Winter Storm Warning for Calgary

[Sugarphreak]

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[C_Dave45]

This -15 to -20 weather is just perfect! Cold enough where the snow doesn't melt at all on the highway and then freeze at night. Cold enough where you don't need washer fluid every 50 feet while traveling down Deerfoot. Cold enough where the roads are barely slippery with the packed snow and gravel. Hell, even shoveling the sidewalk is a snap as even the hard packed snow is so frozen it just comes off the concrete like nothing!
All you have to do is dress sensibly and its not even cold. We hiked for over 3 hours each day on the weekend and were totally comfortable.

Once it warms up, all this snow is going to turn to black slush and ice! It's gonna be a nightmare on the roads, dirty slushy muck all over your car and inside the garage...YUCK!!

I HATE our stupid Chinooks. -20 all winter would be perfect.

[Wrinkly]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
erroneous..... yeah that is a real word!

Originally posted by C_Dave45
-20 all winter would be perfect.

You can find just the winter you're looking for in Manitoba

[C_Dave45]

Originally posted by Wrinkly




You can find just the winter you're looking for in Manitoba

lol yeah. I lived for a year in Prince Albert, Sask. and that was the most fun I've had in winter ever. Sleddin to the bar every day. You could wash your car and it would stay clean for weeks. Snow was powdery and dry all winter long. On the roads it would stay a light tan colour. No ice, no slush. Love it.

[adam c]

Originally posted by C_Dave45
This -15 to -20 weather is just perfect! Cold enough where the snow doesn't melt at all on the highway and then freeze at night. Cold enough where you don't need washer fluid every 50 feet while traveling down Deerfoot. Cold enough where the roads are barely slippery with the packed snow and gravel. Hell, even shoveling the sidewalk is a snap as even the hard packed snow is so frozen it just comes off the concrete like nothing!
All you have to do is dress sensibly and its not even cold. We hiked for over 3 hours each day on the weekend and were totally comfortable.

Once it warms up, all this snow is going to turn to black slush and ice! It's gonna be a nightmare on the roads, dirty slushy muck all over your car and inside the garage...YUCK!!

I HATE our stupid Chinooks. -20 all winter would be perfect.

bullshit, travel up to the NE on 12th street between 32nd and mcknight, that road is slippery as shit, i slid through 3 intersections trying to get to a client site

[clem24]

Originally posted by ercchry
i love having a background in drifting... its pretty fun looking at peoples reaction with i start a 4wd drift around a corner "ZOMG!!!11ONE!1 that guys is out of control! he is going to kill someone!! aaaahhhhh.... oh look at that, prefectly straight and he never left his lane..."

Yeah I don't know how I missed this post... Dude I've got a "background" in tracking my car but notice I don't go around doing that on public roads... If you're in a parking lot with no one or cars around, or in a section of roadway where you can easily see that there is no traffic or people around for miles, then by all means, go crazy. I'd even encourage it cause it does teach you good car control. But if you're doing this out in traffic, I've got a big FUCK YOU for you. Keep your stupid "background in drifting" shit on the track.

[Benny]

Originally posted by clem24


Yeah I don't know how I missed this post... Dude I've got a "background" in tracking my car but notice I don't go around doing that on public roads... If you're in a parking lot with no one or cars around, or in a section of roadway where you can easily see that there is no traffic or people around for miles, then by all means, go crazy. I'd even encourage it cause it does teach you good car control. But if you're doing this out in traffic, I've got a big FUCK YOU for you. Keep your stupid "background in drifting" shit on the track.

Agreed. Nobody gives a fuck how good you THINK you are at driving. Keep that shit away from public roads. Aside from the danger you're putting everyone in, you're gonna end up with a huge stunting ticket someday.

[ZedMan]

Originally posted by C_Dave45
This -15 to -20 weather is just perfect! Cold enough where the snow doesn't melt at all on the highway and then freeze at night.

That works great, until 100s of cars spinning their tires polish the snow into a nice sheet of ice.

[C_Dave45]

Originally posted by ZedMan


That works great, until 100s of cars spinning their tires polish the snow into a nice sheet of ice.

That's what the sand is for. So far we've had over two weeks with hundreds of thousands of cars spinning their tires over this snow. If you notice, the roads are quite easy to drive on. Like I said...in Saskatchewan it keeps these temps all winter long and the roads are much easier to drive on. You watch, when the weather warms up this weekend. Roads are gonna be a bitch.

[yeahyeah]

Originally posted by Wrinkly




You can find just the winter you're looking for in Manitoba

What is this Manitoba you speak of?

[ercchry]

Originally posted by clem24


Yeah I don't know how I missed this post...

i see you missed a few other posts, this was in regards to people not knowing how to react in emergency situations... IF you read more than just this post you would already know that since i has explained it in two threads now

[codetrap]

Originally posted by adam c


bullshit, travel up to the NE on 12th street between 32nd and mcknight, that road is slippery as shit, i slid through 3 intersections trying to get to a client site

I was up through there. Didn't see the problem. I didn't have any issues stopping or starting.

[codetrap]

Originally posted by Benny


Agreed. Nobody gives a fuck how good you THINK you are at driving. Keep that shit away from public roads. Aside from the danger you're putting everyone in, you're gonna end up with a huge stunting ticket someday.

x3

It doesn't matter how good you think you are. In fact, you can have all the skillz in the world but it's not going to do you one iota of good when you scare the shit out of all the people surrounding you on the road.

That's the real reason why doing stupid shit in traffic is especially frowned upon by anyone that can rub two brain cells together.

[Modelexis]

@ teh mob.

I'm sure ercchry is big enough that he can make his own decisions and take responsibility for whatever choices he makes.

No need to lecture him, the choice is fully his and he is fully aware of the possible consequences.

[n1zm0]

surprised to see this? just a few less than the damned south pole ffs, feel so proud, this the reading out here at springbank mind you:




http://www.wx-now.com/Weather/WxExtremes.aspx

edit: if you click on warmest places, see the third warmest place in the world:



must be some huge fk up or where i should build a winter getaway cabin cause 37 degrees sounds very nice atm, even if it is raining there

[Modelexis]

jesus

[ercchry]

Originally posted by n1zm0


must be some huge fk up or where i should build a winter getaway cabin cause 37 degrees sounds very nice atm, even if it is raining there

yeah i checked google on that one and it says 37 Celsius today and tomorrow is 4... so yeah, someone fucked up haha

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by n1zm0

must be some huge fk up or where i should build a winter getaway cabin cause 37 degrees sounds very nice atm, even if it is raining there

Check out the "feels like" on the weather network

OMGZZSSZ!1!@!! We were wrong! Global warming isn't the day after tomorrow, IT'S TWO DAYS BEFORE THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW!!!

[JfuckinC]

lol how does that work? typo?

Edit, haha must be typo in the first post, 38*F seems legit.

[Wrinkly]

minus bloody 30 (c) here this morning...brrrrrr

I want to move somewhere warmer