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Was still cold as fuck. <3 Ontario, suckers. | ||
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*ends sarcasm* | ||
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Wooo :D | ||
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On October 05 2009 03:31 zeppelin wrote: why are you going to korea? why not lol but seriously everytime someone asks me why are you going or what are you going to do i have no response. i literally have no plans but a flight, a place to stay for first 2 nights, and converstaions with rekrul, artosis, and lilsusie | ||
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On October 05 2009 03:03 eXigent. wrote: yeah , Edmontons record low was -56.9F, and Calgary's was -49F . The worst part is, since we are use to such an extreme climate, when it gets to -40F schools don't close, and people who work outside, still have to goto work and deal with the climate. Life sucks I didn't even think that 'cold' was a reason for closing anything prior to this post. Burst pipes maybe. Cold? Suck it up. Good ol milk in bags country. | ||
StarBrift
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If you're visiting korea for 2 months I suspect you'll be fine when you come back Just promise to watch alot of starcraft and do alot of nerdy stuff! | ||
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On October 05 2009 02:27 NoobsOfWrath wrote: Any knowledge of the history of Calgary? Why would a big city like that spring up where it is. Is there some sort of resource nearby? Some business/industry in the city? I'm just curious as to why people would choose to live there. Its on the Bow river where it basically forms a Y shape, so that had a lot to do with it. Originally it was just a fort to keep track of those dastardly americans, but eventually a community grew up. Oil is super important now, but it wasnt the reason it was placed where it was. Also, being so close to the foothills we get to experience the phenomenon of chinooks. + Show Spoiler + Chinooks are most prevalent over southern Alberta in Canada, especially in a belt from Pincher Creek and Crowsnest Pass through Lethbridge, which get 30 to 35 chinook days per year on average. Chinooks become less frequent further south in the United States, and are not as common north of Red Deer. But they can and do occur as far north as Grande Prairie in northwestern Alberta and Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia, and as far south as Albuquerque, New Mexico. In southern Alberta, most of the winter can be spent with little or no snow on the ground. In Calgary, there is snow about 59% of the time on Christmas, compared to 88% for Edmonton.[3]. In Canada, only the West Coast of British Columbia and southern Ontario have fewer white Christmases than southern Alberta. In Lethbridge, Chinook winds can gust in excess of hurricane force (120 km/h or 75 mph). On November 19, 1962, an especially powerful chinook there gusted to 171 km/h (107 mph). In Pincher Creek, the temperature rose by 41°C (from -19°C to 22°C) in one hour in 1962 [4] - trains have been known to be derailed by chinook winds there. During the winter, driving can be treacherous as the wind blows snow across roadways sometimes causing roads to vanish and snowdrifts to pile up higher than 1 meter. Empty semi trucks driving along Highway 3 and other routes in Southern Alberta have been blown over by the high gusts of wind caused by chinooks. Calgary also gets many chinooks - the Bow Valley in the Canadian Rockies west of the city acts as a natural wind tunnel funneling the chinook winds. | ||
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On October 05 2009 03:38 Chill wrote: why not lol but seriously everytime someone asks me why are you going or what are you going to do i have no response. i literally have no plans but a flight, a place to stay for first 2 nights, and converstaions with rekrul, artosis, and lilsusie oh i didn't know if it was for work or something, how can you go for months without having to work? i would love to do that | ||
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On October 05 2009 05:05 Mastermind wrote: Why anyone would choose to live in Alberta is beyond me. Move to a real province and maybe you wont be so cold. wtf, i hope you don't live in ontario or something and consider ontario and quebec the only two "real" provinces either way, your province is poorer than Alberta and your statement is ignorant | ||
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