Its Too Cold To Deliver The Mail

Calgary Get Chinook winds on and off during the winter, A Chinook is a wind that comes from the mountains and brings warm air, It could be minus 40 in the morning and when a Chinook rolls in it can get up to plus 15 to 20 in a few hours. Its really nice getting a break from the cold, Chinook means snow eater in native.
I be ice fishing this week end,

I just ran (well, drove...) to the mailbox and the car says it is 10F. But the windchill is making it feel colder. Supposedly, tomorrow will be worse. Seeing as we have had 40+ for a lot of this so-called winter, I really can't complain...

Here, in Barcelona, we're having a very mild winter, even for our Mediterranean standards. Right now, its 16.45, we're about + 10ºC. In theory, these should be the coolest weeks of the year; but no way, just some snow on the mountains and a little rain.

Car just overheated and no heat blowing- Damn this weather. Now the stamp budget may be in sad sad shape depending on problems.

Today's weather in Toronto is reminding me of the four years I spent in Gimli Manitoba during the '60s. Sure don't miss plugging in the block heater. All that is missing is driving on square tires until they warmed up

We hit -25F (-32C) approximately. Starting next week, we are supposed to get rough +10 degrees 'above' average. Crazy weather alright. No wonder people are getting sick. The weather is not consistent.

Chimo

Bujutsu

A couple of years ago it snowed 18 inches in a day, The mailman gave up, but the newsboy didn't. I had several customers look at me like I was crazy, some didn't even expect to get paper.

Hi

Here in Atlanta, Georgia they get real hyper about snow. The other day there was a hint that we may get a dusting and they started closing schools. Not only that, people clean out the supermarkets of the "essentials" milk, bread and beer.

When we first came here from New York City we left with a foot of snow. We were in Atlanta for a week or so and we got about an inch. They basically shut down the city. The snow, however, doesn't stay very long as it turns to ice fairly quickly.

When I lived in Maine I remember we only had a school "snow day" once when the boiler broke.

I agree with nitrolures. I do not think that I would ever again sit in a shack ice fishing in 10 below weather. I guess I am getting old.

Jerry B

This is why you get a heated Fish House. It got so hot in this one that we actually had to prop the door to let cold air in.



As you can see my Son in short sleeves, you see it was not cold.

holy carp,, IrishJack.. move someplace warmer.... -31 F, that's nuts!

Normal here for this time of year. But then again I'm not too far from Winnipeg.

It's getting pretty cold here in upstate New York as well. It's in the single digits and in negative territory with the wind chill. I just spent close to eight hours outside working on an archaeology project. I'll be out there again tomorrow as well. I'm just starting to get feeling back into my toes. Normally the ground is frozen and there's no work, but there's light snow cover and the soil is well drained sand so there's nothing stopping us from working until one of us keels over frozen.

I love the comment about just how cold does it have to get before a Canadian will put on a hat and gloves. It has been very cold here in Minnesota. Yesterday did not get up to zero. My wife made the comment when I left for work " Wow you are actually taking a hat and gloves". My reply was "I don't plan to put them on, but in case the truck stalls I may need them" This does not qualify me to become a Canadien however, as I was wearing pants.

pjsstamps

You can be replaced - eh

Chimo

Bujutsu

Since the subject of this thread started with a Winnipeg news report about Canada Post not delivering mail because of the cold weather, I thought I'd post this one: The US Postal Service is apparently delivering mail in Wausau, Wisconsin, even with temperatures below zero, with the headline "Freezing Cold Temperatures Don't Slow Down Mail Carriers":

http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/...7914711.html