Weather where you are?

Paul LeClair said:
serious cold has arrived here. According to the news will be minus 39 Celsius overnight tonight. Already so cold this evening the dog won't go out to relieve himself, sniffs out the door opened for him and turns tail....... :eek: He will have to go out sooner or later or he is going to explode.

When it gets this cold it is seriously unpleasant, and dangerous.
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Only -30 over here. Spent a second day moving snow. Still no sign of road maintenance trucks except on the main highway where they continue to plow what is no longer there. Someone in upper management is going to get a good bonus for not wasting money on secondary roads.

I am still able to piss in a snowbank so all is well.

Jim
 
Jim and Paul...Same cold here on the Canadian Prairies...couldn't you keep it in the west? Very little snow this winter compared to normal. Many of our roads are very subject to snow drifting and the highways get plowed very quickly. In the cities however the snow gets plowed only when it builds up enough to cause problems. My old 2010 Ford Explorer has a V8 with AWD as normal drive mode plus 4 wheel high and low and equipped with winter tires. It can get through most snow but it can get hung up on a big hard snow drift just in case you think your invincible.
 
I forget what year but we hired a Ford Explorer on a USA Ski trip, it had something called Intelligent 4 Wheel Drive. It had no 2nd gear selector for high and low range. It apparently did it all Automatically which was annoying when we needed to climb up the fully Iced driveway at my mate's sister's lodge in the Sierra Nevada, with no street parking because of Plow Access. It did eventually but selectable low would have helped.
 
henrywillms said:
Jim and Paul...Same cold here on the Canadian Prairies...couldn't you keep it in the west? Very little snow this winter compared to normal.
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No. I'm done and you can have it all. Went from well below average and warmer than normal to above normal and friggin cold. Dense snow this last 2 1/2 feet so it has taken almost 3 days to clear the yard and some of the road.

Shop is warm though.

Jim
 
henrywillms said:
Jim and Paul...Same cold here on the Canadian Prairies...couldn't you keep it in the west? Very little snow this winter compared to normal. Many of our roads are very subject to snow drifting and the highways get plowed very quickly. In the cities however the snow gets plowed only when it builds up enough to cause problems. My old 2010 Ford Explorer has a V8 with AWD as normal drive mode plus 4 wheel high and low and equipped with winter tires. It can get through most snow but it can get hung up on a big hard snow drift just in case you think your invincible.
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Hi Henry

well below minus 30 Celsius this evening, I was outside and took my gloves off to do something, fingers turned white and numb almost instantly. Bloody ridiculous. Supposed to be a Chinook warm wind coming through within the next 24 - 48 hours, temperature will shoot above freezing, can't come quick enough,
 
Here we go again…

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Streams are already overflowing, I’ve been driving home through some water that feels too deep for my little hatchback 😬. Hopefully I get over Tunnel Hill before it falls down again!
 
Floods ..... no fun at all.
Still -20 to -30 here but similar to Paul it should be up to -3 to -10 in a few days. Haven't got all the snow cleared yet but the worst is done. Now just fine tuning around woodshed and my log deck. Looks like I will need more firewood soon.

Jim
 
helicopterjim said:
Floods ..... no fun at all.
Still -20 to -30 here but similar to Paul it should be up to -3 to -10 in a few days. Haven't got all the snow cleared yet but the worst is done. Now just fine tuning around woodshed and my log deck. Looks like I will need more firewood soon.

Jim
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Plenty of firewood here! All over my paddocks, the roads, strewn across beaches, through houses, vineyards and orchards. In fact there's an awful lot of grapewood and apple if you're interested. Of course, you may need to sling a monsoon bucket full of fuel to get here...
These are photos from the East Coast, not where I live, but we rode through here just before this all happened. Hard to believe that the silt alone is up to the rooves of some places. Poor buggers have some heavy work to do!
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Earthquake alerts are getting better, nowadays you get a 45 second warning of an imminent temblor. That’s enough time to walk outside or go to a doorway. If I was living in Cascadia or was still in the San Andreas fault zone, I’d use it. Ditto with the tsunami alerts for those in at risk areas.
 
Andy said:
Plenty of firewood here! All over my paddocks, the roads, strewn across beaches, through houses, vineyards and orchards. In fact there's an awful lot of grapewood and apple if you're interested. Of course, you may need to sling a monsoon bucket full of fuel to get here...
These are photos from the East Coast, not where I live, but we rode through here just before this all happened. Hard to believe that the silt alone is up to the rooves of some places. Poor buggers have some heavy work to do!
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This is my area. We were ready to evacuate but the river stayed within the banks here. Major flooding a few kilometers up the valley. No phones or internet for nearly a week in the district and roads closed in all directions. Cash only for supplies and fuel.
 
AJ said:
This is my area. We were ready to evacuate but the river stayed within the banks here. Major flooding a few kilometers up the valley. No phones or internet for nearly a week in the district and roads closed in all directions. Cash only for supplies and fuel.
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Yes I was wondering about you, so that’s good to hear, I’m glad you’re back online and able to report 👍
 
It is still as wet as an otter's pocket here with 60mm in the last 24hrs and 90mm the day before that, on top of the cyclone. The gauge overflowed during the cyclone but local report of 360mm. Sun is out again now and Tuesday to Thursday we good too!! Roads are absolutely munted.
 
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