So just back from the not so frozen north, sorta?!?!

[rbh]

Well, just got back from another journey up to the great white north, but this time a pineapple express blew in yesterday bring every thing from freezing rain (1/4 build up on my hood in Burns lake), to rain and about 2 feet of snow in some areas (Prince George to Willys Puddle
(Thanks PJ ).

Thank God I'AM HOME"!!

The highways this morning when we left were clear as it was raining, but for the next 5 hours of driving it was 2-4 inches of compact snow with huge holes in it every foot or so (kinda like pot holes, but worse).
Then to make matters worse the washer stops squirting so I have to stop every 10 minutes or so and do the snow cleaning to the windsheild, (this only lasted an hour till we hit dry pavement!)

Theres 11 hours of my life I will never get back.



So what excitment did I miss??

 

[oops!]

Re: So just back from the not so frozen north, sorta?!?!

welcome home......the pinapple express just dumped water on us here and most of the light snow is gone......green christmas.

as for excitement.......erik green is still batteling the city....they made up more rules for him.......and bubbas car is out of the shop but the job was botched....he had a meeting with the general manager if the dealership that botched the job........but im kinda worried......we havent heard from hiim since.....i think he is in jail and the gm is in the hospital.

i have been combing the "wanted" posters at the post office.....but havent seen bubbas avatar on them yet !

 

[Bigprairie1]

Re: So just back from the not so frozen north, sorta?!?!

.....no idea what you're talkin' about Rob.....none, whatsoever.
It was a frikkin' beautiful day here in 'the Vic'...Sunny, Clear and about 8-10?c (approx. 50?F/American).
Damn, you northern guys are tough...how do you do it? (....said the Alberta/Ontario Native...hee, hee)
How was the Northern Work.....bank any O.T?...a few extra Christmas bucks?
'Beauty eh'....All Good
BP

 

[royal0014]

Re: So just back from the not so frozen north, sorta?!?!

Ok, dumb Q from the Deep South......Pineapple Express??

Whatever it is, ya'll can keep it! We had 4 days of near-record-breaking 70?f temps this last week.



Gotta love Alabama. Don't like the weather? Wait a couple of days......


<<)))(((>>

 

[LippCJ7]

Re: So just back from the not so frozen north, sorta?!?!

Sounds funny when you mention rain in Canada In DECEMBER!! GLOBAL WARMING!! LOLOL

BTW its 10F Degrees here in Colorado.....

 

[rbh]

Re: So just back from the not so frozen north, sorta?!?!

Ok, dumb Q from the Deep South......Pineapple Express??

Whatever it is, ya'll can keep it! We had 4 days of near-record-breaking 70?f temps this last week.



Gotta love Alabama. Don't like the weather? Wait a couple of days......


<<)))(((>>

Pineapple express is when warm air/water comes out of the center of the pacific (Hawaii) is thrust north and warms up the north part of north america (works great till it hits a cold front and dumps lots of snow)

See chinook, "the snow eater"- temps can go from -40c to plus 10c-20c in just hours. alittle diffrent but same result.

 

[WIMUSKY]

Re: So just back from the not so frozen north, sorta?!?!

We're still waiting for snow, so is my snowmobile and plow! Notice the order... I heard we're breaking records from the 1800's. I wonder if they called it Global Warming then??? lol

Glad you made it home safely, Robby........

 

[rbh]

Re: So just back from the not so frozen north, sorta?!?!

We're still waiting for snow, so is my snowmobile and plow! Notice the order... I heard we're breaking records from the 1800's. I wonder if they called it Global Warming then??? lol

Glad you made it home safely, Robby........

Thanks bud!

yeah the first day we were there the trees and power lines ETC were covered with 2 inch+ of hore frost WOW it was neat to look at but what a pain, everything you touched dropped those frost flakes on you. BRRRRR.

 

[Bigprairie1]

Re: So just back from the not so frozen north, sorta?!?!

Sounds funny when you mention rain in Canada In DECEMBER!! GLOBAL WARMING!! LOLOL

BTW its 10F Degrees here in Colorado.....

Lipp do you get alot snow in the winter?....I'm guessing if its Colorado...yes?

Our area of Western Canada has pretty much the same weather as what Seattle is known for....which is rain and not much (if any) snow. This isn't surprising given the proximity of the cities.
As the crow flies we are not far from Seattle at all and are actually south of Bellingham, Washington....go figure.
We've had some frost but no snow at all and actually we did some gardening today believe or not, nice mild day.
I think as you move further east across Canada and the Northern U.S and approach the Great lakes and get away from the Pacific temperatures start to drop quite a bit.
On the upside we are getting our first man-made outdoor rink this year downtown in the main square!!...but it will need some extra refrigeration to keep it cold.
All Good
BP

 

[LippCJ7]

Re: So just back from the not so frozen north, sorta?!?!

we average 60 inches of snow a year so I guess we do, much more then where I lived before Tucson AZ!!LOL It was 55 Degrees today and I rode the Harley a bit and were expecting snow periodically through the week, our weather is a roller coaster it can be near 80 today and 8 inches of snow tomorrow(not being sarcastic its happened, I can't even say its rare anymore). The sad part is its nearly impossible to have an outdoor ice rink so go figure

 

[oops!]

Re: So just back from the not so frozen north, sorta?!?!

rbh.....we are getting it here now....big flakes.....2 inches in an hour.

On the upside we are getting our first man-made outdoor rink this year downtown in the main square!!...but it will need some extra refrigeration to keep it cold.
All Good
BP

lol kicked out the occupy vic movement eh....lol aer all those swallows still in the down town?

 

[Bigprairie1]

Re: So just back from the not so frozen north, sorta?!?!

lol kicked out the occupy vic movement eh....lol aer all those swallows still in the down town?

....well based on what I saw.....I wouldn't say it had much to do with movement.
About 30% of the campers bailed on the first few rain days...then the next 30% bailed on the first few cold days.....then that left about 10-20% who were trying to figure out how to enact change...and the last 20%-ish who were the existing homeless who quickly gathered and moved there to get in on the free food tent.....although the activists started vocalizing their disappointment with the homeless because they kept walking off with all their dishes and cutlery and not bringing them back.

BP

 

[puddle jumper]

Re: So just back from the not so frozen north, sorta?!?!

Ok, dumb Q from the Deep South......Pineapple Express??

Whatever it is, ya'll can keep it! We had 4 days of near-record-breaking 70?f temps this last week.



Gotta love Alabama. Don't like the weather? Wait a couple of days......


<<)))(((>>

and if you take a big breath you can even smell the pineapple