bbbrrrr......
'Tis a big weekend in Banff. First off, Lake Louise is having some big ski race thing which I alas won't be going to, but seems cool to me.
2nd it's the "Winterstart Street Festival" this weekend, and this is even cooler. They closed off the main street and set up a big snow ramp and tents and a big screen TV and various firepits and everything else. Last night they had an amateur "Rail Jam" (pros tonight), played "how the grinch stole christmas" and other winter-y movies, gave away free hot chocolate, and a bunch of other stuff. It's pretty fun.
What's more, winter seems to have gotten the hint. Upset by its (apparently) slow start and probably thinking that the town of Banff is mocking it through it's festival, winter turned down the thermostat to -25 degrees (no typo, -25. In November). That's cold enough to make your first breath when you step out the door not work as well as it's supposed to. It's also cold enough to make me not want to go skiing. Poor souls up there.
So in closing, I guess it's really cold.
2nd it's the "Winterstart Street Festival" this weekend, and this is even cooler. They closed off the main street and set up a big snow ramp and tents and a big screen TV and various firepits and everything else. Last night they had an amateur "Rail Jam" (pros tonight), played "how the grinch stole christmas" and other winter-y movies, gave away free hot chocolate, and a bunch of other stuff. It's pretty fun.
What's more, winter seems to have gotten the hint. Upset by its (apparently) slow start and probably thinking that the town of Banff is mocking it through it's festival, winter turned down the thermostat to -25 degrees (no typo, -25. In November). That's cold enough to make your first breath when you step out the door not work as well as it's supposed to. It's also cold enough to make me not want to go skiing. Poor souls up there.
So in closing, I guess it's really cold.
posted by Anonymous at 12:33 PM
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. . . it was +13 in London today . . . . .
don't forget the windchill! it'll be -26 in calgary tomorrow, but the windchill will make it feel like -36. that's right. MINUS THIRTY SIX. i don't get the surprise that this is happening in november, though... hardcore winter begins at the latest on halloween. everyone knows that. :p
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