OT: 2022 & 2023 Weather Thread

[Mr McV]

Odd post considering you aren't even here shoveling the crap that came down yesterday. It was the wet glue snow type of crap. Sticks to everything. You try to throw it with the shovel and it sticks to shovel, ground, everything. For a first snowstorm its the shits.

The stuff sticks so much you stomp your boots before you go in and nothing comes off. You need a brush to brush off all the accumulation before even going inside.

I'd take shoveling a foot of powder snow over this crap.

Every year theres a couple of wet snowstorms that are murder to shovel. This was one of them here. Just harder when its the first one that hits being like this. 50km winds making it hard pack snow drifts didn't make it any more enjoyable.

Ever try WD40 on your snow shovel?

 

[Drivesaitl]

Ever try WD40 on your snow shovel?

I will now. heh

 

[Dorian2]

Ever try WD40 on your snow shovel?

I tried the silicon WD that I use on door hinges on my shovel last year. Didn't seem to do much but I'll try it again this year.

 

[Mr McV]

I haven't tried it myself. Just heard that it helps.

 

[Stoneman89]

The official precipitation In Edmonton over the last two days has only been 2.8mm on Tuesday and 5.3mm Wednesday, so not that much, just seems like more in some parts of the city.

Sherwood Park got the most, followed by Edmonton, followed by St. Albert. Guess everyone from the Park wants to move to St.Albert now.

 

[Stoneman89]

This is all true and for most of us it will be a major factor(s) in where we live. I was approaching it from a multi millionaire’s perspective though. I see it’s barking up the wrong tree here though, so that’ll be the last I post about it.

This place is loaded with multi millionaires.

In Bit coin and farm antiques.

 

[Stoneman89]

Here's my take on winter.

If we had a ton of snow, I would be fine with it, as long as it was only on the grass and the roads and sidewalks were completely free of it (without having to plough it and then dump a shitload of sand and salt). Kind of like the Hollywood movies where the snow is everywhere but the sidewalks and roads.

And no wind please.

And snow when you should snow (between November 1 and March 31) and rain when you should rain (between April 1 sand October 31)


I ask for very little.

 

[DaGap]

SC41 for keeping shovels happy with wet snow

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Lake Huron is close to a record high for temperature and has been really screwing with the weather over here.

Been yo-yoing like crazy. And yup, that's a 16 degree day in the middle of December.

I find it disturbing.....deeply....at an existential level that people don't understand the concept of efficiency through governance. Climate change issues are one example. Doddling and bickering and doing nothing for decades is just deferring all the costs--that's probably too generous.....its probably costing a great deal more.

Democracy works great except in the cases where we convince ourselves we don't need a minimum threshold of governance to have a society.

 

[JustNapamIt]

I find it disturbing.....deeply....at an existential level that people don't understand the concept of efficiency through governance. Climate change issues are one example. Doddling and bickering and doing nothing for decades is just deferring all the costs--that's probably too generous.....its probably costing a great deal more.

Democracy works great except in the cases where we convince ourselves we don't need a minimum threshold of governance to have a society.

Because we don’t live forever. And cause of that lotsa people don’t give a shit about tomorrow. Or are convinced It’s all a big hoax, by mostly bad actors. . Of course the downside of being wrong about that are a hell of a lot more profound than the pain of actually doing what has to be done.
But hey, who gives a shit, I’ll be dead.

 

[Oilhawks]

Does this shit really need to be rehashed for the one billionth time in here?

 

[Stoneman89]

Because we don’t live forever. And cause of that lotsa people don’t give a shit about tomorrow. Or are convinced It’s all a big hoax, by mostly bad actors. . Of course the downside of being wrong about that are a hell of a lot more profound than the pain of actually doing what has to be done.
But hey, who gives a shit, I’ll be dead.

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Does this shit really need to be rehashed for the one billionth time in here?

Agreed, I don't even know why it was brought up here.

Back to topic, we drove out to our seasonal at Trestle Creek last night (near Entwistle about an hour west of the city) and zero snow and all the roads nice and dry. However, that changed overnight, as we have had a raging blizzard all day. Oh well, nice while it lasted.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[ThePhoenixx]

 

[Jumptheshark]

the weather down here on the Kent coast the last 2 weeks has been nuts with rain and strong winds

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[T-Funk]

I'll take it as long as it doesn't rain all winter again.

 

[DaGap]

Best hunting happens after a freezing morning.

Supper hunting should be a goodone

 

[Stoneman89]

Wow, 60 years of record keeping!

I'll take it as long as it doesn't rain all winter again.

Absolutely, other than the slushy shit on roads from the city not clearing anything and just dumping copious amounts of sand and salt on them, there is nothing worse in the winter than the dreaded freezing rain.

 

[Dorian2]

Weather seems nice in here.

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

Damn, gonna be a cold one tonight. Put your long johns on boys!

 

[Jumptheshark]

ladies here in the UK--this is what people call being snowed in

 

[GOilers88]

To my fellow lower mainlanders, stay safe out there. We all know how much damage 3cm of snow causes here, let alone foot and a half we just got.

 

[Drivesaitl]

-35C out right now, daytime, without windchill. Cars not plugged in parked outside will not start in these types of temps. Seems like many of my neighbors are learning this every night.

I don't get how many times a persons vehicle doesn't turn over before they figure it out. Either you use a block heater or wake up and start the vehicle middle of night. Otherwise it won't move next time you need it.

We've had two long cold snaps this year here and its not even Christmas or the typically coldest times of the year yet.

 

[Mr Kot]

I can start my vehicle but will pretend I can't so I don't have to go into work.