(Reporting by David Ljunggren; editing by Peter Galloway)

Please don't take it wrongly, I live in Canada. It is not crazy up here, just some snow. Please don't Compare Canada to the Arctic

How's the weather in your Country?

Originally posted by: Lead-Oxide

I knew this was gonna be about the woman buried in snow :P I heard about it too. I'm glad the dog found her and she survived.