12-17-2025, 05:56 PM
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#7861
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Uncle Chester
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Yeah, it's crazy dangerous at times. I've driven a lot for work in my day and that stretch in the winter always seemed like the worst one of all. They can't build the high speed train fast enough for me.
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12-17-2025, 06:01 PM
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#7862
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary - Centre West
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The winds were so bad today that my patio heater got knocked over, and now it looks like it's wearing a crooked hat because the aluminum heat spreader got bent. Fack.
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Originally Posted by Azure
Typical dumb take.
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12-17-2025, 06:04 PM
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#7863
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
This is pretty wild, can't remember the last time blowing snow was this bad.
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Don’t you remember 1914? Maybe you are a bit too young. Our wagons were all over the place.
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12-17-2025, 06:17 PM
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#7864
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Monster Storm
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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I wasn’t in Calgary at the time, I was doing my part in the trenches at Ypres.
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12-17-2025, 06:27 PM
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#7865
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by fotze2
Why is that stretch of road always the worst. Very close to dying on that part leading into Red Deer from the south. It must be a different pavement design.
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I think it's because its essentially a prairie wasteland. There are no windblocks, nothing.
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12-17-2025, 06:34 PM
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#7866
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Powerplay Quarterback
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That was one of the nastiest storms I've ever seen. I hope everyone made it home safely.
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12-17-2025, 07:15 PM
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#7867
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Stuck in Vancouver as my YYC flight was cancelled and rescheduled to late tomorrow night.
Time to find a hotel.
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12-17-2025, 07:30 PM
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#7868
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Khel
Stuck in Vancouver as my YYC flight was cancelled and rescheduled to late tomorrow night.
Time to find a hotel.
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I'm told that there are some inexpensive ones in Vancouver's Downtown East Side.
Some of them are even canvas!
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12-17-2025, 07:37 PM
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#7869
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Buses from Edmonton to Calgary turned back at Red Deer.
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Those poor people. They were so close!
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12-17-2025, 07:57 PM
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#7870
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TorqueDog
The winds were so bad today that my patio heater got knocked over, and now it looks like it's wearing a crooked hat because the aluminum heat spreader got bent. Fack.
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It tore the patio furniture cover clean off my front deck furniture, everything was all over the place, but everything was accounted for thankfully.
My garbage and recycle bins which were out for pickup made it half way to visit the guy across the street.
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12-17-2025, 08:01 PM
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#7871
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Slava
Those poor people. They were so close!
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It would be like if the warden was waiting at the end of the poop tube when Andy Dufresne crawled out of it, just to send him back.
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12-17-2025, 08:04 PM
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#7872
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
I'm told that there are some inexpensive ones in Vancouver's Downtown East Side.
Some of them are even canvas!
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Cardboard or nothing for me!
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12-17-2025, 08:16 PM
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#7873
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Also saw that my USB cable from Amazon was delivered today, thought maybe it got forwarded to Strathmore via wind but nope it was there.
edit: should have said airmail
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12-17-2025, 08:28 PM
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#7874
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Khel
Cardboard or nothing for me!
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Oooh! Look at the Bourgeoisie guy over here! Okay...but you have to provide your own propane heater and hot-plate!
Also...I'd strongly recommend against the room service. Unless Fentanyl is your jam.
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12-17-2025, 08:30 PM
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#7875
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
It tore the patio furniture cover clean off my front deck furniture, everything was all over the place, but everything was accounted for thankfully.
My garbage and recycle bins which were out for pickup made it half way to visit the guy across the street.
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Oscar is going to be really disappointed...they were supposed to be meeting for cookies and eggnog.
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12-17-2025, 09:01 PM
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#7876
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Franchise Player
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It was certainly an adventure. Had to go out for a few things and grab my kid. Visibility ranging from 10-80 ft, random sections of dry road to 3-4 inch snow accumulation within seconds, strong wind icing up wipers in record time making them useless/amplifying the white out... T'was honestly satisfying getting to the point of to weave around strugglers going close to speed limit who couldn't figure out lights or reasonable speeds etc.
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12-17-2025, 10:26 PM
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#7877
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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I've never really taken stories about blizzards that seriously because in all my years in this climate, I haven't seen snow conditions that were truly undrivable from my perspective.
Icy roads, sure. But the snow itself hasn't been that much of a deterrent.
Today may have changed that. Drove the highway and when we were heading directly into the 90k/h wind you couldn't see 15 feet ahead. Just a white wall. For stretches of time that was pretty close to undrivable.
And it probably says a lot when the guys in their Ram pickups are slowing down to 60 and throwing on their hazards.
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12-17-2025, 11:36 PM
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#7878
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze2
Why is that stretch of road always the worst. Very close to dying on that part leading into Red Deer from the south. It must be a different pavement design.
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The problem was the big pileup between Airdrie and Calgary.
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Originally Posted by fotze
If this day gets you riled up, you obviously aren't numb to the disappointment yet to be a real fan.
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12-18-2025, 12:47 AM
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#7879
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The problem was the big pileup between Airdrie and Calgary.
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Airdronians...I knew it was their fault! Even when it was the Teachers and Immigrants I knew it was the Airdronians...
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