Big wind storm here, with intermittent power failures, so shutting it down for the night.
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God bless and keep you, for all the days of your life.
We are all facing a storm. I hope we can be strong for freedom without being stupid and reckless.
Calgary had 140 Km/hr winds today.
Watch this video of a transport truck flip on a highway, and other flying thingies.
P.S. The howling wind was unbelievable here in SW. Half the snow level disappeared, shrubs and trees were dancing and bending in the wind. Old Man Winter whistled away in the garage, “whooooo, whoo!”
My big ole blue spruce tree must of spit out a billzillon pine cones into my neighbours yard. I know what I doing tomorrow.
I hear you. Spent the day raking Ponderosa pine debris here in the valley.
Love my big old Ponderosa, except for its relentless tonnage of pine needles.
I haven’t checked the damage yet, if any.
Calgary is emerging from a 2′ white cocoon into a more normal dirt coloured laminar ice state.
Spent part of my afternoon patrolling the alley, picking up my elderly neighbor’s City mandated, multi-hued trash bins. It was as if God was bowling with bins today.
My coworker had her facia stripped off by the wind. (that sounds kind of dirty but its not…whats a facia?)
“A more normal dirt coloured laminar ice state.”
I like that, it’s so true, too!
You’re a good neighbour– Alec, chasing those darn bins.
Thanks, gives me something socially distanced to do outside.
Hahaha! And funny too!
We haven’t had much wind here for a couple of weeks. Somehow large leaves collect in the front entry and lawn verges. Looking around the court and up the connecting through street, no trees or shrubs match these leaves. No worries. Once remulching starts in anticipation of house guests in a few weeks, we’ll have a couple of days of high winds.
That wind blew through the Okanagan last night and this morning.
A rare big wind in this valley.
God Bless, Kate.
You know with all that wind, I hope the windmills filled the electron reservoirs to the brim.
How about we convince ‘the blob’ that pipelines can be used to provide pine-scented wind power from BC?
Same in Airdrie. Spruce trees were bent 1/3 ways down. Was worried about kiddie trampolines being picked up by the wind and smashed against my home damaging the siding. It’s over now, no damage.
Just a note: we’ve been seeing flock after flock of canada geese flying north for near a week, but especially today.
Yes, it’s been a mild winter so far. Maybe geese have thermometers! There’s a week ‘warmish’ weather coming up, don’t mind this at all. And above zero too, as a high. Nice!! I walk a lot.
P.S. This is what Maritimers do, they actually greet each other with a weather report, first and foremost, like, “Hi Nancy, lovely weather today, eh!”
Airdrie is always windy. Hence the name AIR – drie!!
People put out their blue bins without the lid being all the way down.
Some neighbours have weekly bins overflowing, today their recycling was flying all over.
In the small acreage property in SW Iowa the young couple that built across the street were incredibly lax with their trash day hygiene. At the time we were also having problems with a neighbor’s large, lumbering St. Bernard/Shepherd mix visiting our locking lid (raccoons) garbage cans. I was traveling a lot and would return home exhausted from days of meetings and then layover flights only to find either our or the neighbor’s garbage blown across six acres.
Airdrie was named after after a town of the same name in Scotland. Anyway, the wind is driving my wife bonkers lately and she is from Carstairs.
Gusts of over 140 km aren’t rare, I had the wind rip my twin back gates off of their hinges 10 years back.
I reinforced the posts with triple stacked steel angle irons+4 inch screws and Gorilla Glue at the hinge points, remounted the gates, and they’ve been good ever since.
I thought that new hike in the carbon tax the other day, was supposed to control the weather so that nothing bad was ever going to happen again.
Lots of wind here in SW Saskatchewan. Power still on, so I can watch the impeachment on Fox. . Total insanity. Tried to make a few comments on National Post , any pro-Trump comments get deleted, so I deleted my account. For a moment, I thought I was at CBC!!
For some good news today,,, Jeff Zucker of CNN announced, the closing of CNN Airport News.
Yes that’s right folks,,, CNN will no longer be broadcast throughout airports.
CNN airport “news” /unblinking expressionless look/ will start right back up if we ever win another election.
I thought the carbon tax was going to prevent these types of storms?
Watch out, Bill Gates or David Suzuki may land on your driveway. I assume they were out in it, celebrating yet another weather event they could blame on their neighbours.
Has Blackie blamed Harper yet?
Nothing beats a good blow job eh?
Old joke.
First senior – its windy today.
Second senior – no, its Thursday.
Third senior – me too, lets go for a drink.
God bless and keep you, for all the days of your life.
We are all facing a storm. I hope we can be strong for freedom without being stupid and reckless.
Calgary had 140 Km/hr winds today.
Watch this video of a transport truck flip on a highway, and other flying thingies.
Apologies, it’s from ‘that’ channel:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/wind-warning-calgary-environment-canada-1.5871628
P.S. The howling wind was unbelievable here in SW. Half the snow level disappeared, shrubs and trees were dancing and bending in the wind. Old Man Winter whistled away in the garage, “whooooo, whoo!”
My big ole blue spruce tree must of spit out a billzillon pine cones into my neighbours yard. I know what I doing tomorrow.
I hear you. Spent the day raking Ponderosa pine debris here in the valley.
Love my big old Ponderosa, except for its relentless tonnage of pine needles.
I haven’t checked the damage yet, if any.
Calgary is emerging from a 2′ white cocoon into a more normal dirt coloured laminar ice state.
Spent part of my afternoon patrolling the alley, picking up my elderly neighbor’s City mandated, multi-hued trash bins. It was as if God was bowling with bins today.
My coworker had her facia stripped off by the wind. (that sounds kind of dirty but its not…whats a facia?)
“A more normal dirt coloured laminar ice state.”
I like that, it’s so true, too!
You’re a good neighbour– Alec, chasing those darn bins.
Thanks, gives me something socially distanced to do outside.
Hahaha! And funny too!
We haven’t had much wind here for a couple of weeks. Somehow large leaves collect in the front entry and lawn verges. Looking around the court and up the connecting through street, no trees or shrubs match these leaves. No worries. Once remulching starts in anticipation of house guests in a few weeks, we’ll have a couple of days of high winds.
That wind blew through the Okanagan last night and this morning.
A rare big wind in this valley.
God Bless, Kate.
You know with all that wind, I hope the windmills filled the electron reservoirs to the brim.
How about we convince ‘the blob’ that pipelines can be used to provide pine-scented wind power from BC?
On an unrelated – or not – note.
Old news updated: https://townhall.com/columnists/marthaboneta/2021/01/13/beginning-to-look-like-its-time-to-invent-another-internet-n2583069
“Big wind storm here”
Same in Airdrie. Spruce trees were bent 1/3 ways down. Was worried about kiddie trampolines being picked up by the wind and smashed against my home damaging the siding. It’s over now, no damage.
Just a note: we’ve been seeing flock after flock of canada geese flying north for near a week, but especially today.
Yes, it’s been a mild winter so far. Maybe geese have thermometers! There’s a week ‘warmish’ weather coming up, don’t mind this at all. And above zero too, as a high. Nice!! I walk a lot.
P.S. This is what Maritimers do, they actually greet each other with a weather report, first and foremost, like, “Hi Nancy, lovely weather today, eh!”
Airdrie is always windy. Hence the name AIR – drie!!
People put out their blue bins without the lid being all the way down.
Some neighbours have weekly bins overflowing, today their recycling was flying all over.
In the small acreage property in SW Iowa the young couple that built across the street were incredibly lax with their trash day hygiene. At the time we were also having problems with a neighbor’s large, lumbering St. Bernard/Shepherd mix visiting our locking lid (raccoons) garbage cans. I was traveling a lot and would return home exhausted from days of meetings and then layover flights only to find either our or the neighbor’s garbage blown across six acres.
Airdrie was named after after a town of the same name in Scotland. Anyway, the wind is driving my wife bonkers lately and she is from Carstairs.
Gusts of over 140 km aren’t rare, I had the wind rip my twin back gates off of their hinges 10 years back.
I reinforced the posts with triple stacked steel angle irons+4 inch screws and Gorilla Glue at the hinge points, remounted the gates, and they’ve been good ever since.
I thought that new hike in the carbon tax the other day, was supposed to control the weather so that nothing bad was ever going to happen again.
Lots of wind here in SW Saskatchewan. Power still on, so I can watch the impeachment on Fox. . Total insanity. Tried to make a few comments on National Post , any pro-Trump comments get deleted, so I deleted my account. For a moment, I thought I was at CBC!!
Stay safe!! Stay warm.
Speedy Creek?
Life Follows Art dept.
Blowin’ In The Wind – PP&M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld6fAO4idaI
Watch Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band –
“Against The Wind” (Lyric Video)
https://youtu.be/2vRsEC65NTA
Before the Sequel dept.
‘The answer my friend’ – Dylan and Baez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io3HY7Yebjk
One can see why certain personalities have endured (a conserve-ative trait)
“Ride Like the Wind” ~ Chris Cross
https://youtu.be/e1Hdlu3Slaw
For some good news today,,, Jeff Zucker of CNN announced, the closing of CNN Airport News.
Yes that’s right folks,,, CNN will no longer be broadcast throughout airports.
CNN’s Airport Network Shutting Down After 30 Years
https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2021/01/13/cnns-airport-network-shutting-30-years/
CNN airport “news” /unblinking expressionless look/ will start right back up if we ever win another election.
I thought the carbon tax was going to prevent these types of storms?
Watch out, Bill Gates or David Suzuki may land on your driveway. I assume they were out in it, celebrating yet another weather event they could blame on their neighbours.
Has Blackie blamed Harper yet?
Nothing beats a good blow job eh?
Old joke.
First senior – its windy today.
Second senior – no, its Thursday.
Third senior – me too, lets go for a drink.