-17 currently in castlegar

-8, but thats not the scarry part, we are about 16 degrees C below our normal temps for this time of the year, and it is only the 5th time in 141 years we are going to have snow for christmas day :mrgreen:

Steve

-37 last night. But today it was a pretty balmy -20. :lol:

Haaa true. But over all loving the temps.

hmm.. I just woke up to another 8 to 12" of snow and it is still snowing like crazy. oh well time to go shovel walks.... again... Should have bought a snow blower.

Steve

Your ass is right, there are many theory's and studies that support the affect of colder winters due to global warming. The melting ice up north results in cooler water drifting south which will affect the "meridional overturning circulation" which is basically the exchange of cold and warm currents in the ocean which is believed to be a major driving force on climate.

Right now it's a balmy -16 up in the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range just north of cold Lake, AB. Lastnight and the night before it dipped to -34 without wind chill. I was working 15 mins NE of Maidstone, SK last week and it went as low as -41 without wind chill. I never knew -15 could feel warm!!!

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Currently -15 in "Summerland".
It was -19 Friday morning and -21 Saturday morning.

On Friday, while we were both at work, the power went out at 8:30am and did not come on until 4:30. Although we use wood heat without electrical fans to move the warm air around our pipes froze. Got them thawed by midnight.
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But...On Wednesday I took the precaution of adding my backup UPS to power the heater and circulation pump. A previous test told me that it would last at least 6 hours and maybe longer. So everyone survived.

Well worth the $300 I spent at Canadian Tire last summer.

Well one good thing about the lower temps in Western Canada is possibly the slowing down of the Mountain Pine Beetle's march East. BC has lost millions of trees to this tiny pest and it is quickly on the move into Alberta and beyond.

I'm in Chilliwack, BC and according to my thermometer outside its currently -4C but I am sure there is a wind chill. Seems to be warming up a bit.

I was lucky and never lost any power during recent storms.