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This morning my little thermometer said it was 10C outside. Is Toronto the town that winter forgot??
Wait for it.
We are looking at -35 tonight and tomorrow morning. The dogs are laying by the woodstove trying to be invisible. The kids are hoping the buses don't run. Ya, winter. Bleck.
I was at the Stamps/Riders game on Sunday. By the last quarter it was just like never mind the promos and the cheerleaders....run the clock!
We're having a Toronto winter - cold yesterday, and some snow, but today it was 15 C. So as per usual when Toronto winter temps fluctuate upwards, the subway, malls and my workplace were all sweltering today. It was 28 C in my office.
Vancouver's getting a "cold snap" tonight where we'll see minus double digits. CBC is advising us to disconnect our hoses. I wonder if they will also suggest wearing a coat and turning on our furnaces.
Heartwarming story this morning about police officers giving homeless people blankets because "it's the right thing to do" and "Vancouver has a big heart." I don't think the VPD was being ironic.
Better check for smallpox.
I saw the cutest little segment on the weather network last night. They were talking about a cold spell in Vancouver in 1985 where the overnight low was below the freezing point for 13 consecutive nights. Imagine that. Meanwhile, in Calgary, the wind has died down and they have removed windchill references, so today's -30 temperature feels like (wait for it) -30. It is supposed to warm up this afternoon (up to -20) so I am going to hold off going out and running an errand that will involve a 3km walk until then.
Winter hit here on PEI on Saturday evening, however we only got about 5 cm of snow. Everything looks beautiful and I am loving it. I hope it stays below freezing until say mid-March, however it is supposed to rain later in the week.
Friends gave us a little baby sleigh, so we got to pull our 7 month old around outside on a sunny snowy day! Very fun, and I am so excited about experiencing winter anew through her eyes. The first huge snowfall will be very fun!
I hate winter, but none so far here. A bit chilly today - just about 0, perhaps 1 or 2, but no snow so far. Yesterday was very warm, about 12 degrees.
Hope we dodge it again like last year though I suppose it is too much to hope for. Although I mostly work at home, I hate being shut in - feel like I am in a rather comfortable jail.
As for Kanuks, they are hideous. I could see not caring what you look like in a rural or remote area, but it does seem odd in a city. There are other ways to stay warm. If you can afford a Kanuk, you can afford silk long underwear.
More snow last night and another 5-10 cm forecast for today, and still very cold. We've already got an unusual amount of snow - if this keeps up it will be a record year.
There is some real snow on the ground here in Vancouver and the city is freaking out. Schools closing, commuters griping (and thinking their Prius will work exactly the same way it normally does with eight inches of snow on the road), and busses failing, heroically, to make it up hills. It's supposed to turn to rain by this evening, but right now, it's pretty beautiful outside. Of course, I think the snow is crushing my brussel sprouts and broccoli for next spring.
Just looking for a clarification Catchfire... do you (mistakenly) consider the crushing of brussel sprouts and broccoli to somehow be a "bad" thing?
The worst. A tragedy from which I may never recover. Have you ever had freshly plucked purple sprouting broccoli or brussel sprouts cut from the vine? If not, I pity you, bagkitty. For more than the usual reasons.
They certainly winter over in the Netherlands, where they do get that kind of melting snow. They should be fine.
It is true that many people don't know how wonderful freshly-picked brussels sprouts can be. They associate that poor veg with the watery overcooked star of school dinners.
There was a coyote in town today. I saw it on the main street.
But that is very cold for Vancouver...
Meanwhile, Record-setting cold continues in L.A. area
When my savage rambler shrubs catch sight of winter a'comin
from the north over the giant Scarborough hill of post-glacial clay;
when they are alarmed by the droop of the frostbitten marigolds across the path
and shocked by the sudden exposure of leaf-lorn fence,
then they shriek into furious last-ditch forty-rose bloom
as a warning, as defiance.
Snow storm where I am, lots of snow. Glad I am no longer in T.O., I miss the way that winter affects my home and changes my lifestyle more than just running from my house to the TTC because it is cold and at worst waiting for a day while they clear the roads.
I am getting back into the rhythm of winter season after 10 years of city living.
from: 2010-2011 Canada Winter Forecast
Apparently something like 275 homeless people have died of exposure in France so far this winter. A couple of nights ago the temperature got down to -10, which is no big deal in Regina, but in France they had 95% humidity, which would suck the heat out of a bonfire.
The blower went on my Volvo, Malificent. I just drove her to the mechanic, trying very hard not to breath too much on the way so that the windshield didn't fog up. Took me back to the days where my VW had a gas heater I couldn't afford to get repaired until February...
Boom Boom, that looks scary. I HATE snow. (Of course I have a bus stop round the corner and three métro stations ten minutes' walk (in clement weather) from here, but I like to be able to walk around).
Last winter I was able to cycle all the season, and I'm not a winter cyclist like alQ.
Last week a Commissionaire tried to stop me from bringing my bike into the building. It was -25, I'd been chugging through ice and snow for about half an hour, I had to get to class, and I really didn't want to be bothered by this guy, so I kept right on going up to my office. I told him my crank would freeze up if I left the bike outside, so he said, "What if everybody did this?" I sorta laughed and said that I couldn't see this as being a problem (right now there are no bikes out in the rack - mine is there because it's above -10 today).
Somehow one of the building maintenance guys joined the Commissionaire and they both followed me up to my office. A plastic post under my saddle snapped as I tried lifting the bike into its position in the office - proof that the cold is hard on the machine - while these two guys were outside my office door writing up their rat report.
Apparently those two don't have enough to do.
Snow on the ground in Saint John. Hopefully, it disappears by the end of the week.
I hate difference.
My brussel sprouts have recovered quite boldly from the recent frost & snowfall (and current swampy mess), but the purple sprouting broccoli still looks like their struggling.
Fresh brussel sprouts are the best....
Beautiful Rocky Mountain day here, -2, very little snow on the valley floor, but the wind blew the other day in Portage and Main style, dead pine beetle killed trees were falling everywhere.
Maybe it will be our turn to cycle all winter. I hope so, anyway.
Cripes it's freezing. I live on the bottom floor of a two-floor house, but the upstairs neighbours control the heat and they're out. "Turn on the damned heat!" I want to yell.