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Post by kcanuck on Nov 1, 2006 12:31:53 GMT 7
The leaves have turned and been blown downwind, many of the trees are now wrapped in some sort of thick twine and bedded down for the season. For those canucks who might be whining a bit about the cold, shame on you...it was minus 17 in Edmonton on Sunday and they had a dump of snow. I'm actually quite surprised at how reasonable things are in IM right now, other than a few cold windy days, the sunshine has been glorious and the temp sitting in the higher end of the single digits. My condolences to those who don't have any heat yet, our rads have been on since the beginning of the month. I'm so glad I brought some Columbia winter gear with me, I do believe it will be needed. From what I hear, once the cold hits, there really isn't much snow, it's too freakin' cold for it.
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Ruth
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Post by Ruth on Nov 1, 2006 16:09:37 GMT 7
Good to know you folks up in the really-North get heat a month before the rest of us.
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Post by icebear on Nov 1, 2006 17:16:20 GMT 7
Down here in Shenzhen its great! 22 by night, 24-26 by day and a perpetual light breeze to keep the sweat off. I wish it would stay like this forever... but next summer is long enough away to pretend it will never be hot again.
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Post by cheekygal on Nov 2, 2006 21:58:26 GMT 7
Oh, c'mon, icebear! It won't get anywhere as cold as Beijing where you are. In the middle of winter you'll be still getting +20C. If not more. When I was in Shenzhen, the lowest temperature in winter was +15C. I heard last winter it was colder than that but it is still nothing compare to -15C (or worse in the North) plus all the horrible winds!
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Post by Vegemite on Nov 5, 2006 8:53:52 GMT 7
The world is white! We've had our first proper snowfall. The trees, the streets, the buildings are all white.
Daughter and I were watching a video yesterday afternoon and had to draw the curtains to block the sunlight, at 4pm when we opened them - the world was white and there were snowflakes flying. Fun!
We stuck the thermometer out on the window ledge, donned our coats, put the dog in her brand new little down jacket, and hit the streets. When we returned the thermometer read -13C.
Brrr...for us Kiwis from the top of NZ (with PI heritage), this is amazing.
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