The Ongoing Super Mega Weather Thread v3

[Locke]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

I've never paid for a garbanzo bean on my face.

I thought that was just a derogatory term Italians used for Spanish people.

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Didn't stop the city from salting all the roads last night in anticipation of snow that never came. White powder clouds on dry roads on my trek this morning.

I drive across the 8th Ave flyover and there were piles of salt everywhere. Also looked like they had applied a solution to the asphalt as well.

Maybe some kind of test?

[indes]

I bought one of these this winter and it's an absolute game changer. I can do the driveway, steps and sidewalk in about 15 minutes. Highly recommend.

Schröder Industrial Backpack Leaf Blower 5-Year Warranty Model: SR-6400L https://a.co/d/gO00FEd

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by Looch City

Omg can winter be over already

Originally Posted by Sliver

We've only had a week of winter. This is the easiest winter I've ever experienced. I bailed on snowboarding and went hiking on Saturday FFS. It's weird.

Originally Posted by jayswin

This has been one of the most stress free winters I can remember. We had like a week and a half of -30 where half of CP stomped their feet and screamed that they were leaving this stupid city and country for the south. And then it's mostly hovered around 0 to -5 other than that.

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Sir, there has not been a winter

Looch City is his name, and sarcasm is his game!

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Didn't stop the city from salting all the roads last night in anticipation of snow that never came. White powder clouds on dry roads on my trek this morning.

When I drive into Calgary you can always tell where the city limits start. The highway goes from black to white.

[Torture]

Originally Posted by indes

I bought one of these this winter and it's an absolute game changer. I can do the driveway, steps and sidewalk in about 15 minutes. Highly recommend.

Schröder Industrial Backpack Leaf Blower 5-Year Warranty Model: SR-6400L https://a.co/d/gO00FEd

Fyi, your neighbours hate you.

[Locke]

I just use a balloon engine that I tip sideways and fire up. It does a great job on the driveway.

The scorching has evened out now so passers-by just think my driveway was always charcoal-black.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Torture

Fyi, your neighbours hate you.

No more than if you use a lawnmower to cut your lawn in the summer. In fact, the lawnmower is probably more of an impact because people have their windows open.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by Slava

No more than if you use a lawnmower to cut your lawn in the summer. In fact, the lawnmower is probably more of an impact because people have their windows open.

A lawnmower is a much more pleasing sound to the ear than a leaf blower, it's not even close.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

Looch City is his name, and sarcasm is his game!

Worst part is, I know this. I didn't realize who I responded to until your post just now, though.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

I drive across the 8th Ave flyover and there were piles of salt everywhere. Also looked like they had applied a solution to the asphalt as well.

Maybe some kind of test?

Not a test. The brined all the major roadways in the city in anticipation of snow that never came. Pretty crazy waste of resources as well not ideal for the environment, roads, or vehicles.

[keratosis]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Not a test. The brined all the major roadways in the city in anticipation of snow that never came. Pretty crazy waste of resources as well not ideal for the environment, roads, or vehicles.

And if they hadn't applied it and we got the snow...
Sounds like a no win situation in your mind.

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Not a test. The brined all the major roadways in the city in anticipation of snow that never came. Pretty crazy waste of resources as well not ideal for the environment, roads, or vehicles.

I don't doubt they've been doing it on the major roadways, the point I was trying to make was I haven't seen it on 8th so far yet this winter.

The pattern is so distinctive, it's hard to miss. Plus I would have heard the trucks that spray it, it's quite a different sound.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Not a test. The brined all the major roadways in the city in anticipation of snow that never came. Pretty crazy waste of resources as well not ideal for the environment, roads, or vehicles.

I’d look at this as a program. Spraying roads for x probability of precipitation cost x dollars. Each time we are successful it saves x person hours of time and x dollars of damages and x injuries. We predict successfully x percentage of the time.

Does the program make sense to continue.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by indes

I bought one of these this winter and it's an absolute game changer. I can do the driveway, steps and sidewalk in about 15 minutes. Highly recommend.

Schröder Industrial Backpack Leaf Blower 5-Year Warranty Model: SR-6400L https://a.co/d/gO00FEd

It’s funny how often I hear from Ontarians about seeing people in AB using leaf blowers on snow. The snow is so wet here it’s inconceivable to use one of those.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by keratosis

And if they hadn't applied it and we got the snow...
Sounds like a no win situation in your mind.

Snow in a Canadian winter? No way! In my mind I feel they are way over salting/sanding for the amount of snow we receive. There are certain times when it's needed and certain places such as busy intersections, hills, etc but to have the sanding trucks on all the city roads for an inch of snow is a total waste of resources not to mention bad for the environment and vehicles.

[timun]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Cool, thanks nerd.

You're welcome, dumb-dumb.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

15-25 cm (allegedly) incoming between now and tuesday

Radar shows the current system approaching from N-NW. Looks like the heavy stuff may hit part of the NE, but miss most of the rest of the city

Hopefully that holds true

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

15-25 cm (allegedly) incoming between now and tuesday

Radar shows the current system approaching from N-NW. Looks like the heavy stuff may hit part of the NE, but miss most of the rest of the city

Hopefully that holds true

Don't count on it, looking at the radar the west should see the most.

[Acey]

Looking more like the last storm where one part of the city gets 30-40 cm and another part gets only a dusting and wonders what all the fuss is about.