Winter is here

[SkytopBrewster]

Gotta get the gas prices up, sucks but for people employed in Nat Gas we need a deepfreeze for a bit across the board. 95% of the wells I work on are sweet gas, deep Hz.

[BGSH]

Brrrr BrrrrrBrRrrrrRRrRRBrRRrRrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

BbBBBBrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr it's cold outside, finally winter has come

[Sporty]

I'm quite content with this change in the weather, we live in Canada, we're supposed to have winter! I was sick of listening to people whine about the weather by noon yesterday!

As someone who was born and raised in northern Alberta, I'd rather see winter as it should be over the rain and 100 mile an hour gusting ignorant winds we were subjected to. I know this is what our winters are about and if and when I can no longer tolerate it, I'll move else where.

[bubba5794]

I ordered the cold...When you have porable boilers for the oilpatch, you rely on some cold weather to get the trucks out working....I can do without the snow. Hopefully this cold gets the cyotes out more too

[colt45]

-30c here north of wabasca this morning

[yamaha 1]

She is -30 right now with the wind chill of -42, up in the Peace any way. It looks like it will only last the week and then by the 24th back up to -5 or -6.

[Shaggy]

I heard the first Kiki bird of the year this morning. Like it's not really spring until you see a Killdeer right?
Seldom will you see a Kiki bird, but it's a very haunting call to announce Ol' Man Winter has arrived. I can't find an audio file to post, but I will type out the sound as best as I can. It starts at a very high pitch, and gradually lowers at the end with a bit of a "shudder". Like this-

Ki ki ki ki ki ryst it's cold!!

[SonnyJ]

[BGSH]

Originally Posted by SonnyJ

Ouch, that is freezing, not going out at all if i can avoid going out i surely will.

[Willowtrail]

-39 with windchill in Slave Lake right now. I'm staying in for the night.

[SonnyJ]

Originally Posted by BGSH

Ouch, that is freezing, not going out at all if i can avoid going out i surely will.

It get worse my friend..

[BGSH]

It is the coldest day in Edmonton since 2009.

[leeaspell]

I have no issue with -40, but -25 with a windchill of -40 I hate. The cold can stay but the wind can *%!# off any time now and id be happy.
Makes it hard to snow blow to when the blower throws the snow one direction and the wind just carries it right back. Got my first snow blower this year, all I got to say is the man or woman who invented the snow blower gets my vote for greatest person of all time lol

[Calamity]

Tonight Partly cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries early this evening. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 33. Extreme wind chill minus 45. Frostbite in minutes.

Tuesday Mainly sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 29. Extreme wind chill minus 45. Frostbite in minutes. Tuesday nightA few clouds. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 30. Extreme wind chill minus 41. Frostbite in minutes.

Wednesday Sunny. High minus 25.

Thursday Sunny. Low minus 36. High minus 29.

Friday A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 33. High minus 27.

Saturday Periods of snow. Low minus 29. High minus 26.

Sunday Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 27. High minus 23.

So not looking forward to being back to work in this deepfreeze tomorrow. Bah Humbug!

[slough shark]

cold I am ok with, it's a little cold for the vehicles right now though, they don't like working/starting in this stuff.

[BGSH]

Want to know whats funny, well we are basking in -20 to -30 degree weather Toronto will be freezing with +8 degrees come the weekend

[gilbertslake]

Originally Posted by BGSH

Want to know whats funny, well we are basking in -20 to -30 degree weather Toronto will be freezing with +8 degrees come the weekend

Environment Canada is saying -35 with -48 wind chill for Cold Lake tonight. I guess we have to live up to our name.
still, I would rather have a -35 dry cold day to a 0 degrees foggy, drizzly day anytime.

[silverdoctor]

underground parking = money well spent

She's a wee bit nippy out tonite eh? My car will start unplugged @ -40 but she doesn't like it at all.

[Shaggy]

I'm a good ol' Canadian farm boy. I can handle cold. But I have to admit that yesterday I broke down and put on a sweater.

[gilbertslake]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

I'm a good ol' Canadian farm boy. I can handle cold. But I have to admit that yesterday I broke down and put on a sweater.

Interesting how the wildlife cope with this cold. I just looked out at my bird feeder and there are 3 blue jays sitting there with feathers all puffed out. Makes them look as big as turkey vultures