For reference, it is October 4th, and snowing like a mother fucker. What the fuck, nature?
To be clear, I like snow. I like winter. But enough is enough. Last year it was "cold" (consistantly below zero) from November 1st to mid May. One of those months was -40 consistantly. That's too much. I can't take it.
Calgary is pretty far north - it's the farthest north I've ever lived. As a result, this means the winter sun rises around 9 AM and sets around 4 PM, at best. This means for these three to six brutal, unforgiving winter months, I don't see the sun for the five days of the week I am working.
It's so depressing to think we're already back at winter again already. I am so happy that I'm leaving for Korea in a week and can put off the slide into winter at least two more months.
Dude I would love that. Over here it's like living in a sauna because for over half the year the humidity is in the 90% range. I love cold weather and snow in October (or anytime during the year for that matter) is pretty rare here.
edit: Yeah the sun schedule must really suck though. 9-4? Wow that's harsh man
Any knowledge of the history of Calgary? Why would a big city like that spring up where it is. Is there some sort of resource nearby? Some business/industry in the city? I'm just curious as to why people would choose to live there.
Im in Edmonton (3hrs north of calgary), and no snow yet! However it's pretty chilly out, which sucks for a guy like me who works outside usually for 12hrs a day. Last winter was just brutal with the constant minus 40. I thought I wasn't gonna make it a few times lol (I work 10days in a row out of town, and have 4 days off).
Lets pray this winter will be a little more gentle
On October 05 2009 02:27 NoobsOfWrath wrote: Any knowledge of the history of Calgary? Why would a big city like that spring up where it is. Is there some sort of resource nearby? Some business/industry in the city? I'm just curious as to why people would choose to live there.
On October 05 2009 02:27 NoobsOfWrath wrote: Any knowledge of the history of Calgary? Why would a big city like that spring up where it is. Is there some sort of resource nearby? Some business/industry in the city? I'm just curious as to why people would choose to live there.
Alberta is very well known for its petroleum industry which I believe is why Calgary and Edmonton are as big as they are. A very large portion of individuals from this province work in the oil/gas industry, and it has lead to Alberta as a whole being the richest province in Canada. At one point the province made soo much money, they decided to give every man woman and child in the province a $400 check. Was neat.
The other thing that calgary has to offer is it's relative closeness to the Rockey Mountains. This provides alot of tourism as well.
On October 05 2009 02:27 NoobsOfWrath wrote: Any knowledge of the history of Calgary? Why would a big city like that spring up where it is. Is there some sort of resource nearby? Some business/industry in the city? I'm just curious as to why people would choose to live there.
I always say I've learned to weather it and am tough in the cold but last winter we had a solid month where it was averaging -20F and didnt go above 0 for something like 35 days and I nearly went insane.
I feel for you, Chill. Winnipeg doesn't have snow yet but it's getting colder.
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On October 05 2009 02:46 El.Divino wrote: Damn it. You can't APM when your fingers are cold!
I forgot about this. Cold hands make SC more difficult. The room I had my computer in last year had practically no insulation because it was next to the garage and had shitty windows. I had to wear an undershirt, tee shirt, sweat shirt, two blankets, and slippers to even use my computer.
On October 05 2009 02:45 micronesia wrote: Jesus Christ -40? I don't even need to ask if that's in C or F.
But damn that's cold.
Northern regions of settled Canada = no thanks.
To those of you offering to trade unless you live directly in the infernal flames of hell you don't realize what you are signing up for.
yeah , Edmontons record low was -56.9F, and Calgary's was -49F . The worst part is, since we are use to such an extreme climate, when it gets to -40F schools don't close, and people who work outside, still have to goto work and deal with the climate. Life sucks
Man, I've never had a school closure due to weather. -50C, three feet of snow, doesn't matter. I've snow shoed to school because the plows can only work so fast.
On October 05 2009 03:31 zeppelin wrote: why are you going to korea?
why not lol but seriously everytime someone asks me why are you going or what are you going to do i have no response. i literally have no plans but a flight, a place to stay for first 2 nights, and converstaions with rekrul, artosis, and lilsusie
On October 05 2009 02:45 micronesia wrote: Jesus Christ -40? I don't even need to ask if that's in C or F.
But damn that's cold.
Northern regions of settled Canada = no thanks.
To those of you offering to trade unless you live directly in the infernal flames of hell you don't realize what you are signing up for.
yeah , Edmontons record low was -56.9F, and Calgary's was -49F . The worst part is, since we are use to such an extreme climate, when it gets to -40F schools don't close, and people who work outside, still have to goto work and deal with the climate. Life sucks
I didn't even think that 'cold' was a reason for closing anything prior to this post. Burst pipes maybe. Cold? Suck it up.
Yeah winter can be a bitch especially in urban areas where all the snow is dirty end melted down to a disgusting mass of filth. I suspect this is why alot of people take winter vacations in the christmas holidays (atleast here in sweden). If you can energize enough during those 1-2 weeks it'll be enough to keep you going through the winter.
If you're visiting korea for 2 months I suspect you'll be fine when you come back Just promise to watch alot of starcraft and do alot of nerdy stuff!
On October 05 2009 02:27 NoobsOfWrath wrote: Any knowledge of the history of Calgary? Why would a big city like that spring up where it is. Is there some sort of resource nearby? Some business/industry in the city? I'm just curious as to why people would choose to live there.
Its on the Bow river where it basically forms a Y shape, so that had a lot to do with it. Originally it was just a fort to keep track of those dastardly americans, but eventually a community grew up.
Oil is super important now, but it wasnt the reason it was placed where it was. Also, being so close to the foothills we get to experience the phenomenon of chinooks.
Chinooks are most prevalent over southern Alberta in Canada, especially in a belt from Pincher Creek and Crowsnest Pass through Lethbridge, which get 30 to 35 chinook days per year on average. Chinooks become less frequent further south in the United States, and are not as common north of Red Deer. But they can and do occur as far north as Grande Prairie in northwestern Alberta and Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia, and as far south as Albuquerque, New Mexico.
In southern Alberta, most of the winter can be spent with little or no snow on the ground. In Calgary, there is snow about 59% of the time on Christmas, compared to 88% for Edmonton.[3]. In Canada, only the West Coast of British Columbia and southern Ontario have fewer white Christmases than southern Alberta.
In Lethbridge, Chinook winds can gust in excess of hurricane force (120 km/h or 75 mph). On November 19, 1962, an especially powerful chinook there gusted to 171 km/h (107 mph).
In Pincher Creek, the temperature rose by 41°C (from -19°C to 22°C) in one hour in 1962 [4] - trains have been known to be derailed by chinook winds there. During the winter, driving can be treacherous as the wind blows snow across roadways sometimes causing roads to vanish and snowdrifts to pile up higher than 1 meter. Empty semi trucks driving along Highway 3 and other routes in Southern Alberta have been blown over by the high gusts of wind caused by chinooks.
Calgary also gets many chinooks - the Bow Valley in the Canadian Rockies west of the city acts as a natural wind tunnel funneling the chinook winds.
On October 05 2009 03:31 zeppelin wrote: why are you going to korea?
why not lol but seriously everytime someone asks me why are you going or what are you going to do i have no response. i literally have no plans but a flight, a place to stay for first 2 nights, and converstaions with rekrul, artosis, and lilsusie
oh i didn't know if it was for work or something, how can you go for months without having to work? i would love to do that
On October 05 2009 05:05 Mastermind wrote: Why anyone would choose to live in Alberta is beyond me. Move to a real province and maybe you wont be so cold.
wtf, i hope you don't live in ontario or something and consider ontario and quebec the only two "real" provinces
either way, your province is poorer than Alberta and your statement is ignorant
On October 05 2009 05:05 Mastermind wrote: Why anyone would choose to live in Alberta is beyond me. Move to a real province and maybe you wont be so cold.
wtf, i hope you don't live in ontario or something and consider ontario and quebec the only two "real" provinces
either way, your province is poorer than Alberta and your statement is ignorant
yeah we're like the rich province supporting all the poorer ones
On October 05 2009 05:05 Mastermind wrote: Why anyone would choose to live in Alberta is beyond me. Move to a real province and maybe you wont be so cold.
LOL. You know I'm from Ontario, and have lived in BC for 5 years, right? I've only lived in Alberta for 3 years. Why anyone would live anywhere but Alberta in this economy is beyond me.
On October 05 2009 05:05 Mastermind wrote: Why anyone would choose to live in Alberta is beyond me. Move to a real province and maybe you wont be so cold.
LOL. You know I'm from Ontario, and have lived in BC for 5 years, right? I've only lived in Alberta for 3 years. Why anyone would live anywhere but Alberta in this economy is beyond me.
Northern BC is fine for making lots of money, but it's still just as fucking cold.
Why are you complaining? Be happy that you have any snow at all in these times of global warming. I live in a country where a decade ago, it was not uncommon for the snow to grow up to one meter. Nowadays, we are lucky if it even snows twice the entire winter.
By the way, I hear Korea gets snow fairly early as well.
On October 05 2009 05:05 Mastermind wrote: Why anyone would choose to live in Alberta is beyond me. Move to a real province and maybe you wont be so cold.
LOL. You know I'm from Ontario, and have lived in BC for 5 years, right? I've only lived in Alberta for 3 years. Why anyone would live anywhere but Alberta in this economy is beyond me.
On October 05 2009 05:05 Mastermind wrote: Why anyone would choose to live in Alberta is beyond me. Move to a real province and maybe you wont be so cold.
LOL. You know I'm from Ontario, and have lived in BC for 5 years, right? I've only lived in Alberta for 3 years. Why anyone would live anywhere but Alberta in this economy is beyond me.
On October 05 2009 09:59 DREAM-JOY wrote: This is what I woke up to a few weeks ago. I'd rather see snow and know what's going on, than see this and think the apocalypse is happening.
What the hell lol? This pic wasn't edited @ all? What happened there?
On October 05 2009 09:59 DREAM-JOY wrote: This is what I woke up to a few weeks ago. I'd rather see snow and know what's going on, than see this and think the apocalypse is happening.
What the hell lol? This pic wasn't edited @ all? What happened there?
It seems global warming doesn't actually change the temperature in Calgary, it just makes us the only city where it regularly snows that doesn't have snow on Christmas. Its so stupid, it snows in Octorber and then refuses to snow a week before Christman.
The dark winters are terribly depressing, yes. Ironically I think you have it colder than the middle/south parts of Sweden, though, that's pretty messed up. Hooray for the Gulf Stream!
On October 05 2009 14:32 tarpman wrote: I can juuuust about see Broken City in the corner of that picture... at least, where it should be if you're where I think you are (yay google maps!)
It's fucking cold today. Like usually you walk outside and it's -20 and you feel like "Oh it's not too cold" but the cold starts working on you. By the time you're outside for 20 minutes you realize ok it's pretty cold.
But today was just like a punch in the face. The second I walked outside I was like "Jesus it's cold". I'm tired of hiding inside! This is bullshit!!
Meanwhile I am mad as hell because all winter I am working 2-3 hours from the sickest ski resorts and there just isn't any snow now since like Christmas. I feel cheated. I was imagining myself going on ski trips every weekend straight from the office. Can we have some of that snow please?
I feel for you. It was -50ºC on Friday with windchill. Supposed to ge to -39ºC tonight with windchill and it is snowing! This has been a long brutal winter on the prairies this year.
I wish I could say I feel your pain, but I can't. Its 70 degrees here in North Carolina today, and has been for the past 2 weeks. I don't understand, maybe it's global warming??? hahahaha
At first, I thought that -23 degrees isn't that bad. Then I saw that it was in Celsius, not Fahrenheit.
Canada seems like a crazy place to live, especially for those who hate cold. It's around 30 degrees F around here, and I guess that's probably Springtime weather for Canadians.
On March 01 2011 02:36 eviltomahawk wrote: At first, I thought that -23 degrees isn't that bad. Then I saw that it was in Celsius, not Fahrenheit.
Canada seems like a crazy place to live, especially for those who hate cold. It's around 30 degrees F around here, and I guess that's probably Springtime weather for Canadians.
You realize the fact that it's Celsius, not Fahrenheit it's warmer, not cooler, right?
On March 01 2011 02:36 eviltomahawk wrote: At first, I thought that -23 degrees isn't that bad. Then I saw that it was in Celsius, not Fahrenheit.
Canada seems like a crazy place to live, especially for those who hate cold. It's around 30 degrees F around here, and I guess that's probably Springtime weather for Canadians.
You realize the fact that it's Celsius, not Fahrenheit it's warmer, not cooler, right?
Oh shit, you're right. I'm not familiar with Celsius to Fahrenheit conversions below zero.
I'm running on zero hours of sleep, so my judgement is probably impaired and stuff lol.
On March 01 2011 02:36 eviltomahawk wrote: At first, I thought that -23 degrees isn't that bad. Then I saw that it was in Celsius, not Fahrenheit.
Canada seems like a crazy place to live, especially for those who hate cold. It's around 30 degrees F around here, and I guess that's probably Springtime weather for Canadians.
You realize the fact that it's Celsius, not Fahrenheit it's warmer, not cooler, right?
Oh shit, you're right. I'm not familiar with Celsius to Fahrenheit conversions below zero.
I'm running on zero hours of sleep, so my judgement is probably impaired and stuff lol.
Just for future reference, Celsius and Fahrenheit are the same temperature at -40. Above -40, Celsius is warmer for equal values, and below -40 Fahrenheit is warmer for equal values. So -23 C > -23 F, 0C > 0F, but -50F > -50C
I like cold and winter- loved Edmonton while I lived there xD Now living in Montreal (slightly greater need to learn French, bah) and the weather don't seem to be that severe, but yeah I can see snow outside right now although it really isn't cold or anything.