Saskatchewan weather just too much for some...
Nov 24th 2014, 5:39 pm
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Re: Saskatchewan weather just too much for some...
Oh God Atlantic Expat....you might have warned me....I'm having a very boring afternoon in a sepulcharally quiet office, looked at this and had to exit quick to the toilet to laugh. Thank you so very much it's wonderful!
Nov 25th 2014, 10:28 am
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Re: Saskatchewan weather just too much for some...
Good news - no wind in Uranium City! 
We're being eased into it this year, thank goodness.
We're being eased into it this year, thank goodness.
Nov 25th 2014, 12:21 pm
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Re: Saskatchewan weather just too much for some...
I'd rather have -20 with no wind than -10 with wind chill to -20. The wind is the worst.
Nov 25th 2014, 2:17 pm
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Re: Saskatchewan weather just too much for some...
When I was living out at the lake in the early 90's we had a cold snap that had lows of -38 to -44 and daytime highs didn't rise above -30 for almost 3 weeks. When the forecast improved there were 3 or 4 of us standing in the sunshine in -33 in a driveway chatting; we all had big grins "Did you hear? It's going to be -22 tomorrow!" We were so happy.
Nov 25th 2014, 3:38 pm
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Re: Saskatchewan weather just too much for some...
If there is any ice or snow on Regina's Ring Road I go through town and stay the heck off of it because people go too fast and when they wipe out they take 4 other cars with them.
This 5 car pile up just happened.
This 5 car pile up just happened.
Nov 25th 2014, 4:28 pm
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Nov 25th 2014, 5:05 pm
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Nov 26th 2014, 6:48 pm
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Re: Saskatchewan weather just too much for some...
I pretty much find anything below -10 to be cold, and really can't tell much difference between -10 and -30, its damn cold regardless and feels the same to me.
Much like when in the desert, once above around 100F its just hot no matter what the numbers say.
I'd still take the cold with sun over warmer but cloudy and rainy weeks on end.
Sun is most important thing to have in winter in my opinion, going weeks without it really brings you down.
Much like when in the desert, once above around 100F its just hot no matter what the numbers say.
I'd still take the cold with sun over warmer but cloudy and rainy weeks on end.
Sun is most important thing to have in winter in my opinion, going weeks without it really brings you down.
Nov 26th 2014, 10:32 pm
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Re: Saskatchewan weather just too much for some...
I pretty much find anything below -10 to be cold, and really can't tell much difference between -10 and -30, its damn cold regardless and feels the same to me.
Much like when in the desert, once above around 100F its just hot no matter what the numbers say.
I'd still take the cold with sun over warmer but cloudy and rainy weeks on end.
Sun is most important thing to have in winter in my opinion, going weeks without it really brings you down.
Much like when in the desert, once above around 100F its just hot no matter what the numbers say.
I'd still take the cold with sun over warmer but cloudy and rainy weeks on end.
Sun is most important thing to have in winter in my opinion, going weeks without it really brings you down.
As I'm sure you know, the length of the day (on any date) depends only on your latitude.
Now, going east to Europe, the 49th parallel runs right through Paris's main airport (CDG).
Thus, most western Canadians experience longer days in winter than all UK residents, (except the ones in the Channel Islands).
Thank goodness for the soon to fail Gulf Stream.
