Cold in Canada vs. Cold in the US

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 2/10/2007, 5:09 pm

last night, about -10 or -15 (soo... 10 F?), free outdoor Trews concert downtown. froze our asses off and loved every minute of it.

and you people close down towns in the cold! HAH!

Kicker774 · Post by **Kicker774** » 2/10/2007, 6:23 pm

Axtech wrote:last night, about -10 or -15 (soo... 10 F?), free outdoor Trews concert downtown. froze our asses off and loved every minute of it.

and you people close down towns in the cold! HAH!

I guess places are worried about lawsuits.

Kids don't know how to drive in the ice and snow, they slide off the road put their car in the ditch, parents sue school for not canceling school for the day.

Or kids getting frostbite in the cold walking to school because they don't know how to dress warm.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 2/10/2007, 6:47 pm

...how could parents sue the school for not closing? it's not the school's fault that people don't know how to drive. if you can't handle a car in the winter, don't drive...

Kicker774 · Post by **Kicker774** » 2/10/2007, 8:28 pm

Axtech wrote:...how could parents sue the school for not closing? it's not the school's fault that people don't know how to drive. if you can't handle a car in the winter, don't drive...

This is America, you can sue for anything.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 2/10/2007, 9:20 pm

how dare you say that?! you are so sued.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 2/10/2007, 10:05 pm

I'm going to sue you for the wrongful allegation of potential suing, and for charges of malicious intent.

half jill · Post by **half jill** » 2/13/2007, 7:50 pm

so must snow!
everything is canceled for tomorrow.
i just shovelled mine and my neighbours drive way. oh my. that took so long. my legs are still thawing...it hurts :cry:

Special weather statements from Environment Canada warn places like Oakville and Hamilton could wind up with 70 centimetres, thanks to a combination of lake effect squalls and the storm itself.

At least five centimetres had fallen there by the dinner hour and things were just - you should pardon the expression - warming up.

Just how big is this monster? Consider this: when it just started snowing in T.O., it was still coming down all the way into Chicago, where a blizzard warning remained in effect.

And this disturbance is packing just about everything - snow, ice, strong winds, bitterly cold temperatures, the possibility of whiteouts and the near certainty that everything you just shovelled off your driveway will blow back again in mere minutes.

Experts don't expect it to end until sometime late Wednesday. And that means the morning commute from hell just about everywhere by sunrise.

grr, oakville. grr.

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 4/20/2007, 7:15 am

you should send those here dommy :nod:

i want snow damn it
you know.. if i was smart.. i'd go to "snow world" and see what the fuss is all about
cept i'd go in shorts and a t
and people would stare at me
and such

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 4/20/2007, 8:09 am

ok THAT'S brutal.

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 4/20/2007, 8:51 am

snow world is brutal?

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 4/20/2007, 9:23 am

No, you going to snow world in shorts. :nod:

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 4/20/2007, 10:32 am

i used to play street hockey in shorts 'n a t and it'd be like.. -10 or worse out haha

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 4/20/2007, 11:13 am

I go commando when its -10 out. :nod:

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 4/20/2007, 11:31 am

So this storm everyone's talking about...is it supposed to hit Quebec? Cause, I just won't stand for that bullshit! It's nice out finally!

Man, you know it's your first winter in Montreal when at the beginning of March there's one good day and you're all like "Woo spring!" and then there's yet another huge dump of snow. And this continues for the next two months, but everytime you still think spring has arrived.

AnnieDreams · Post by **AnnieDreams** » 4/20/2007, 3:05 pm

actually, I continue to do that every year when it happens here.
Look! The snow's melting! Spring at Last! *week long snowstorm*

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 4/20/2007, 5:20 pm

That happened here. We got like 7 inches of heavy, wet snow. It down power lines are over my area.

It was actually quite pretty at night because the street lights turned everything orange and you couldnt tell where the sky and earth met.

Oh and it was eerily quiet too. :nod:

gravity · Post by **gravity** » 4/21/2007, 2:07 pm

Kicker774 wrote:Exactly you guys go on like it's nothing up there and here in Ohio mass chaos ensues from some 0 degree (-17 c) weather and a few inches of snow.

*ahem* speak for your portion of ohio.

when you get lake effect snow, then we'll talk.

0 sucks, but it is doable.