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barronn30
·Crazy cold weather today, I forgot how cold it can get here. Past two years felt so warm
The weather in your area today...
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mydeafcat
·Snow day in Vancouver, BC. A significant 12 hour accumulation by any standard (30-40cm/12-18”). While most cities in Canada and the northern USA would simply roll with it, the entire Lower Mainland (and Pacific Northwest, I reckon) grinds to a halt. Thankfully, it’s not super cold (0C/32F).
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DaveK
··Yoda of Yodelers
Mt Baker?
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DaveK
··Yoda of YodelersSnow day in Vancouver, BC. A significant 12 hour accumulation by any standard (30-40cm/12-18”). While most cities in Canada and the northern USA would simply roll with it, the entire Lower Mainland (and Pacific Northwest, I reckon) grinds to a halt. Thankfully, it’s not super cold (0C/32F).
Still cold enough that folks are skating in the fountains for the first time that I’ve seen
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerSnow day in Vancouver, BC. A significant 12 hour accumulation by any standard (30-40cm/12-18”). While most cities in Canada and the northern USA would simply roll with it, the entire Lower Mainland (and Pacific Northwest, I reckon) grinds to a halt. Thankfully, it’s not super cold (0C/32F).
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pdxleaf
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I think I shared this before.
My parent's moved to Alaska during the summer after I graduated high school and I stayed back with a friend.
My sister was much younger and still in junior high. She asked the neighbor kids her age how many snow days they got, figuring school would be closed a lot due to snow. They looked at her and said, "What's a snow day?"
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mydeafcat
·Canadians east of the Rockies will appreciate this:
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerI think I shared this before.
My parent's moved to Alaska during the summer after I graduated high school and I stayed back with a friend.
My sister was much younger and still in junior high. She asked the neighbor kids her age how many snow days they got, figuring school would be closed a lot due to snow. They looked at her and said, "What's a snow day?"
The only "snow day" that I can recall was during the storm of 1978...
Great Blizzard of 1978 - Wikipedia
My school at the time was about 2 km walk away, and I went to school that morning, but sometimes before lunch (I think) they said the school was closed and we should all go home. There was another time I stayed home because of weather, and that was an ice storm in the spring and power was out for a week, so not really a snow day.
Not a comment on how "soft" kids are these days, as much as a common on how much lawyers have influenced things...
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pdxleaf
·Sorry, more weather in my area stuff. Thought this worth sharing.
Saw in the news yesterday. A Portland artist froze noodles and chopsticks in midair. Sort of the counter to frying an egg in the sun. Took 15 minutes to freeze solid.
Saw in the news yesterday. A Portland artist froze noodles and chopsticks in midair. Sort of the counter to frying an egg in the sun. Took 15 minutes to freeze solid.
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mydeafcat
·Sorry, more weather in my area stuff. Thought this worth sharing.
Saw in the news yesterday. A Portland artist froze noodles and chopsticks in midair. Sort of the counter to frying an egg in the sun. Took 15 minutes to freeze solid.
it's the feathered and furred critters, and homeless folks of course, I feel for at times like these.
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Walrus
·I don’t recall why but I was in Montreal years back for an ice storm like nothing I’ve experienced prior. I think it was 4-5 inches of pure ice dumped on the city. I can’t recall the year as it was back in my drinking days. I drank, stayed in the hotel with the girl I was with and tried to shuffle to those underground malls. This weeks ice storms deposited maybe an inch around here and it was a true shit show.
Every year that goes by I dislike the cold and snow more.
By the way congrats to Canada Berkshire Hathaway rated Canada the safest place to visit. I didn’t even see the US on the list. I think Norway, Switzerland and the surrounding area were rounding out the top 5.
Every year that goes by I dislike the cold and snow more.
By the way congrats to Canada Berkshire Hathaway rated Canada the safest place to visit. I didn’t even see the US on the list. I think Norway, Switzerland and the surrounding area were rounding out the top 5.
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Walrus
·We were watching the news last night and learned of the ice storm just south of us in the Pacific Northwest. We got the snow in BC; you folks got the ice. Anyway, some Portland fellow cracked an egg outside and it froze solid in under a minute.
it's the feathered and furred critters, and homeless folks of course, I feel for at times like these.
Edit then they let us in on the emergency plan if we start getting busses from the border. I wanted to ask about the 300 people we can’t get housed due to lack of funding currently including vets and disabled citizens but I would have been banned from city hall for life, which actually might have made me happy.
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barronn30
·Sorry, more weather in my area stuff. Thought this worth sharing.
Saw in the news yesterday. A Portland artist froze noodles and chopsticks in midair. Sort of the counter to frying an egg in the sun. Took 15 minutes to freeze solid.
I've always wanted to do that. That plus frying an egg on the sidewalk for the opposite extreme.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerIt warmed up quite a bit on the weekend - hit -7 C yesterday, and it was a beautiful sunny day, so we of course went to the beach.
Some ice, but it hasn't been cold enough for long enough for me to risk going out on it, although some did...
The spray and cold creates some cool stuff...
The gate on the pier...
Lamp post...
Some ice, but it hasn't been cold enough for long enough for me to risk going out on it, although some did...
The spray and cold creates some cool stuff...
The gate on the pier...
Lamp post...
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STANDY
··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorBreak in the rain and wind from the last few weeks. Crazy as it was 35°C yesterday and 75km/h winds that were just as hot. 🤨
High tide in the mangroves
High tide in the mangroves
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bubba48
·The only "snow day" that I can recall was during the storm of 1978...
Great Blizzard of 1978 - Wikipedia
My school at the time was about 2 km walk away, and I went to school that morning, but sometimes before lunch (I think) they said the school was closed and we should all go home. There was another time I stayed home because of weather, and that was an ice storm in the spring and power was out for a week, so not really a snow day.
Not a comment on how "soft" kids are these days, as much as a common on how much lawyers have influenced things...
Italy January 1985 - My daughters walking to school
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Waltesefalcon
·70° and sunny here.
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Hetcins1
·Unusually mild here in the north east of the UK but rather breezy.
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