An international call

Originally posted by Snowtractor
...Toronto and area aren't even considered Canada here in the west! They have RAIN!!!! in January !!!! The 2 days of snow they get , they call in the ARMY to help shovel out. It hit -15 last week and schools closed and people stayed home from work! We haven't seen the teen side of -20 since dec and the last couple of days it almost got cold with -35's and 20 knot winds. My friends kids are making snow forts and he can't keep them inside.So I guess "technically" it is the winter months where they live but the lower part of Ontario is on the same latitude as the higher part of CALIFORNIA. Just to let you know. YOu are most welcome to visit anytime so you can experience the real thing.
Sean

Hey ... Snowtractor Sean .... I take EXCEPTION to your bashing the west ... I'm in the SE corner of BC, sorta ... and we hit a nippy -27 celcius a few days ago ... I've spent many a mornig UN-FREEZING my Van, and shovelling snow off it and the driveway so I could get out and work, soI could drive 7 days a week highway thru blizzards and yes ... rain/fog/sleet/hail/drunken drivers/deer/loose dogs and teenage 4-wheelers ... Castlegar, Nelson, Nakusp, Kaslo.... WINTER COUNTRY IN BC! (mind you, I'm from Manitoba originally ... and those onthe coast shut the whole west coast down ... I'll give you THAT! Here with -27 celcius? The kids went to school in shorts (almost)

KEITH ... GOOSE DOWN JACKET (ask your host for his), WOOLYSOCKS, WOOLY TOQUE, LONG_JOHNS, and lotsa rum and make sure the CMP things have good winter tires

SNOWTRACTOR ... hi there ... long time no yap and nice to see you're still alive ... not turned into an ICE-SCUPLTURE ...

ciao for now from SE BC ... Yappy