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Golden Jet · 01-29-2011, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by C-Life

I have new winter tires so I'm not too worried. It's just freaking cold and I don't want to brush off my car. I always manage to get covered in snow in the process.

I have a garage & never have to scrape ice, brush snow off or plug in... No matter how cold...

Codes · 01-29-2011, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Singe

Nice powdery crap falling from the sky in Leth.
The roads are slippery like snot on a doorknob.
Good times, good times.

Actually, I didn't find them too bad on the Westside. Except for the entrance to the Tim Horton's complex. Super slick. I thought the physics had been turned off, and the road was a frictionless surface.

Golden Jet · 01-29-2011, 05:03 PM

Just keep the snow machine going for a while longer...

Flames0910 · 01-29-2011, 05:37 PM

so stoked for tomorrow!! should be amazing!

Yellefan · 01-29-2011, 06:53 PM

Lake Louise was amazing today. So much fresh powder.

Jawbone Hill · 01-29-2011, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellefan

Lake Louise was amazing today. So much fresh powder.

How were the roads heading out there?

Yellefan · 01-29-2011, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Jawbone Hill

How were the roads heading out there?

The roads were fine, a little slick in the left lane, but the right lane was pretty much clear. The white knucklers were more of a hazard than the weather.

Old Yeller · 01-29-2011, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by flamesfever

I was getting worried that if it stayed warm too long we'd lose the nice white snow cover on the local dogwalk where I get my daily exercise with my yellow lab. So I'm happy to see the snow return, and get rid of the developing sloppiness.

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Originally Posted by Kybosh

I avoid dog parks like the plague when they are remotely sloppy. My dog is a mud magnet and loves to roll in anything and everything. Fluffy winter dog park days are the best.

Dog owners know of just 2 seasons.. the wet season and the dry season.

pylon · 01-29-2011, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Nehkara

The roads are total crap. At least they were when I drove to work at 6:30 this morning. There is so much snow on the roads it is hard to get any traction.

LOL, today I was in Bridgeland, and some d-bag in an H2 with big pimp wheels and what I am assuming are high performance low profile summer tires, couldn't get up a hill. Just blew by him in my homely FWD GTI with 16" Pirrelli snowsports and gave him a wave. He in turn, gave me the finger...lol.

You have a frikkin Hummer, yet you decide to completely neuter its capabilities in the winter with your penor extender wheels.... good plan d-bag.

He had those big hip hop sunglasses on, so the assumption has to be made he was wearing an Ed Hardy shirt too.

Mad Mel · 01-30-2011, 12:14 AM

^ I wasn't thanking your post as much as thanking your actions. Now go to the Subaru thread and tell me what you think about the TDI.

Golden Jet · 01-30-2011, 03:33 AM

Looks like most of the snow is over. Just too cold to really snow & keep putting up big numbers. Best atmospheric temperatures to create a large snowfall is anything around
-12C & above. At -20C like it is now there's not enough moisture in the air to fuel the snow machine so it dies. That's why our spring storms pack such a punch because the air is so much warmer.
Would have loved to see another 10 cms for sure. Might happen but I doubt it.

Ducay · 01-30-2011, 08:04 AM

I think we're supposed to get the last dusting of this cycle today, with 2cm expected over the day.

Back up to 11 on Friday; time to refill the washer fluid!

Nehkara · 01-30-2011, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Ducay

I think we're supposed to get the last dusting of this cycle today, with 2cm expected over the day.

Back up to 11 on Friday; time to refill the washer fluid!

Also, watch out for those Chinook winds on Tuesday. Current forecast has the temperature going from -25 to -4 on that day. Hope everyone can keep their feet firmly fixed to the ground... keep all small pets on leashes.

WhiteTiger · 01-30-2011, 09:33 AM

Man...gotta love Calgary's roller coaster weather!

MRCboicgy · 01-30-2011, 10:36 AM

Well got into my first accident thanks to this weather. Totally slow motion. I slid a car length into the SUV in front of me, even with my tires it didn't help as it is pure ice at some of the kensington intersections. Just hit the gas at a light, guy in front hit his brake b/c of a jaywalker (in Kensington...never!) and i slid into him. It was crazy, my speedo hadn't even moved up from the peg--that's how slow it was. Like a curling stone. Just a bit of cosmetic damage to me-nothing to him. Still annoying as frack.

BlackArcher101 · 01-30-2011, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by MRCboicgy

Well got into my first accident thanks to this weather. Totally slow motion. Just hit the gas at a light, guy in front hit his brake b/c of a jaywalker (in Kensington...never!) and i slid into him.

First time you slid slowly into someones rear?

MRCboicgy · 01-30-2011, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

First time you slid slowly into someones rear?

yeah, now i know what it's like. Rather have kept it that way.

Tyler · 01-30-2011, 03:00 PM

Just a reminder everyone:

http://www.cocnmp.com/snic

TurnedTheCorner · 01-30-2011, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyler

Just a reminder everyone:

http://www.cocnmp.com/snic

It looks like 4 primary intersections have been plowed, and the rest are in progress. Bravo, City of Calgary. Bravo.

photon · 01-30-2011, 03:15 PM

I have a rental car right now, man I forgot what it's like to drive without AWD.

Rental's a lot newer than my car though, all the modern traction control and skid control and whatever else control stuff they throw in cars make it pretty hard to actually lose control though, it's impressive and annoying at the same time.