When The Winds Of November Come Early

[Skywatcher]

Greetings All

Hope everyone had a good weekend, folk around these parts had a pretty rough one. The Weather Network forecast winds up to 90 km/h (56 mph) on Friday, but they got it wrong. A windstorm came through with top recorded speeds of 172 km/h (107 mph, equivalent to a force 3 hurricane) taking down trees and power lines as well as peeling shingles off roofs and blowing semi trucks (articulated lorries) off the road and into the ditch.

Now, we wake up Monday morning to 5" (13 cm) of fresh snow and forecast low temperatures of -13ºC (9º F or 260ºK). The first 32 winters since I moved to Canada didn't really bother me, but now I'm starting to get a little tired of them. Do you suppose it's time to seriously think about moving somewhere else? Take care all and stay warm,

Sky

[RoyM]

We got that storm Friday as well, the winds were not that bad but still a lot of downed trees and utility lines. I left Alberta 14 years ago, still don't miss the winters.