What's wrong with Canadians?

[JDZ735M]

Everything is about feelings nowadays.

 

[ovrszd]

We are up to 10 degrees now this morning and sunny. But the wind is 14 MPH, so FELLS LIKE -5 degrees. It is pretty cold for us, still have a skiff of snow on the ground, but some of it has sublimed.

In my findings, weather folks can do a lot of things, but predicting the weather is not one of them. At least not with any great accuracy very far into the future.

We were -1 this morning at 0700. A balmy 6 at 1100.....

 

[k0ua]

Up to 19 now at 11:16

 

[Dftodd]

I get annoyed at the way forecasters build up minor storms and/or sub freezing temps. “Heavy snow tomorrow, 3-5 inches.” Make up your mind, which is it going to be? Or “bitter cold, temps down to 20 degrees.” I call 20 degrees good working conditions, although if there’s snow on the trees I prefer it closer to 0’ F, I can stay drier as the snow doesn’t melt.

I consider a heavy snow to be over 16". Mild storm is up to 16" But then, I grew up in New England and got the lovely experience of an occasional Nor-easter which would deposit around 3ft or more

I remember more then one disappointing day of going to school in the morning with 8" of snow on the ground.

Here in Arkansas it is considered the "End of days!!!!!" If they get over 5" of snow or Snowmageddon as they will call it on the news.

Stores will run out of supplies if they are call for 1" to 2" of snow

 

[Diggin It]

What's wrong with Canadians?​

Too many Hockey Pucks.

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

We are up to 10 degrees now this morning and sunny. But the wind is 14 MPH, so FELLS LIKE -5 degrees. It is pretty cold for us, still have a skiff of snow on the ground, but some of it has sublimed.

In my findings, weather folks can do a lot of things, but predicting the weather is not one of them. At least not with any great accuracy very far into the future.

Yes, the sensationalism they consistently place in the forecast is ........ (fill in the adjective in the blank). Laugh about the media every week.
Makes me wonder if they have employees to see if less people are out on the road driving after some of thier doomsday forecasts? The answer to this is, ..... with all the traffic sensors in urban areas they do look at the data for this. Amazing isn't it.
We have started calling them "weather guessers"!
Here, we just watch to see what the wildlife is doing to conclude what the barometer change is telling us. Plus a few other factors from our personal weather station.

 

[ovrszd]

Ok, for those that don't spend any time outside. It's useful to know what the "wind chill" is as it give an indication of how fast things will cool down. Your body and machinery. Now im old enough to remember before wind chill was reported so us "old" people learned to look outside and if the snow is blowing sideways, it's going to be colder than a witches... that's why I always look at wind direction and velocity. As for machinery,,, it doesn't feel wind chill.

I consider a heavy snow to be over 16". Mild storm is up to 16" But then, I grew up in New England and got the lovely experience of an occasional Nor-easter which would deposit around 3ft or more

I remember more then one disappointing day of going to school in the morning with 8" of snow on the ground.

Here in Arkansas it is considered the "End of days!!!!!" If they get over 5" of snow or Snowmageddon as they will call it on the news.

Stores will run out of supplies if they are call for 1" to 2" of snow

Our local schools didn't have classes today because the temp was zero at daylight......

 

[Hay Dude]

Our local schools didn't have classes today because the temp was zero at daylight......

What a bunch of wusses out there
Toughen up a little
0* is t-shirt weather.

 

[Snobdds]

It's just too bad we can't figure out how to start a tractor in 0* weather...

 

[Molalla1]

You listen?
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Noooooo . . .

 

[Dftodd]

Our local schools didn't have classes today because the temp was zero at daylight......

We wouldn't have outdoor recess when it was that cold out. But we were freezing our butts off waiting for that school bus.

We are raising a generation of sissies

 

[Hay Dude]

It's just too bad we can't figure out how to start a tractor in 0* weather...

That’s too bad, maybe get someone with mechanical ability to help y‘all?

 

[Molalla1]

We wouldn't have outdoor recess when it was that cold out. But we were freezing our butts off waiting for that school bus.

We are raising a generation of sissies

Yes, some are Dftodd . . . sad, us kids (brothers and sisters) got up every morning at about 4 or 5 in the morning to take care of the critters and then got on our bikes to go to school about 2 1/2 miles from our farm.

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

It's just too bad we can't figure out how to start a tractor in 0* weather...

stored inside a heated portion of a structure, just enough sq. ft. to park the tractor in.
Has worked for me for decades.

 

[Hay Dude]

Yes, some are Dftodd . . . sad, us kids (brothers and sisters) got up every morning at about 4 or 5 in the morning to take care of the critters and then got on our bikes to go to school about 2 1/2 miles from our farm.

We still do (feed the critters). I like the headband lights for keeping the hands free.

 

[Molalla1]

We still do (feed the critters). I like the headband lights for keeping the hands free.

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Back in the 40's, 50's . . . don't think we had such . . .

 

[Jstpssng]

It's just too bad we can't figure out how to start a tractor in 0* weather...

Block heater works best. Mine will start anyways, or at least it did until the battery went south.

Skidder owners used to have lines to run from their pickup to the machine, to circulate antifreeze between the two engines. After a half hour or so the truck would have warmed the skidder enough to start.

 

[RoyJackson]

Block heater works best. Mine will start anyways, or at least it did until the battery went south.

Skidder owners used to have lines to run from their pickup to the machine, to circulate antifreeze between the two engines. After a half hour or so the truck would have warmed the skidder enough to start.

I've seen small fires under some equipment to warm up the oil so the machine would start. Ether was used a lot too...
This was Howard County, MD in the late 1960's

I agree...too much "news" (not just the weather) is sensationalized way too much...and that ain't just Canada. One of my current favorites is "potentially hazardous asteroid to fly by Earth"...then, buried in the article, the "potential hazard" is 600 years in the future...

 

[Oaktree]

Skidder owners used to have lines to run from their pickup to the machine, to circulate antifreeze between the two engines. After a half hour or so the truck would have warmed the skidder enough to start.

I've heard of that but never seen it in operation. What type of hose arrangement would they use to accomplish this without slobbing a bunch of antifreeze on the ground?

We are raising a generation of sissies

Of course, that's what our parents' generation said about us too, and likely their parents about them as well. Kids these days.

In answer to the OP's question, I haven't seen the windchill/heat index used all that often, occasionally when it's warranted but not as a general rule.
I do agree with the poster who commented about how storm predictions are hyped way out of proportion. I'd guess it's a CYA measure.

 

[wawajake]

I did the small fire under my Dodge Dakota oil pan 20 years ago when we had a cabin near town of Wawa and we had walked in from snow plowed road a half mile to spend the weekend ice fishing. On the Sunday when we walked out it was minus 40 degrees Farenheit ( same in Celsius by the way ) killed the battery trying to start it, Walked back to cabin with battery to warm it up near woodstove and recharge with generator. Then 2 hrs later we walked out again, but brought a frying pan and kindling and started small fire under the oil pan for 40 minutes then connected the battery and with a passerby trapper's truck giving a boost too, she started barely , ran on 4 of the 6 cylinders until we got to Wawa and donut shop to warm up. Oh and that minus 40 was actual ( luckily no wind blue skies however) So what's wrong with us Canadians ? Were resourceful and maybe a bit tough and maybe even a bit nuts , but we like it that way . Oh and the weather forecast for that weekend was wrong, it was supposed to be only a balmy minus 20 F .