Winter around the world

[rob love]

Well not quite right Terry. We live in about as cold & crappy an area as you will find in Canada. Long and very cold winters (but it's dry cold if that makes any difference at -35.). Yet every spring the mosquitos are back in droves.

We don't have it that bad here in Shilo mind you. The nearest water is many miles away, and it is so dry and hot in the summer here they don't stand much of a chance. But it is not the winter that kills the little buggers off.

Did you notice the in Brian's tube video, the number of oil tank cars in that train. The environmentalists fight so we can't have the pipelines we need, so instead there are trains two miles long hauling across the country. Doesn't quite make sense.

[Darrell Zinck]

Hi Stefan

Oh...I don't know; I could say the very same thing.

Salisbury...Phhhhttt. Downright Balmy there compared to us!!

regards
Darrell

[Harry Moon]

if it wasn't raining I would cut the grass!

[Bob Carriere]

....if you want to smoke it!!!!!

At least you can see it flow down to the Ocean here we have to shovel or blow it...

Harry........You know what you get if you cross a Polar Bear with a..... can't say it here....but you get the best snowblower in town.....

Don't worry in 3 months it will all be gone and replaced with mud!!!!

Cheers

[Darrell Zinck]

Hi

So this is what we woke to. Double wide drive with a turnaround with my l'il 24" snow blower made for a long day.

Either 20-30cm snowstorms (5 in 2 weeks) or -35 windchill......3 months?! I won't last!! Luckily I'm off to Winnipeg in a week!

regards
Darrell

[chris vickery]

Pretty bad Darrell when a vacation to Winnipeg in February is better than staying at home in New Brunswick.
Glad I left town on Friday...Although here tonight in North Bay is -35c without the windchill.
Put another log on the fire and top up my glass with some winter warmer.

[rob love]

Hasn't snowed that bad there Darrel. Not only can you still clearly see the roof of the shed, but you can even see part of the car. Around these parts we call that fall.

Every day I look at the weather forecast and everyday it is below average. The above average winters are far and few between. I would like to know how they figure the average high here should be -5 these days, and in reality the best we will hope for is the -14 scheduled for later in the week. Even that is just the carrot they dangle so we stay here.

There seem to be a few on here who like to exaggerate their present temperatures to make them seem worse than they really are. So here, to shed light on the real truth of the matter, are links to some of the Canadians on this thread.

For those from Manitoba: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/mb-52_metric_e.html

For those from North Bay Ontario (We only dream of those temps right now Chris) :
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-139_metric_e.html

For those from the tropics of Ottawa: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-118_metric_e.html

From those in the Southern Ontario area, where they do not know what that electric cord sticking out from their grill is for: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-121_metric_e.html

From the tropical Island of New Brunswick: https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/nb-29_metric_e.html

And last, from the displaced Brits in British Columbia (may your umbrellas break): https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-74_metric_e.html