BristolUK

Can't it just.
The freezing rain didn't really happen but the snow not expected today has been coming down for over three hours so far - not deep but it's enough to make everything white again when it had virtually all gone.

And Wednesday's 1-3cm is now forecast to be as much as 15cm.

Oink

I'm sick of winter

scrubbedexpat091

We haven't even had much of a winter in Vancouver, plus its nice today, sun is out, no rain, and mild temps.

BristolUK

Don't forget the sun shines on Oink 90% of the time.

Vulcanoid

Meh. I'm there too. Having a grumpy day anyway - and was thinking over the last few days, winter's gone on as long as it's 'meant' to & we're barely half way through, there was another 5cm of snow last night, it hurts lungs to walk outside, and there's not even some nice mountains to look at to make it all worthwhile.

Wondering when to point out to the partner (who's moved for me twice in 2 years, took 4 months to find work here, and likes the cost of living) that my midterm grades could get me into a west coast transfer...

Danny B

B.C. will be home to most snow on the planet, here’s why:

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ne...rd-2018/93567/

Great....

Former Lancastrian

Please define your definition of winter when living in Vancouver please I would like to be enlightened on what you consider winter.
Currently its sunny where I am and only minus 20 with the windchill and we expect to have a warmer period over the next few days

bats

I thought it shone out of him? Must be sight to see, that sunbeam arcing round onto his head

Siouxie

Old, but it still makes me chuckle.. (surprisingly, as I don't find N.A humour funny!)

BristolUK

We were due 10cm of snow today and we are now supposed to be in the middle of between 4 and 8 hours freezing rain.

We had maybe half that snow which finished around lunchtime, then nothing and 6 hours later it's normal rain.

Some ice has fallen (icicles?) so there may have been a very brief spell of freezing rain without me seeing, but there's zero sign of any icy surfaces. New ones I mean. No frozen 'drips' on the deck or step rails...zilch.

Not that I'm complaining.

Souvy

I witnessed a wonderful act of random kindness yesterday.

I knew I had to clear the 9cm of snow with several mm of ice on top of it because it was going to warm up a bit and then freeze again.

The blower handles the driveway but not the huge frozen berm at the bottom. It had to be broken up by hand and then blown. That's a recipe for cardiac arrest.

I started at one end of the berm and then took a break. While leaning on my shovel, a bloke in a bladed truck drove past, stopped, backed up and motioned for me to get out of the way. It took less than a minute for him to do what would have taken me hours. He them smiled and drove off.

I still ended up with backache. Souvette gave me a back massage with Vitarub and was very attentive. That's not like her (she isn't terribly sympathetic). It later transpired she had just discovered that one of neighbours (not much older than me) dropped dead of a heart attack recently, probably while shovelling.

Cue the Catholic guilt!

BristolUK

Many's the time I hoped someone would do that.

A few years ago one of those tractor-blower things suddenly turned up and started doing our drive and the ridge. Then it pulled out and went up the street to another house. At that one it spent a bit longer than at ours. Also, the front part of ours wasn't quite finished as you'd expect - although it was a massive help for me and just needed a bit of tidying up.

I reckon he realised he got the wrong house and then went to the right one. I half expected him to come and put it back.

As we don't drive and I don't use my bike in the winter anymore, I don't need access to the garage so a bladed truck can just push snow up to the doors and comes at a fraction of the price of the usual contractors with blowers.

No heart attacks for me.

Teaandtoday5

We rented a house a few years ago with a 50m+ driveway. Heavy overnight and early morning snow had all five of us frantically shoveling to get to my daughter's birthday shindig, where her friends would be waiting. We were saved by a knight in shining pick-up who ploughed the whole thing in record time, for free. Not his tidiest work he said, but a massive relief for us.

Siouxie

Snowing big fat blobs today, plus blowing snow.. what a difference to yesterday when it was blue sky with sunshine.

Winter's back.

Souvy

We rent a snow shelter for our driveway. The guys come and put it up and then come back a few months later to take it away.

This time, the guys were putting mine up and watching our neighbour try to put his own up. He was struggling. They took pity, strolled across the road and had his up in about ten minutes.