minus 54 degrees in Calgary!!!

[bubblesby2002]

Just talking to my sister. Holy crapoli - she says you can't go outside without a scarf over your face!! Says it will be positively balmy in a few days when it goes up to minus 6. She's from
Vancouver, she can't take that kind of stress. I told her to have a toke, and let her short term memory loss kick in - then she'll forget she's in Calgary.

[JohnyCanuck]

1. Pray for a Chinook.

That's the warm wind from the Pacific ocean that flows over the Rockies and brings warm temperatures to frozen Calgarians and Southern Alberta residents in the middle of winter, not the US military helicopter.

[bubblesby2002]

2. Haha

;)

[Superfly]

15. I was going to ask...what do they need a salmon for?

and why would they pray for one?

[ironflange]

3. I live in Calgary

And yes, it is a trifle nippy these days. Having lived here nearly all my life, I've gotten used to it. That's -54 with the wind chill, only -34 without. That's not so bad!

[bubblesby2002]

6. Please don't take offense

I didn't mean to demean Calgary, she likes it in the summer and fall. Says it's very pleasant there. One day I'll have to go and visit her to see for myself. And maybe you could explain the difference between -34 and -54. Coming from Vancouver Island that's cooooold.

[camero]

9. -34 is cold but not so bad

It hurts in your bones colder than that.

[ironflange]

11. There's an old joke

Calgary has two seasons -- Winter and Stampede Week. Although there's usually a dry, dusty, and boring August in there too.

[TrogL]

13. Dreadful Valley version

Two seasons: winter and August 15th.

a few years ago it snowed on August 15th.

[JohnyCanuck]

8. I used to live in Calgary in the 70s & 80s.

My last home was a condo just off of Sarcee Trail (51st Street SW IIRC). Then I moved from cow town to hog town (Toronto). I hated living in Toronto at first, but I've mellowed over the years and more or less grown accustomed to it. Now I've got too many things tying me to Toronto to consider moving back to Calgary, but sometimes I wish I could. I really liked it out West, especially the skiing in Banff. The ski hills around Toronto are jokes.

[ironflange]

10. That's very close to where I grew up

Small world.

[camero]

4. Yikes

And I thought -40 was bad. Might be good to pray for the Chinooks.

[pink_poodle]

5. It's minus 30-something-or-other here in my area of Canada for the ......

past 2 weeks. I hate it.

[bubblesby2002]

7. Are you in the east?

nt

[fudge stripe cookays]

12. Will most likely be my new hometown

if Bush wins again.

Cold, but with a pub, a bookstore, or a coffeehouse on every corner, I got no problems with it.

And the River Cafe is there! Yum!

[TrogL]

14. I was out in it for 20 minutes

trying to fix my block heater cord. Had to give up 'cause my hands froze solid.

[TXlib]

16. That's why Americans don't live there.

*duck*

[ironflange]

17. Actually, there are a *lot* of Americans in Calgary

The oil patch draws them. It's a very American-like city, any of you would feel right at home here.

[fudge stripe cookays]

19. Yup!

Actually reprehensor used to live there, and I visited when we were dating.

I met an expat in October and had a mini Dean meetup with her at a little bakery cafe. I know lots of Texans who travel to Calgary pretty often.

[TXlib]

20. Very American-like city?

So, it has a high homicide rate, and the like?

[bobthedrummer]

18. I've experienced extreme cold in Marquette, MI

with a tremendous arctic wind coming in over Lake Superior, glad I don't live there anymore.
Or Calgary for that matter.
It's cold enough here in Green Bay.