It snowed today.

Doctor Phibes

@doctor-phibes said in It snowed today.:

Is it a dry cold?

'Cos when we moved to Canada I was promised a dry cold.

Chicago summers:

"It may be hot, but at least it's humid."

We'd been in Canada about 6 weeks, and there was this massive blizzard with temperatures down at -40 degrees. I had clearly never experienced anything remotely like it in my life, but we'd run out of bread, and obviously the car wouldn't start, so I walked 1/2 mile to the supermarket in my expensive new winter clothing. At that point I realised that the word 'dry' in front of the word 'cold' was completely and utterly meaningless. More surprisingly, the supermarket was actually open, which taught me something about Canadians.

Aqua Letifer

@doctor-phibes said in It snowed today.:

@george-k said in It snowed today.:

@doctor-phibes said in It snowed today.:

Is it a dry cold?

'Cos when we moved to Canada I was promised a dry cold.

Chicago summers:

"It may be hot, but at least it's humid."

We'd been in Canada about 6 weeks, and there was this massive blizzard with temperatures down at -40 degrees. I had clearly never experienced anything remotely like it in my life, but we'd run out of bread, and obviously the car wouldn't start, so I walked 1/2 mile to the supermarket in my expensive new winter clothing. At that point I realised that the word 'dry' in front of the word 'cold' was completely and utterly meaningless. More surprisingly, the supermarket was actually open, which taught me something about Canadians.

Eh, becomes a big damn deal if you're hiking. But at 40 below, well, yeah, you're screwed anyway.

Renauda

@aqua-letifer

You can dress for the cold. I’ll take the dog for a walk at minus 30 C depending on the wind. Don’t mind the cold just don’t like the wind.

Doctor Phibes

@renauda said in It snowed today.:

@aqua-letifer

You can dress for the cold. I’ll take the dog for a walk at minus 30 C depending on the wind. Don’t mind the cold just don’t like the wind.

The cut-off point for us was when the dog started hopping about because his feet hurt. It was generally about -25C.

I used to actually quite like walking when it was that cold. It's so clear and peaceful.

Renauda

Started snowing about an hour ago. Luckily it skipped the freezing rain and went straight to snow. If it keeps up the roads will be just great for Monday am back to work traffic. Good thing my wife prefers walking to work.

Mik

We had giant flakes here too.

Renauda

The snow is really welcome here. We had only one day of rain since mid August. Everything is bone dry. At least the snow will provide an insulation barrier when the deep freeze hits anytime now. Seasonal frigid temperatures with no snow cover damages and kills off perennials and many deciduous trees.