02-04-2009, 10:54 AM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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So my mother is coming to visit today...and brought AB weather with her?
So yeah...normally a mothers visit isnt worth sharing, but she was looking forward to getting away from the brutal cold that has been calgary and area weather of late.
So what happens?
We have the biggest snowfall in a few years last night with brutally cold weather. Wind chills are down into negative Farenheit territory and no break until Friday. 
I know most are thinking...yeah well its been colder than that here!! And i would agree, but most homes down here are not built to the same standards insulation wise as up north, and many still rely on heating oil or electricity for heat. As well cars here are not equipped with block heaters...and of course the VAST majority of people here have no idea how to drive in wintry conditions. The NCHP has reported 130 accidents since 5 AM this morning.
Poor mom.
but on the bright side...into the 60's by Saturday!!
Last edited by transplant99; 02-04-2009 at 11:16 AM.
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02-04-2009, 10:57 AM
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aka Spike
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The Darkest Corners of My Mind
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Where are you?
And our weather hasn't been like that in 2 weeks, she didn't get it from us
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02-04-2009, 10:59 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Alberta weather? What, the plus temperatures we've been having all week and in the forecast for the rest of the week?
BTW, how's the -15 high for SW Ont, Cheese? 
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02-04-2009, 10:59 AM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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The Appalachians of NC.
So it hasnt been cold in Calgary recently?
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02-04-2009, 11:00 AM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Alberta weather? What, the plus temperatures we've been having all week and in the forecast for the rest of the week?
BTW, how's the -15 high for SW Ont, Cheese? |
LOL..now that's funny.
yeah Cheese....how's it??
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02-04-2009, 11:11 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Originally Posted by transplant99
The Appalachians of NC.
So it hasnt been cold in Calgary recently?
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December was brutal. 2009 had been pretty good to us.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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02-04-2009, 11:14 AM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Tranny- it sounds to me like your mom is the type who loves to exaggerate the weather conditions. The type of people who talk about Calgary having -40 temperatures in the winter; even though Calgary has never hit -40 temp, and windchills also rarely get to that level either.
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02-04-2009, 11:14 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
LOL..now that's funny.
yeah Cheese....how's it??
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Couldn't be cold in Ontario, their weather is always superior to ours.
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02-04-2009, 11:15 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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broght?
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02-04-2009, 11:53 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
Tranny- it sounds to me like your mom is the type who loves to exaggerate the weather conditions. The type of people who talk about Calgary having -40 temperatures in the winter; even though Calgary has never hit -40 temp, and windchills also rarely get to that level either.
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LOL...yep its true...it zips right by the -39C to -50C!
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02-04-2009, 11:58 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Originally Posted by Cheese
LOL...yep its true...it zips right by the -39C to -50C!
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LARF! Have they brainwashed you to cheer for the Leafs, too?
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02-04-2009, 12:09 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Record low ever for Calgary was Feb 4, 1893 at -45.
http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec....s=&StnId=2205&
Feb.4, 2009, it is currently +9
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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02-04-2009, 02:08 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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They didn't have to get the groundhog out of his hole here the other day. He was sunbathing on a nearby rock. He didn't have to pad through any snow to get to his perch either.
Easterners whining about weather = Canucks fans whining about travel.
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02-04-2009, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnnyFlame
They didn't have to get the groundhog out of his hole here the other day. He was sunbathing on a nearby rock. He didn't have to pad through any snow to get to his perch either.
Easterners whining about weather = Canucks fans whining about travel.
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No easterners whining here that I know of LOL. Our one week cold snap ends tomorrow before we head to plus sides ourselves. Our spring is about 4 weeks away...March is still better than May 24.
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02-04-2009, 02:24 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Originally Posted by Cheese
No easterners whining here that I know of LOL. Our one week cold snap ends tomorrow before we head to plus sides ourselves. Our spring is about 4 weeks away...March is still better than May 24.
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I dunno, I've been snowed on in the Pinery on May 24.
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—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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