[WeatherOp]

I almost had to put on a windbreaker today. That's kinda cold.

It was a beautiful 74 F today. 

[MP-Ryan]

Are you in a hilly part of Alberta? I'd love to ski at Whistler or St. Annes.

You do know Whistler is on the west coast of BC, right? =)

Lake Louise and Sunshine are really the only worthwhile ski resorts in Alberta, and they're covered in tourists.  Kicking Horse, Red Mountain, Fernie, and Whistler in BC are considerably better, though expert skiers are better off at less developed but more technical ski areas like Red and Kicking Horse... though I hear Kicking Horse has done some major infrastructure work, so the tourist floods will undoubtably follow.

Your house? Either way, you are a lucky bastard. I want 2 feet of snow.

Trust me, you don't.

One of the few things I like about Edmonton:  I don't have to shovel 3 feet of snow accumulation from a single night anymore.

[Admiral Nelson]

Fog is the issue here.  Some curious lighting effects, though:

[perihelion]

It hit 80 F (26.7 C) in Corpus Christi yesterday, and I am totally fine with that.  I tried the whole "real winter" thing from 2000 to 2002 and have never come closer to actually contemplating arson (without leaving the building) just to finally be warm again.  Temperatures in Illinois didn't actually get that low compared to what most of you guys are boasting, but it was wet.  This was not the nice fluffy snow you can play in or sculpt with.  This was slush that was always hovering near the phase transition point just so it could suck that extra bit of warmth out of you.

Between the cold and the sun rising and setting while I was stuck in a lab with no windows (and therefore not seeing the sun for months on end) I was rapidly becoming a prime candidate for the loony bin.  You can keep your "real winter."  If I can't feel the sun burning my skin, I'm too far north. 

[Mustang19]

Wow, great photography Nelson. The building looks familiar, but where are you?

[Admiral Nelson]

It is the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco.  I live 10 minutes walk from it.

[colecampbell666]

Who wants a blizzard anyway?

Everyone who doesn't drive...

Everyone who doesn't want school.

Lol, yeah. what he got was nothing. I actually remember half my door covered snowed down once...

I'm doing a project on the worst storms in the Atlantic provinces, and apparently Newfoundland got 3.5 metres of snow in one day in '01!

[haloboy100]

lol, sweet.

[MP-Ryan]

Wow, great photography Nelson.

+1

[IceFire]

It hit 80 F (26.7 C) in Corpus Christi yesterday, and I am totally fine with that.  I tried the whole "real winter" thing from 2000 to 2002 and have never come closer to actually contemplating arson (without leaving the building) just to finally be warm again.  Temperatures in Illinois didn't actually get that low compared to what most of you guys are boasting, but it was wet.  This was not the nice fluffy snow you can play in or sculpt with.  This was slush that was always hovering near the phase transition point just so it could suck that extra bit of warmth out of you.

Between the cold and the sun rising and setting while I was stuck in a lab with no windows (and therefore not seeing the sun for months on end) I was rapidly becoming a prime candidate for the loony bin.  You can keep your "real winter."  If I can't feel the sun burning my skin, I'm too far north. 

The lack of sun is a problem.  More so for some than others.  If the sun is every out on a weekend in the winter I intentionally go out and make sure I get a few minutes of it...it does wonders.  Its also the only time I can go out and enjoy the sun without worrying about getting a burn

But yeah aside from one or two days in the last 30...haven't seen the sun.  If it did come out I was at work and would never get to see it.

[colecampbell666]

Where at?