weather

Here’s a great photo of Saturday night’s Supermoon, sent into us by Linda Inch. Linda says: "The orange ones are my favorite and the pinkish one. I started around 8:30pm or so as the moon started to rise on the horizon. ...

Hint: don’t use your appliances between 11am and 5pm on weekdays. Here’s a handy chart from Hydro Ottawa . [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/hydro-rates.jpg) You might also be interested in a blog post we did last summer about tracking your hydro usage online in almost-real time . ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdb466/5439813142/) The Rocket. Statue at Jacques Cartier Park in Gatineau. Photo by [ Ross Dunn ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdb466/5439813142/in/pool-1894735@N21/) , shared in the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart) . Here’s a special weather statement released Sunday morning by Environment Canada: ...

Last week we published a great photo of Parliament Hill obscured by fog . Here’s another great shot, this one by Ottawa photographer Aaron Segaert . The fog in this one looks more like a Saharan sandstorm threatening to overwhelming the Parliament Buildings. ...

Here’s a photo taken by Kevin Newman on Sunday morning to Twitter: “Amazingly beautiful foggy morning here on #parliament. Peace pierces through!” Republished here with his kind permission. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/AoRKGH7CEAIomuR.jpg) ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Parliament Hill Guide ...

Arne Berg sent us this great photo of lightning, taken earlier this evening from his apartment in west Ottawa, looking southwest. If you have a great photo of Ottawa weather (or anything else), please send it to feedback@ottawastart.com or add it to the OttawaStart Flickr Group . ...

Here are some reader photos of today’s snow storm. Depending on your perspective, today’s weather was either bleak or beautiful. I’m okay with the snow. We’ve had it easy this winter. If you have a great photo of Ottawa – snowy or otherwise – please send it to feedback@ottawastart. ...

From the OttawaStart Community News Desk : Ice breaking operations, including blasting, are set to begin Monday, February 13, weather and ice conditions permitting, on the Rideau River between Rideau Falls and Hog’s Back. The City, in partnership with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, undertakes ice breaking operations each year to alleviate possible spring flooding in flood-prone areas. ...

Thanks to all of our readers who sent along pics from today’s storm. Here are three of the best. You can send your cool photos of Ottawa to feedback@ottawastart.com [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/AjFArb5CQAMcuqh.jpg) by [ Alison Fowler ](http://www. ...

Really liked this photo from Mike Geiger . These folks are waiting for the bus in the rain near Parliament Hill and Mike’s captured that impatient, helpless, waiting-for-the-bus-at-the-end-of-the-day feeling. Mike says: “From the windshield of my truck, in stop & go traffic before Parliament Hill… The Tuesday-evening rain was coming in intense waves, but the setting sun peeked in below the cloud-line. ...