[Ripcat]

It's a nice day today. Only a slight breeze. The wood stove is maintaining 19 C nicely. Going to walk up to the mailbox with my 15 month old son. The lake is keeping temps about 5 C warmer than inland. Currently -8 C.

[ziggy]

Light freezing fog???? At -36?

Looks like the blizzards back on.

$1:

Blizzard Warning in effect
Tonight
Blizzard. Fog early this evening. Wind northwest 40 km/h gusting to 60. Low -37C(-35F). Extreme wind chill -57.

I think I'll phone up there and volunteer for some extra time off.

[sasquatch2]

wind dropped warmed to -8C.

Dogs went out for a pee and brought back the neighbours dog. The stove is safe...(well guarded).

[mtbr]

That lump of cold air is moving south. It's warmed from -20 at 9 am to -3 here in south Calgary .

[ziggy]

mtbr mtbr:

That lump of cold air is moving south. It's warmed from -20 at 9 am to -3 here in south Calgary .

I just checked and it's -11 here now south of you. Now the chinook will build and roll in and the wind will make blizzard conditions here for a few days.That warm air is coming off the rockies,hopefully it stays.

[Hyack]

4C...Calm...clear and sunny in beautiful New Westminster....gotta love the West Coast.....when it's not raining

[ziggy]

I just came back from a drive to BC and it was -3 when I left and -20 in sparwood 30 miles to the west.
-20 here at home now and with a clear sky it will probably hit -30 again tonight.

Good stuff for the pine and spruce beetles,drive the frost deep within their pores.

[ziggy]

Just got this e-mail.

$1:

Please be advised that the weather in Meadowbank continues to hinder all operations on site.the. Storms are into the 7th day of this. We have no outside contact other than phones and emails. People are trapped in Thompson, Yellowknife, Winnipeg. Please be patient about your return to work, I am doing all that can be done at this time. The plan is to bring 6 more to the site as soon as weather permits, and have a full replacement crew ready for the 5th of February. I understand your concerns and we are doing the best we can to bring all employees back to the site as soon as possible. Please be patient and Thank you.

[ziggy]

I finally got a hold of camp today and they had a 6 hour reprieve this morning so tried to get to town.The blizzard resumed about noon and they had to turn back and now their in a survival shack somewhere out on the tundra.They have heat,food,water and communication there and it's also on all the gps's so isnt hard to find in zero visibility with the snow-cat if need be.We have a survival shack every 5 miles on the 100 miles of road out of camp,good thing.They must be quite low on food and I imagine the fat guys are getting a bit nervous right about now.

I dont think anyones been able to get in or out of camp for 12 days now,or maybe more.

[ziggy]

Nice dump last night,allmost a foot and its still coming down.

[ziggy]

Might have to break out the sled!

[sasquatch2]

Now that's what I call a car alarm.

[Brenda]

ziggy ziggy:

I just came back from a drive to BC and it was -3 when I left and -20 in sparwood 30 miles to the west.
-20 here at home now and with a clear sky it will probably hit -30 again tonight.

Good stuff for the pine and spruce beetles,drive the frost deep within their pores.

We are under a snowfall warning too, but there has been some (8 cm or something, maybe 10) but not even close to a warning

I am actually disappointed...

The cold was not supposed to be here anyway, and it is -4 now...

[ziggy]

Brenda Brenda:

ziggy ziggy:

I just came back from a drive to BC and it was -3 when I left and -20 in sparwood 30 miles to the west.
-20 here at home now and with a clear sky it will probably hit -30 again tonight.

Good stuff for the pine and spruce beetles,drive the frost deep within their pores.

We are under a snowfall warning too, but there has been some (8 cm or something, maybe 10) but not even close to a warning

I am actually disappointed...

The cold was not supposed to be here anyway, and it is -4 now...

Since the winds started coming from the east it's allmost -18 now.So when you hear an Albertan say nothing good ever comes from the east,thats what were talking about.

Being on the edge of the rockies the weather can go from one extreme to another in minutes.

Pretty ugly out there right now,i have some cold beers in the fridge and some delissio pizza's in the freezer,think I'll just stay home today.

[wildrosegirl]

We're sitting at -28 today with a windchill factor of -40.
Looks like we're gonna be stuck with it for a couple of weeks too.

Sun's shining though!