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It's 17 degrees celsius right now

IcalasariIcalasari
edited 2011-09-23 10:52:19 in General
No rainbow star
...Why do I have the feeling that nature is lulling Alberta into a false sense of security before striking the province with a brutal early winter?

Comments

  • CommandoDudeCommandoDude
    CRIMINAL SCUM!
    Celsius u so silly.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    I always make that damn typo >.<
  • Trigger_LoadedTrigger_Loaded
    Feel like? Dude, it is! This is Alberta. Winter is always waiting in the north for prime, subprime, and completley inappropriate moments to strike.

    Good lord, I remember when it snowed in August. And this was Centeral Alberta.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    I must have repressed that memory of August snow
  • Trigger_LoadedTrigger_Loaded
    edited 2011-09-24 14:00:16
    Well, maybe Centeral/Northern Alberta. About two hours north of Edmonton. Also, this was quite a few years ago. Probably ten or fifteen years.

    'Course, I have no idea how old you are, so that may be moot.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    I'm almost 20
  • Trigger_LoadedTrigger_Loaded
    I'm approaching thirty. So yeah, probably closer to fifteen years ago, perhaps a little more. (I'm pretty sure I was no younger than 10 or so when it happened.)

    In a more general sense, I am pretty sure I have seen it snow in every month except July.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    edited 2011-09-24 15:40:23
    No rainbow star
    I once walked home from the bus stop (a good ten-fifteen minute walk, even now and in good weather) in a blizzard when I was little. It was upsetting and scaring me to the point of crying

    The tears froze solid on my jacket :D
  • captainbrasscaptainbrass

    Weather-forecasters are predicting snow in Britain in October. If it happens that'll be very unusual, although as long-range weather forecasts beyond 48 hours aren't worth a lot, I'm not holding my breath.


    I had a cousin who did post-graduate study in Toronto and his family's accounts of routine winters in Canada sounded terrifying. Basically, if you get an inch or two of snow over here the entire public transport system collapses and people panic.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    ^ Vancouver freaks out if there is even the tiniest dusting of snow
  • Trigger_LoadedTrigger_Loaded
    Oh, sure, I love to hear tales of cities paralysed when they get only a bit of snow, but we have to remember that those sorts of cities don't have the infrastructure to deal with major dumps of snow. Sure, it has to snow a lot before Edmonton even starts to notice, but that's because we're prepared and used to it. We've got graters and operations specifically meant for it. Cities that don't have a fleet of snowplows have it a lot harder. 
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    ^ A light dusting though? I can see it shutting down train systemz, but shouldn't the cars be able to move?
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