The new winter thread - 2018-19
Jan 24th 2019, 2:31 pm
#286
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
Schools were open yesterday so with temperatures for today forecast to be around 10c (that's plus 10) and rain (that's rain, not freezing rain) imagine my surprise when I woke this morning to CBC radio news telling me that schools throughout the province were closed today.
Apparently the issue is "anchor ice" that the plows have been unable to get rid of and that rain will just freeze and make the surfaces worse.
It seems strange that in 14 winters here I've never heard of this affecting even part of the province let alone all of it. There's usually quite a difference in weather for the north and south halves as well as west and east.
What I thought was overnight soft snow on the front steps is actually hard -ish.
Apparently the issue is "anchor ice" that the plows have been unable to get rid of and that rain will just freeze and make the surfaces worse.
It seems strange that in 14 winters here I've never heard of this affecting even part of the province let alone all of it. There's usually quite a difference in weather for the north and south halves as well as west and east.
What I thought was overnight soft snow on the front steps is actually hard -ish.
Jan 24th 2019, 3:40 pm
#287
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
We have +8 & +9 forecast this weekend! WTF is going on.
Jan 26th 2019, 10:25 pm
#288
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
Meanwhile, in Siberia:
Jan 27th 2019, 2:37 am
#289
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
-30c to -40c forecast again this coming week 
Not fun.
Not fun.
Jan 27th 2019, 1:58 pm
#293
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
-40 would be a new record for my car thermometer. I took a picture at -35.5 before realizing that -36/37 is an annual event.
Jan 27th 2019, 5:31 pm
#294
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
I think you are secretly a 'leaver'./daily mail reader' 
I think my record here is about -33 c late at night on the outskirts of Ottawa.
Jan 28th 2019, 12:14 am
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
Jan 28th 2019, 12:18 am
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
They're sadists, them physios. Good luck with that.
Jan 28th 2019, 12:22 am
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
We are friends with one, his family own a large beef farm (grass fed, organic etc.) near us. He came to a party at our place and brought a gift bag with minced beef in it - which was a first for me. It was delicious though.
Jan 28th 2019, 12:31 am
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
I lived with one. We mainly ate parts of non-compliant patients.