The Ongoing Super Mega Weather Thread v3

[surferguy]

I froze a pair of jeans and shirt and put them on my front lawn for ####s and giggles!

[KelVarnsen]

It’s obviously not as bad as Alberta but Victoria was the coldest it’s been in over 50 years
https://reddit.com/r/VictoriaBC/comm...orias_coldest/

[gallione11]

Coldest it's been since 89 here in Portland. The worst thing is the wind. Up to 45mph gusts. It's already knocked down two trees in our parking lot. First thankfully didn't hit anything, second one, though, about 70 feet tall took out a carport and garage wall. Somehow JUST missed the guy's car that was parked there.

[CaptainYooh]

Originally Posted by surferguy

I froze a pair of jeans and shirt and put them on my front lawn for ####s and giggles!

Nice hips...

[Wormius]

One frozen set of hot and cold water lines, plus a clogged drain somewhere that causes sink downstairs to fill up. Blah. At least he drain somewhat cleared after running enough hot water down the drain.

[curves2000]

Originally Posted by indes

Ya I'm going to try and go through Alberta home owners warranty. I've gone through the builder twice already and insisted 80k BTU is not big enough for a 2600sq ft two storey in Sherwood park.

I also forgot to mention but I don't know if it applies, that AHS requires a home and heating system to be able to maintain 22 degrees for health and safety.

This is a requirement for rental and commercial properties, not individually owned homes. Logically if its a standard for health and safety, the builder may not have done a proper job in some capacity.

[Leondros]

Grid is sort of in trouble

[photon]

Just got an emergency alert to limit usage to essential electricity usage only to conserve power to avoid rotating outages.

[surferguy]

Yeah I don’t think I’ve ever seen an Alberta Alert for a grid issue.

[Wormius]

Hmm. Rotating power outages. This should be fun.

[surferguy]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Hmm. Rotating power outages. This should be fun.

NDP ridings first?

[Acey]

I could have sworn we got one during that late June heat wave a couple years back.

[EverfresH15]

Maybe dowtown could turn the lights off 🤷

[mrkajz44]

In theory we should be able to avoid the outages if people follow the advice in the alert. I'm doubtful that will happen though.

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[Acey]

...and power out in the office at YYC. You'd think they'd kill it somewhere else so the airport could stay up.

Doesn't much matter I suppose, almost all the flights are already cancelled.

[btimbit]

Alright emergency alert, good point, I suppose I don't need every block heater plugged in, multiple car battery chargers, multiple space heaters, electric fireplace is cranked, every single light on in the house for literally no reason, tv on in a room neither me or the wife are even in.
hmmm, maybe I'm part of the problem....
Nah, probably city council's fault or something


....brb, gonna gonna turn some stuff off

[PaperBagger'14]

Real time grid data is showing the internal load of AB is equaling, if not slightly higher than our generation. Frequency hasn’t dipped enough yet for rolling brown outs but it is a real poasibility

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by mrkajz44

In theory we should be able to avoid the outages if people follow the advice in the alert. I'm doubtful that will happen though.

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Everybody starts emergency baking.

[KelVarnsen]

Remember when Smith canceled renewable energy projects?

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by surferguy

NDP ridings first?

Just shut things down in Edmonton. 1. It is the lesser city in Alberta. 2. It is NDP.