Spring Snow Storm

[Mad Mel]

Originally Posted by Methanolic

Break out your Speedo's and "Bum Floss"!!!!

.... +10 on Saturday!!!

I'm going to Calgary over May long weekend which of course, since it's May long, pretty much guarantees that it'll snow like it is now. Or worse. F--- I hate Calgary weather.

[Jayems]

my house is literally shaking in the wind. we're right on the tip of the city in a new neighbourhood, so it just howls. ugh.

[chalms04]

Originally Posted by flip

so glad my exam isn't until noon.

+1

[chalms04]

...and the power just went out for a sec.

[Flames0910]

wow. okotoks is intense guys. i just drove home from the NW and the highway was a whiteout (but better than this afternoon when it was slush)


at least 5'' of snow on the cars in the driveways/streets

[worth]

Apparently Hwy 2 between Red Deer and Calgary is terrible.

Glenmore Trail wasn't all that bad at 6am, a lot of water, but hardly any slush. Big wind though. You're going to want to leave the house early today all you rush hour folk.

[jar_e]

Thankfully it warmed up since 4 am...major roads are fine, any communities with hills will probably be f#*%)& this morning. Drove around all night...spun out about 3 times ahaha

[Matata]

Was just on deerfoot between Mcknight and Peigan, 6:30 - 7:00, saw one serious puddle but everything else was fine. Traffic was actually very light, lots of people taking sick days.

Everyone else at work is saying terrible things about the roads, especially outside the city.

[Komskies]

I would love to be taking a sick day today.

The drive in for me was uneventful, and took about the same amount of time as it always does. Thankfully I don't have to take Deerfoot, as I'm sure it will be terrible over the next few hours.

[transplant99]

Certainly dont envy those of you in this storm...my biggest decision today is whether to golf this afternoon or do some work around the house.

[Cowperson]

No power at our country home . . . . therefore no shower this a.m. Spit in my hand and slicked the curly hair down and off I went out the door.

Then, surprise, surprise, in a suit and tie, ignomously shovelling heavy, slushy snow away from the gate so it would open, in blowing snow and heavy wind. Very not fun.

Then probably the most dangerous drive into Calgary in the 12 years I've been out there . . . . . even a four wheel drive Durango isn't going to stick in heavy, slushy snow. Down to 30 km in places.

Nice driving in the city though!!!

This day has not started well.

Cowperson

[chemgear]

Global warming my bum!

(nice fast commute though - 10 minutes door to door maybe?)

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

No power at our country home . . . . therefore no shower this a.m. Spit in my hand and slicked the curly hair down and off I went out the door.

Then, surprise, surprise, in a suit and tie, ignomously shovelling heavy, slushy snow away from the gate so it would open, in blowing snow and heavy wind. Very not fun.

Then probably the most dangerous drive into Calgary in the 12 years I've been out there . . . . . even a four wheel drive Durango isn't going to stick in heavy, slushy snow. Down to 30 km in places.

Nice driving in the city though!!!

This day has not started well.

Cowperson

No one wants to hear about how you coiffe your curlies.

[3 Justin 3]

Well it looks like a January blizzard outside my house. My power died when I was typing this post which crashed my internet. Wow, just died again...and again. 3 times in the last 2 minutes. It is back up now...

...but for how long!

haha, it took me 12 minutes to post this message due to power outage.

[Jayems]

Still windy as hell in the deep SE. (as im sure it is everywhere). Tried to walk around the house to see if any siding or roofing has come off... that was a bad idea. Living in a construction zone means flying debris.

[worth]

Power went out at work this morning. Thank god for uninterruptible power supply on the servers. Greatest invention ever.

[burning_acid1]

I was driving up Shaganappi Trail last night at 3 am and the road was covered with ice and snow. I couldn't see the lanes. THere were 2 cars in the ditches. Driving uphill with summer tires didn't help at all

[boogerz]

How is transit looking right now? Any delays?

[photon]

Chestermere power was out all morning.. so much for working from home.

[flip]

Windy out there but the roads are fine. People were still doing 80-100 on Crowchild.