In March 2005, I had to go to Montreal for surgery. The day after the surgery (March 30), I walked past the ERwaiting room at 8AM and saw this.
This happened at the Lakeshore General Hospital in Pointe-Claire, Quebec. For the last few years, all I have heard about the hospital system is how horrible the waiting times are, always at least 4 hours, and sometimes as much as 18...
They're called 'lenticular' because they're lens-shaped. I've seen clouds like these before that looked like hollow mushroom caps, or fuzzy contact lenses, or moldy igloos without floors. Saw these returning from Mt. Rainier. First time I saw them was at...