Cold moment...
Eleonore Beaudoin
(Vertical air co: weighs a ton (well, about 100 pounds).
Was quite cold tonight but not as cold as tomorrow morning they
say..Though I think it was near -25 already.
Took me soem time to figure out how to put the window back again, as each
year.
Ten had t go out to remove the piece that holds it in place out there.
Brrr. Cold.
Car plugged...Hope it will wok fine tomorrow and that my mom will be wam
to get to hiospital....
C
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"Eleonore Beaudoin" <bc...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
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it was minus 42 here on monday and went up to minus 14 by today
Eleonore Beaudoin
I don't doubt it. You are further (much) North.
It was also way colder than here in the Prairies. I guessed we would be
next because the weather now travels west to East, never seen before the
last decades -due to their cutting most of the gigantic BC trees:(, me
thinks (1990-91).
Hope it does not stay too long....
Ethan39
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wow, that makes my country look like the tropics, with -7 at night ;)
What do you wear when you go outside when it's - 42 (is that
celsius????)
Why do ppl live somewhere that cold?
So, in summer it's like -5 where you are, %? LOL!!!
Stormin Mormon
engine? Some where, cold?
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"Eleonore Beaudoin" <bc...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in
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Jared
wrote:
I assume -25 is Celsius. It's going to be down to about -15 here, or a
little lower.
Eleonore Beaudoin
The last 2-3 years, long dawn coats have been mor and more in fashion.
Kiddo bought me a three quarters lenght one for XMas last year and thatwas
what I wore at out minus 35 or soemthign like that in the morning.
But the temperature in degrees can be fooling people: it ended up not as
cold feelign as the day before sad to yet be 'only' minus 17 Celsius. That
day I wore my usual short winter coat, ( bit horte than the other but
below hips), with a sweater under and was VERY darn cold. Talking with
someoen else I realized it was not just me nor the warmer coat and that
indeed it felt mch much colder the day before at minus 17 than that mornin
at minus 35. Humidity and WIND making a huge difference. Was no wind
yesterday. Was that nasty Northern wind the day before...
Makes it all hard to know what to wear.
So I wear a whool hat and carry earmuffs in my hand bag in case the hat
woud be toowarm. Same with mittens and scarf and so on, and leaving an
extra vest or two at work, too, in case, because when ther eis that
Northern wind, it gets cold even in the workplace, in the building itself.
>
> Why do ppl live somewhere that cold?
Cold makes people be caring to each other and help eah other more, too.
Pople in cold countries are often because of that more solidae by nature.
Not all the time, but when the going gets tough.
In a general way they also tend beause of that, without thinking of it, to
be more opened and have a better natural sense of hospitality.temmingmaybe
from generations of seing people not leave others in trouble stuck wiht
cars in snow banks, or on ice, etc, etc.
This does not mean that eveyone is that way. Ties they cahnge and the
younger generation does not care as much. But they had milder winters for
a decade or two. Lately they seem to be back to the old days winters, and
in that good: mayeb the younger oens will also learn to better care fore
their neighbor and be solidare, because if I am ight,t he tiems they are
hard and only about to get much much harder with the economy crashing.
Just like bad economic times make the good ones start to care and share,
and recognize each other as 'being alike', giving way to more solidarity,
same thing it is with cold in cold contries...
>
> So, in summer it's like -5 where you are, %? LOL!!!
>
Our summers are hotter than tropical countries since about 1995.
With the humide, we even reach the 50C at times. Some summers, over 40 all
summer.
Immigrants say they were preparedfor outr witers, having ehard of them so
much, bt were all aken by surprise, about our hot summers, so hit they
are. Many from Africa for instacne say it never gets that abd where they
lived before. Humidity being a kliller in this neck of the woods and
making it at times unbarably hot and stuiky around here.
I live in he most humi area of Cnada, must say. In a valley, too.
Nice though: water everywhere, lakes, rivers, etc, with our Ottawa River
being mistaken for the sea by immigrants so large it is:).
We also are surrounded by the natioal park, which in places crosses the city.
Much greenery, much lkes and beaches, etc.(Our river even has waves so big
it is:)).
Much outdoors sports stuff, ski slopes, or biking trails, etc, etc.
>
Eleonore Beaudoin
> Do you live some where, you need a heater for your car
> engine? Some where, cold?
Yes. Motor block heater tat plugs in the outlet in each parkign speace here.
Useful to vacuum your ar too in summer, those:)
But necessary in winter.
That and anti-freeze.
And snow tires.
Ad keeping a can of special oil in case your car doorlock freezes and
won,t allow you in. And a chain in the trunk in case you get stuk in snow
or someoen else to pull you out, and and and....;-)
Log coat, short coat, mid lenght coat, whool hat, lighther hat, earuffs,
mittens, gloves, scarves, and try and math it all, too;-)
And cedar chest if youc an afford them to put it al away in summer.
Unless you have one built in as a closet.
Or have such a huige closetspace that you an keep all four seasons
clothing in there.:)
Oh, did I mention double windows? Changing curtains for thickker oens in
older homes? Bio-energy if possile in case one source dies on you, so you
have the other?;-):)
While it all seems hige, it is soethgn we are used to, as in know to have
ready each year. Not used to in hat it causeslots of moaning at forst snow
fall, speially liekt he forst oen we had that was 30-35 cms, unusual for a
forst, and that ame with a fast and drastic weather change because it was
quite mild until that day ion December,which is fine by us to have it that
late. The avergae for the forst snow fall in this area is about Nov 14.
Some eyas we have none until Dec 24. Some eyars, exeptionally we have
some starting misd October. Happened a few years ago. THAT we hate:(.
Like we hate a late spring:)
And heatign costs!:)
Stormin Mormon
Rochester, NY. We got to 12F yesterday, which is a bit
colder than usual for this time of year. Just about in time
for the world council on global warming in Copenhagen. I
heard that council meeting got delayed by a friek blizzard,
also. I suspect God has a sense of humor. And keeps remiding
us mortals that we're not in charge of the planet, however
much we try.
It soundns like your part of the world is a bit colder than
mine. we got to 12F (not sure what that is in C, it would be
about -10C, if I'm to judge), and I got to go out in that.
For gasoline engines, we seldom see block heaters, though
I'm sure it's a good idea. Diesels, yes, we do need block
heaters for those.
I'm sure enough people neglect to lube the car door locks,
and have to go around the other side. Some vehicles now days
don't have a keyhole on the passenger side. I think that's a
stupid design.
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Eleonore Beaudoin
"Stormin Mormon" (cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com) writes:
> Where might that be? Upper Norway? I live in suburb of
> Rochester, NY. We got to 12F yesterday, which is a bit
> colder than usual for this time of year. Just about in time
> for the world council on global warming in Copenhagen. I
> heard that council meeting got delayed by a friek blizzard,
> also. I suspect God has a sense of humor. And keeps remiding
> us mortals that we're not in charge of the planet, however
> much we try.
Today is going back up. Minus 17 C this morning, then going up to -9 in
the coming daysnext week.
Sunny today and tomorrow they say then covered a bit as week goes by but
gaining one degree as days go by next week up to -9andOttawaValley,.
Quebecside.Wittenwith no space for a reason;-)
> > It soundns like your
part of the world is a bit colder
than > mine. we got to 12F (not sure what that is in C, it would be
> about -10C, if I'm to judge), and I got to go out in that.
> For gasoline engines, we seldom see block heaters, though
> I'm sure it's a good idea. Diesels, yes, we do need block
> heaters for those.
>
> I'm sure enough people neglect to lube the car door locks,
> and have to go around the other side. Some vehicles now days
> don't have a keyhole on the passenger side. I think that's a
> stupid design.
Did not knwo that....Always am in drivers side, being alone, so...
Limerent Oil
> "%" (per...@gmail.com) writes:
>> it was minus 42 here on monday and went up to minus 14 by today
>
> I don't doubt it. You are further (much) North.
>
> It was also way colder than here in the Prairies. I guessed we would be
> next because the weather now travels west to East, never seen before the
> last decades -due to their cutting most of the gigantic BC trees:(, me
> thinks (1990-91).
Um, no. The prevailing winds across Canada have been from west to east
for many many centuries. And the effect of tree cover on the prevailing
winds is negligible, especially when compared to other factors like,
say, the Rocky Mountains.
Eleonore Beaudoin
Go figure, but:
I used to penpal with people from the UK: we would get their weather
within 3 to fie days.
Now, we seem to be gettng the weather of the prairies a few days later,
tempered or modified (sometimes made worse) by some front coming eihter
from the North at same time or the south west. Making it much harder to
predict, for hat the result (comination) ill be in the end.