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Originally Posted by maverickeastwood
You guy's minus 2 feels like minus 20 sometimes though because of that...whats it called?...oh yeah, the Pacific Oceon. With the wind, the moisture/humidity just goes right straight into your bone marrow. I'm from northern BC and even I have to admit it gets chilly down there if it wants to. The drivers thing is funny to watch, It's almost like an organized sport.  |
Ya I was gonna say that too. I moved out to Nanaimo briefly about three years back and was told the coldest it gets out there in the winter is around -5, and it'll maybe snow 2-3 times all year. I laughed when I heard that, considering I'm born and raised in Calgary(with brief stops in Edmonton and Winnipeg). Then December rolls around, and you're in +2 that feels like its about -18. And when it snows the entire town shuts down, due to how windey the roads are. We had a deep, sharp driveway and even a tow-truck refused to get my car out. It's completely different out there.
...though the absolute worst I felt out in Nanaimo pales in comparison to what we're going through here right now. -39 as a low tonight here in Edmonton(and thats excluding wind chill), the all-time record low is only a degree less, back in 1886. I've got my car in the garage
and plugged in, good times...