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Old 12-22-2022, 11:52 AM   #1506
Cecil Terwilliger
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Originally Posted by Acey View Post
I mean all I was trying to say is that -30 is highly unpleasant and objectively more unpleasant for the average person than +30 but I'm being made to question this because Albertans died last year in a heat wave, and animals die in fires in Brazil.
This is where you keep losing me (besides the silliness of the comparison but I digress).

-30 is not objectively worse. It is subjectively worse.

My house is perfectly comfortable in -30. Even with AC that’s not the case in +30. I find commuting to and from the office about equally as uncomfortable in both temps for different reasons. But neither are much of an inconvenience overall.

Possibly the biggest inconvenience is airport travel which is more heavily affected by winter weather and since I am travelling, ultra cold temps are a potential concern. But that’s separate from other factors from snow, which don’t have much to do with the specific temp. Even then it’s not something I do all the time in -30 so isn’t a major factor when considering pros/cons of either temp extreme.

Then again, I quite like Calgary’s climate. It’s a nice mix of temps all year round and I find it quite enjoyable. So I don’t quite get all the hand wringing and complaining. Except maybe for people who work outdoors and are directly affected by the temp constantly.
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