Thread: How's the weather in your neck of the woods

Originally Posted by krystian

How do you keep your pipes from freezing??

In the house? They just don't. They're kept warm enough by the general house temps. We don't put pipes of any kind in the ceiling or outside walls.

Our water well, Rog keeps a 100W light bulb down the well area, and it's covered, and keeps it just warm enough to keep it from freezing. Occasionally, water mains will freeze and burst in the cities and towns, but it's actually quite rare... all the water lines and sewage lines are buried deeper than the frost goes down.

People in mobile homes have to keep an eye on things, generally, but the skirtings need to be insulated and a heat source, often people will wrap the pipes with a heat tape... You grow up with it so just learn how to manage the cold. Vehicles have a block heater that gets plugged in to keep the engine "warm" - really just so it will start. The radiators have antifreeze in them...

We have had a horrific bushfire, 80 homes lost, fortunately no deaths
Some scenes look hellish

WA bushfires In Pictures: Ferocious blaze tears through Perth Hills

Originally Posted by A.J.

No wimps allowed in Alberta.

(Not mentioning any names.... ***cough-Pentecali-cough***)

Not to mention you are far enough north to have really short amounts of daylight, right??

Originally Posted by Highly Favoured

Not to mention you are far enough north to have really short amounts of daylight, right??

Compared to many areas, yes. I think around Dec21 we get 7.5hrs of daylight. We're noticing a real difference now though, with a whopping 9hrs.

Originally Posted by Cardinal TT

We have had a horrific bushfire, 80 homes lost, fortunately no deaths
Some scenes look hellish

WA bushfires In Pictures: Ferocious blaze tears through Perth Hills

Oh my gosh that's horrible.

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Cool, mild, pleasant

Hwy 84

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Beautiful, clear blue skies at 2pm

Near blizzard conditions. Howling wind, driving snow and temps will be falling like a stone. Presently, 24deg with low visibility. Probably picked up 8" or so with much more on the way.

Originally Posted by A.J.

So this is how our weekend is shaping up.
I know y'all are jealous. And yes, that's in Fahrenheit.

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You need to keep your weather on your side of the border, we're tired of these Alberta Clippers.

Alberta clipper - Wikipedia