freezing various parts of me right off

[ciroccoj]

OK, to everyone who's been complaining about the heat?

We've been stuck in -25C to -35C (that's -13F to -31F) for DAYS!!! By my calculations, since about January 3 or so. I could be wrong about that, but I know it chilled a few days before the kids came back. Right now, it's a balmy -33C (-27.4F) in the nation's capital.

At least the Canal's frozen over and open for business. This weekend we can apparently hope for a high of -9C (16F) so we're taking the kids onto the ice. Every freezing cloud does have a silver lining, I guess.


Later Edit: Hey. I just went to the Rideau Canal site I linked to above. It's pretty cool - you get live webcam image of the Canal at the Mackenzie-King Bridge and Dow's Lake (which right now is not so cool, since it just shows darkness), you get a Skate The Canal ride from beginning to end, and you get a VR tour of various spots along the way. Including the place where my family and I always start, the Concord Stop, because it's close to parking and Beavertails and hot chocolate and fires. The main reason why Justin loves going to the Canal :)

Comments

[minnesota-anne.livejournal.com]

My Lord, that's cold.
I shouldn't complain about our 11F temperature, should I? (would that be about -10C?)

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Actually, that's almost -12C. Normally that's complainable here too :)

I shouldn't complain either. I had friends who lived in Pickle Lake, Northern Ontario, for three years, and they regularly endured -50 to -60C (that's -58F to -76F) for weeks on end. I would've crawled into a hole and died.

[minnesota-anne.livejournal.com]

I work with a woman who was born in Northern Ontario (Pickle Lake really sounds familiar) and raised her two children while living in Northern Manitoba. The funny thing is, of all of us, she's the most sensitive to the cold and complains all the time. I guess she's endured more than enough of it!

[misstexan9821.livejournal.com]

I feel yall's pain...almost, anyway. It's been like -15F here for about a week and it's horrible!! I'm not made for the cold...especially coming from Texas!! It's not fair!! LOL

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

I'm not made for the cold...especially coming from Texas!!

Hey, I was born in Chile. Days like this I really wonder what the *&%$ my parents were thinking when they immigrated here.

[misstexan9821.livejournal.com]

ROFL!! Chile to Canada...that's a stretch!!