The National Post news.nationalpost/2013/07/08/heavy-rain-batters-toronto-darkens-skies-in-sudden-storm/ Daniel Kaszor 11 hours ago More from Post reporter Katrina Clarke from downtown At the street level of Bloor and Yonge, people walked or biked wearing makeshift raincoats out of garbage bags. One elderly woman had a Shoppers Drug Mart plastic bag split open and draped around her shoulders. Young women held newspapers or their pursed overhead to shield their hair. More than 60 people waited for a shuttle bus on Yonge street, near the subway station. Each bus that arrived was completely full, all seats and standing room taken. Buses emptied out once they arrived at the subway entrance. People shuffled inside to catch their next form of transportation. A woman named Jackie was waiting for a bus at Bloor-Yonge. She said it took her three hours to get from Front street, where she works at a bank, to Bloor-Yonge. She initially tried waiting for a subway, then a cab, and finally got on a shuttle bus. Jackie somehow managed to keep her designer hand bag and wavy hair dry throughout the ordeal. Her final destination was Yonge and Finch station, she said. Marek Goldyn, 58, was also waiting for a bus. He and his companion, Monika Kolasa-Hladikova, a woman visiting from Poland, had spent the day at Queens Park. They had walked from Queens Park to Bloor-Yonge. Both were wearing colourful ponchos, had dripping wet short hair and soaking shoes. Ms. Kolasa-Hladikova is singer and the two said they had spent the day “singing in the rain.” Their day had been “wet and happy,” they said with smiles on their faces as Mr. Goldyn kissed Ms. Kolasa-Hladikova’s head. It was her first time in Canada.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 12:43:15 +0000
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