Canada weather and the news

Kicker774 · Post by **Kicker774** » 1/17/2005, 9:31 pm

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Ok I'm in Ohio and it's a normal winter with the temperature in the single digits.

This happens every winter, it's Ohio we're far away form the Equator, it gets cold during winter.

Yet the news has to re-iterate this fact.
Why is the cold weather so news worthy??

Yes it's cold out, why do we need the news anchors to make this the top story? Hwy do we need to profile people having problems starting their car? why do we need to profile people complaing about how cold it is.

If 8th grade science has tought me anything it's that it's much much colder the furhter north you get.

So my question for the Canadian members of the board is if cold weather makes headlines on your news as well?

I just don't comprehend why it's so newsworthy here all the fricken time.

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Joe Cooler · Post by **Joe Cooler** » 1/17/2005, 9:34 pm

In saskatchewan you'd have to hit about -60 C (with windchill) for it to make anything more than the weather report. Infact it was -35 yesterday and no one batted an eye.

Kicker774 · Post by **Kicker774** » 1/17/2005, 10:16 pm

One of the many reasons I'd rather be in Canada.

Yet the biggest deterent ironically happens to be the cold

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 1/17/2005, 10:32 pm

Its going to be +1 tomorrow!

tasha · Post by **tasha** » 1/17/2005, 10:54 pm

well, since the weather was +15 last week and now it's -20, people DO seem to be talking about the weather a lot...

superrgirll · Post by **superrgirll** » 1/17/2005, 10:55 pm

they were calling our weather bipolar.

joe_canadian · Post by **joe_canadian** » 1/17/2005, 11:08 pm

You only have to deal with the weather if you go outside.

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 1/17/2005, 11:12 pm

one time i opened my door and it got cold inside.

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 1/17/2005, 11:17 pm

is that why you cry all the time?

I AM ME · Post by **I AM ME** » 1/17/2005, 11:36 pm

it's been cold as hell here, but it doesn't get talked baout much. maybe occasionally.

it was minus 57 last week with windchill, my ear's got forst bite in the litterally 2 minute walk to my work

superrgirll · Post by **superrgirll** » 1/17/2005, 11:37 pm

did you ears turn black?

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 1/17/2005, 11:38 pm

baby_dracula wrote:is that why you cry all the time?

no, that's cuz you died :cry:

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 1/17/2005, 11:47 pm

starseed_10 wrote:
baby_dracula wrote:is that why you cry all the time?

no, that's cuz you died

awww. i didn't know you cared :love:

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 1/18/2005, 5:30 am

Yesterday it snowed for like 8 hours and then it went to like 10 degrees and melted all the snow. That was fun. In the morning all these schools wanted to close because we had a wind warning, and then in the afternoon there were people walking their dogs in shorts. :lol:

Joe Cooler · Post by **Joe Cooler** » 1/18/2005, 10:28 am

Close because of a wind warning? That doesnt make any sense at all!

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 1/18/2005, 10:34 am

There was a wind warning and it was snowing too. Not a lot of snow fell on the ground.

So as soon as they plowed a street it was covered again. And visibility was down. So driving was horrible. Going outside at all was not pleasent either because snow was being whipped at your face.

But by 4 it was like a cool autum day.

Joe Cooler · Post by **Joe Cooler** » 1/18/2005, 12:28 pm

Ohh.. well in saskatchewan there is no such thing as a "snow day."

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 1/18/2005, 12:39 pm

We had to add a couple of days to the end of the school year because snow days were practically guaranteed and we were missing so much school. :lol:

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 1/18/2005, 2:11 pm

Guys
It was -37 this morning when I was walking to class
In the 10 minutes it took me to scurry to campus:
-my scarf froze to my face (i had to peel it off)
-my jacket's outer layer froze solid and started making crinkly noises
-my eyelashes froze shut
-my nostrils froze shut
-my lungs froze shut
:freak:

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 1/18/2005, 2:12 pm

Mike says:
u dont have it that bad
my day was worse

Mike says:
got up at 8 worked on my essay a bit in my warm room after eatign a bowl of cerial and watching empierors new groove, had a coffee, then i went to teh mall grocery shopping and the worst part ofit was when i went to buy beer the price had gone up to $15 for a 12

:lol:

ETA:
he just told me a story about falling asleep in class:

"ike deep sleep then try to roll over and end up putting ur face in stranger's rack and waking up to a very upset girl"

:lol:

Mike says:
i swear i thought i was in my bed

Mike says:
and i had extra pillows

:lol: