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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 11:32 AM
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Ack! We've got 1 cm of snow in Vancouver - all hell is breaking loose
We're expecting 5 cm. The horror. Someone, please come and rescue me from this pending natural disaster.
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keithjx Donating Member (758 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 11:33 AM
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1. I would, but...
it's -10F and we have 5 inches of snow here in MT. Sorry.... Maybe at spring thaw....
KJ
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 11:34 AM
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2. DAMN - I LOVE Vancouver in the snow
Wish I was home :-(
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 11:37 AM
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4. It's so funny though
It's the only thing they're covering on the morning news. They've got special news crews out covering the 'snow storm.' All the roads are backed up, cars are littering the roads.

And for gawd sakes people - stay off the hills and the bridges! (Try getting anywhere in the city - you won't be able to.)
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 11:48 AM
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12. Har har...
You should borrow a page from Mel Lastman and call in the army to handle snow clearing and rescue operations!

This is classic Vancouver stuff--2 cm and it's a storm! Haven't seen anything like this since there were two inches in Atlanta and the evening news showed some sorry sucker scraping his windshield with a kitchen spatula!



It's not snowing in Halifax today, BTW, but it's a co-old motha trucka...
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Lautremont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 11:37 AM
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3. I'm in Winnipeg, and you have my sympathies.
Or, I should say, you don't! I had to dig myself out of I-don't-know-how-many cms of snow three seperate times last week, and it's about minus a gazillion here now.
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Darth_Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 02:07 PM
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34. Minus 43, it's minus 43......
:) I'm a Pegger too. :)
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 11:38 AM
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5. Wow!
That sounds just like Seattle-due to move south later on tonight. That will = wall to wall coverage tomorrow am, as if a large asteroid hit the Earth-if it's not melted.

The news peeps get so excited-they forget the goddamned name of it and start calling it 'The White Stuff.' Shit. They invented a WHOLE WORD FOR IT. It's 'SNOW.' Use it, TV stupids

Sorry. end of rant.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 11:43 AM
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8. I find the panic highly amusing, myself
I must admit I don't like driving in it though - no snow tires and the other crazies on the road scare me.

Memo to other drivers: Don't stop when driving up a snowy hill, you're just going to slide backward and hit me.
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 11:40 AM
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6. I would but,
It's 79 degrees here and it's nice and breezy. Wait until the summer when the humidity sets in.
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Cyndee_Lou_Who Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 05:53 PM
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42. Rubbin' it in, rubbin' it in....
goddammit. You have room for company?
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LDS Jock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 11:40 AM
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7. how much is that in real measurements?
jk.. I know the conversion ratio.. 2.54cm to 1 inch
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 11:44 AM
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9. That seems like the right figure
1 cm is not quite 1/2 an inch.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 11:46 AM
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11. about 7 feet
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:05 PM
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13. HEyHEY, don't mess with our American friends
I hear their schools ain't so good.

:hi:
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LDS Jock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:42 PM
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24. the correct form is "ain't no good"
get it right
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:48 PM
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27. My bad
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 11:45 AM
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10. It's an annual ritual!
Snowflakes! Oh, my God, I can't drive!

:)

Just a bit of frost on the roads in Courtenay. :hi:
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kermujin Donating Member (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:09 PM
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14. snow in the gulf islands, too...
there's about half a centimetre here, and the nanaimo school district is panicking and broadcasting every fifteen minutes how to find out if schools are going to be closed tomorrow...
it's been *bloody* cold here, though! apparently it's going to -10 in victoria tonight or tomorrow!

kermujin
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the Princess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:10 PM
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15. It was -4 here this morning with 2 inches of snow on the ground
now that's fucking cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:27 PM
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16. I thought that Cannucks were used to it
Here in England at least once a year the entire south grinds to a halt over a similar amount of snow. 5cm (by which I assume you mean 2 inches) would really drive this part of the country into hiding.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:34 PM
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18. Vancouver / Victoria is Canada's version of the tropics
We don't get much snow here - panic always ensues when it arrives. Guaranteed it will make the national news tonight - it will be the amusing little story at the end. 'Ha, ha, ha - it's snowing in Vancouver - look at these idiots - ha, ha, ha.'
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:32 PM
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17. IN BEAUTIFUL WESTERN MASS
we had 8 inches this morning!!! I am ready for a trip to someplace warm.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:37 PM
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19. If we got 8 inches, they'd call out the army
(If we had an army that is.)

I'm always up for a trip to the tropics.
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:38 PM
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20. I'll pick you up!
Pack some nice stuff.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:39 PM
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21. Well, if you're coming this way
I vote for Hawaii.
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:40 PM
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22. Hawaii would be nice.
I have never been there before.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:42 PM
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23. It's one of my favourite places
Maui is wonderful
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:44 PM
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25. I have been to various locations if florida
(including key west) and nassau. i love key west.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:47 PM
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26. I've only been to northern Florida
I was there in August once - very unpleasant. It doesn't get that humid out here on the west coast.
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:53 PM
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29. it gets very humid!
but if you dress scantly enough, it is bearable.
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:53 PM
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30. it gets very humid!
but if you dress scantly enough, it is bearable.
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:53 PM
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31. it gets very humid!
but if you dress scantly enough, it is bearable.
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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:52 PM
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28. One whole centimetre
Isn''t that 100 millimetre's?

Dig in dude!
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:56 PM
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32. Not even it's 10 mm
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pdx_prog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 02:03 PM
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33. I would come get you but.....
We are expecting snow here in Portland this weekkend...
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 02:10 PM
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35. 5 inches in Boston so far, you Canucks need to toughen up
:P
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 05:28 PM
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36. It's not Canucks in general
It's Vancouverites in particular. We're not good with winter. It only visits us a few times a year, and we're never ready.
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 05:30 PM
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37. Hey? Whatever you do... don't send it down here? Please?
:7
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 05:34 PM
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38. I hear it's heading your way
You guys are about as good at snow as we are.
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 05:41 PM
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40. LOL. What are you talking about? We LOVE the snow down here....
:eyes:
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cmf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 05:40 PM
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39. I heard a funny term today
"The Seattle Snow Freakout Scale" with 1 being flurries to 10 being Minnesota. Supposedly on the SSFS, this weekends snowfall will amount to a 2.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 05:41 PM
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41. Vancouver has a similar scale
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 05:55 PM
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43. I didn't realize that there was a part of Canada that didn't get snow.
How cold does it get there? I know some folks who live in Victoria and they love it so much. I've always liked Canada and thought it would be a great place to live but it's too f'n cold and snowy for me. (I'm in Boston and vow to move every winter.) I'll have to start thinking about BC.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 06:02 PM
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44. Vancouver / Victoria are pretty mild
We do get the occasional snowfall. Last year we didn't get one in Vancouver. It's generally above freezing here. I haven't used my warm winter coat yet. So, far my leather jacket(unlined) has been fine. I've only worn gloves a couple of time.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 10:21 PM
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45. What's summer like there, and does it rain a lot like in Seattle?
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 10:27 PM
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46. Summer is almost perfect here.
It is usually, 75 - 80 degrees here and hardly any humidity. This past summer we hardly had any rain.

We do get rain, but we kind of play it up to keep people out. Most of the rain comes in the winter. Rain instead of snow. It can be a bit dark here at times.
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:29 AM
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49. Good thing you're Victoria...
Edited on Fri Jan-07-05 10:30 AM by Hand
If Toronto had that climate, our tolerance would reach an end and we'd nuke the place off the map! And we don't even have nukes!

One thing I can say on behalf of New Brunswick (Province of Swine). They get much worse weather than Nova Scotia. And deserve it.

:evilgrin:
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 10:29 PM
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47. There's 40 or so cm. here in northern AZ
Quite beautiful. Biggest icicles I have ever seen though... more than a metre long!
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fluffernutter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 10:31 PM
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48. your cold front is supposed to be heading down our way tonight
or tomorrow, thanks for sharing :P
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