RE: From the GREAT WHITE NORTH?

From: Norah Bleazard (nbleazard@home.com)
Date: Sun Dec 13 1998 - 09:59:45 EST


> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Richard A
> Pyburn
> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 1998 2:39 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: From the GREAT WHITE NORTH?
>
>
> Gee, Norah, I thought I read where you Canadians couldn't stand to be
> outdoors during your meet in Toronto a few weeks ago?

That has been the one and only day that had cold weather and snowflakes so
small you had to focus your eyes very intensely to notice that there was any
snow. It seemed to have melted before even touching the ground. The days
and weeks following the meet have been extremely pleasant.

> There's no snow in
> central Texas. The sun is out in South Texas and it's 62 degrees, was 78
> last Sunday and will be in the 70's Monday (just reporting the facts,
> ma'm).
> The best thing about snow in the South is that it's gone in no time. It
> hasn't snowed here in San Antonio since 1983.

Oops, I seemed to have gotten the facts slightly wrong. I keep forgetting
how big Texas is, almost two-thirds the size of Ontario, WOW! :) The
following is the official weather networks (both US and Canada) report.

Posted by The Weather Network (Canada) yesterday:
The wintry southwest. While Canada wraps up it's warmest fall on record,
people living in the southwestern United States continue to see the kind of
winter weather they're just not used to seeing. Winter storm warnings and
blowing snow advisories are now in effect for parts of Western Texas. The
storm will bring as much as 10 centimetres of snow to areas around Lubbock
and El Paso by later tonight.

Posted by The Weather Channel (U.S.) yesterday:
Southeastern U.S. stays wet Saturday, December 12, 1998 1:00 p.m. EST
The headline grabber in the weather department continues to be a slow-moving
system in the southeastern U.S. The past two days rain has drenched eastern
Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas, while some heavy snow set records in West
Texas. Today Texas gets a chance to dry out (and melt) while the steady, at
times heavy, rain very slowly moves eastward.

I also heard a few days ago that Arizona and Vegas had some snow. I feel
for the Arizona folk. When you're not used to this stuff, it can shut down
whole cities.

> I saw some footage on CNN the other day of all of the cars and 18
> wheeleres that got together in the snow in Denver. One thing yankee snow
> birds always seem to never tire of saying is how they "know how to drive
> in snow." Sure couldn't tell it by those pictures!

They're lyin'! Even those who are used to the white flakes still seem to
need retraining every year. Unless of course you live, work, and drive in
Antarctica. Driving in snow is the one skill we all forget immediately once
it all melts away.

> Enjoy the pleasant weather while you can. The last time I was in Toronto
> it was 34degrees below zero. Fortunately there are mole tunnels
> everywhere to go from building to building so one doesn't ahve to get out
> much.

34 degress below zero? That must have been a rarity. I can see that in
Alberta, but not here. Toronto winters never usually dip lower than -17
celsius (0 degrees F) and if they do, it's some kind of weather fluke. I
lived in northern Alberta and northern BC long enough to appreciate the
climate in southern Ontario. I'd rather swelter in the humidity of a
Toronto summer than freeze my a** off in the North.

> Now, where did I put those cut-offs?

Well, with the extremely weird weather everyone is having, I hope you put
them beside your snowsuit. :)

Norah
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