But it is nice there!!! I was there a few months ago (but it only got down to minus ten). The problem is they heat the town with hot water heated in a central location and pumped to all the buildings. At that temperature the pipes can freeze and then most of the town can lose heat. I know two years ago in the town I was in the pipe froze (it was -60) and they moved everyone out of there apartments to schools and gyms that still had heat
-55 isn't really that cold. I remember it getting that cold in Saskatoon one year when I was growing up there, and they never called no state of emergency. In fact, I still had to walk to school! It's a pretty interesting experience sweating undernearth 30 pounds of extra winter clothing, while your breath is forming ice crystals on your neck warmer.
Nancies.
(Okay, so maybe it didn't quite get that cold, but the Wind Chill sure made a mess of things.)
I remember when I moved to Calgary from Manitoba everybody was always saying how cold it was. And I would be like wow....this is cold? Not really...
I've since become sort of acclimatized and agree with those who were saying it was cold a lot of the time though. Although I still walk to class in just a T-shirt sometimes (Generally because I didn't look outside and realize it was cold before I left though)
It has been getting warmer over the years, but the coldest I ever heard (not experienced) was Ft Nelson BC (time unsure) at -63C. Engines had to be run with a mixture including kerosene to keep the oil thin and metal would snap like glass...cue Captain Crunch.
And I thought Calgary was cold...
