The new winter thread - 2018-19
Feb 3rd 2019, 5:37 pm
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
Snowing currently in East Vancouver. 0c.
I see blue sky now. Very little snow.
I see blue sky now. Very little snow.
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Feb 3rd 2019, 9:43 pm
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Minus 1 now. Tried to take the dog for a walk but once we left the lobby and was outside she refused to walk turned towards the lobby and she ran to the door to get back in....silly dog.
Feb 3rd 2019, 10:16 pm
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
Our dogs do that, at -20. Sight hounds, no fat, no fur.
Feb 3rd 2019, 10:56 pm
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
Feb 4th 2019, 2:11 pm
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
I have just discovered an ingenious way to get light fluffy snow off of my car without touching it. My electric bloody leaf blower!!! why didn't I think of this until yesterday afternoon?? Works a treat.
Feb 4th 2019, 9:04 pm
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
3rd snow day in the space of two weeks today - wasn’t the -50’s temperature this time but the blowing snow. Every time I try to clear the driveway the wind changes directions and it just blows straight back in my face. 
Did witness the most ridiculous thing though - bearing in mind the -33 windchill- further up the street there’s a man with a snowblower and pj trousers on
Did witness the most ridiculous thing though - bearing in mind the -33 windchill- further up the street there’s a man with a snowblower and pj trousers on
Feb 4th 2019, 10:01 pm
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
Little bit brisk.
Car starts fine, but it’s overnight in the garage. It’s not insulated though so temperature was sitting at -35.
Husband plugs his in when it’s sitting outside at work.
They cancelled school because they won’t run the country busses when it falls below -45.
If they break down they can’t rely on them restarting and getting another bus to get the kids off could take too long.
Supposed to warm up to -5 by the end of the week.
Feb 4th 2019, 10:42 pm
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
My husband started my car for me this morning, left it running for a while so it was ready and quick to warm up, he's a good husband.
I am working with some Filipino's, for one it's her first winter, she has been saying for weeks ooh it's soo cold. Today she came into work, she is no longer amused, you could just see her eyes as every possible surface was covered - sensible as she walks to work. She wants a car now (she lives 5 minutes away). I can't see her staying in Alberta, it's taken her less than a year to realise she doesn't like the cold, it took me about 6 years lol
I am working with some Filipino's, for one it's her first winter, she has been saying for weeks ooh it's soo cold. Today she came into work, she is no longer amused, you could just see her eyes as every possible surface was covered - sensible as she walks to work. She wants a car now (she lives 5 minutes away). I can't see her staying in Alberta, it's taken her less than a year to realise she doesn't like the cold, it took me about 6 years lol
Feb 4th 2019, 10:52 pm
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
Going up to -18 next Sunday! 
Feb 5th 2019, 6:04 am
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
This time of year the normal temp is a night-time low of -20 and a high of -10, but it's also normal to have a week or 2 each winter when it doesn't get above -20 or even -30 (a cold snap). We had unseasonably warm weather here recently while the east and the BC interior was all freezing and snowfall warnings so can't complain. The bit of snow we've been getting recently is welcome since there was very little in the country around here and the water table's been low for a couple of years... since the flooding stopped, actually.
Feb 5th 2019, 7:00 am
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Environment Canada says minus 6 but the weather network says minus 2.
Quite the difference.
Quite the difference.
Feb 5th 2019, 3:50 pm
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
This time of year the normal temp is a night-time low of -20 and a high of -10, but it's also normal to have a week or 2 each winter when it doesn't get above -20 or even -30 (a cold snap). We had unseasonably warm weather here recently while the east and the BC interior was all freezing and snowfall warnings so can't complain. The bit of snow we've been getting recently is welcome since there was very little in the country around here and the water table's been low for a couple of years... since the flooding stopped, actually.
Feb 5th 2019, 4:29 pm
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19