Friday, February 17, 2006

Weathering the weather

My friend Bil just moved to LA, and now feels that gray skies constitute bad weather. Meanwhile, here the high was -24 ºC yesterday, and it was in the -30s last night. I went shopping, and couldn't feel my feet for a while...

So, am I complaining? No and yes. No, because I kinda enjoy that. Yes, because, I have to say, the weather in Calgary has been a bit too hot for my tastes the last month or so. Sure, we had some nice -20 weeks back in December, but since I got back after Christmas, it has hung around the freezing mark, with a few days in the high teens, if you can imagine that.

Anyways, yesterday's pleasure will quickly fade away again, as Monday's high is supposed to be above zero again. :( At least we have some snow on the ground.
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousFri Feb 17, 07:19:00 p.m. MST

    -24? I get excited if it drops below 0 and there's the chance of snow!

    hope you have well insulated boots...

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  2. MarysienkaFri Feb 17, 08:51:00 p.m. MST

    It's supposed to be -33 during the night. Oooow I can't stand cold weather. We've got a major snowstorm here, did you get it?

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  3. Tall MedstudentSat Feb 18, 12:51:00 a.m. MST

    Around zero is the worst! :) Slush sucks! I have a pair of

    -33 ºC, that's what I'm talking about. We don't get any of the snow that hits out east. When it does snow, we usually get at most 10 cm at a time, and it is usually very dry and light snow, not like back in Ottawa, where the flakes always seemed bigger.

    Maybe I was just smaller in the old days...

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  4. AnonymousSun Feb 19, 11:55:00 a.m. MST

    I've never even seen 10cm of snow... We might get 2-3cm, but more likely to get an icing sugar dusting. Very pretty but not enough for snowballs or sledging!

    I blame the gulf stream.

    (We do have the world's most grey and damp rain tho. Our rain is practically a tourist attraction.)

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  5. Tall MedstudentSun Feb 19, 11:56:00 a.m. MST

    Odd, I never finished that sentence earlier... I have a pair of Docs, but they're a bit long in the tooth.

    From my perspective, 10 cm is nothing. Back in Ottawa, I remember weeks where I was shoveling 30 cm off of the drive every day... good times. :)

    Yeah, the Gulf Stream will get you every time. But, this global warming thing is really cramping our style over here in Canada.

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