Canadians should brace for coldest winter in almost 15 years: forecast

The Canadian Press ^ | November 30, 2007 | Michael Oliveira

[Conservative4Ever]

I’m here in SoCal too....want to go out and dance in the rain. I couldn’t believe my ears this morning at 3am when it started...RAIN!!!

[Arthur McGowan]

April 1997. Power lines down all over N. Dakota and Minnesota, too. Winds 70 MPH, temps -20F, for almost four whole days. The storm was blizzard Hannah—the eighth blizzard of the winter, each one of which set a record for severity on the dates it occurred. The Grand Forks flood and fire occurred a month later when the record snow melted quickly in early May.

[fanfan]

I remember the sound of the trees coming down, sounded like field pieces going off and for the first couple of days we had regular green flashes of light as transformers exploded.

Us too. On the second day, a tree fell on our phone line, and Bell said it would be weeks before they could get to us.

Luckily, I saw a Bell truck on our street the next day.

I bribed them with hot chocolate, and they had the line fixed in under 15 mins.

Towards the end it was getting a bit grim.

Tell me. We lost power Monday morning, and then it came back on Wed. afternoon. We all had showers, and started to relax, when it went off again until Saturday.

[Argus]

It’s just starting to break up here but we got a good long soak and it’s great. Hope it’s the harbinger of much more to come, knock wood.

[fanfan]

Exackery!

[G8 Diplomat]

Global warming strikes again...

[commish]

I wonder if that means the northern US will be colder or warmer than usual?

FWIW, we actually had very vivid COLORS in the leaves down here in Central Alabama this year, and that is usually an indicator of a cold winter for us. SO, if it is cold in Canada and Cold in the south, chances are it will be cold in between.

[G8 Diplomat]

Same here. I love Ice Road Truckers.

[Waco]

Mud slides next

[Centurion2000]

FWIW, we actually had very vivid COLORS in the leaves down here in Central Alabama this year, and that is usually an indicator of a cold winter for us. SO, if it is cold in Canada and Cold in the south, chances are it will be cold in between.

Interesting. I realized the same thing about North Texas. Normally we get green and brown leaves. This year I saw red, yellow, gold, light brown, black .... reminded me of DC in the fall.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

montreal and I was there for the entire debacle trying to put in a phone system. all of downtown was shut down and we couldn’t get parts flown in..huge ice sheets were falling off of highrise buildings and crashing in the street. I stayed at the Delta Hotel..

[Justa]

"I wonder if that means the northern US will be colder or warmer than usual?"

Well, I read recently that there are no sunspots currently. So with that seeming to confirm the solar minimum then I'd say it's gonna be a cold winter everywhere.

[Conservative4Ever]

I’m in the IE...and it is still raining.

[scan59]

Eight days at home for us; four days at the office. We were lucky at home as we have a gas hot water heater so at least we had that. Towards the end it was getting a bit grim. I remember the sound of the trees coming down, sounded like field pieces going off and for the first couple of days we had regular green flashes of light as transformers exploded.

Good description. I could visualize and hear that in my head. Wow! What an experience that must have been.

[Conservative4Ever]

Probably true. Especially in Malibu. SoCal has needed this rain for months, vegetation is so dry.

[Waco]

Vell, vell, vell

[surely_you_jest]

I live in Florida.

If this prediction is as accurate as the seasonal hurricane predictions we've received for the last three years, you Canadians should not be at all concerned.

Three years ago, the prediction was for a below average season. We got hit several times. For the last two years the predictions were for well above average seasons, everybody got concerned, and . . . nothing happened. Absolutely nothing. And the weather guys trotted out boundless excuses, and claimed that they weren't actually wrong - it was just that something for which they had not allowed actually happened and changed everything. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

It is really nice in Florida right now. We're going to get a major cold front next week, and temps in my area (north central Gulf coast) are going to plummet, plummet mind you, with highs in the low to mid-70s (F). Overnight lows in the lower 50s (F).

If it gets too nasty up there, come on down. We're used to all kinds of snowbirds, including the Canadian variety. And no, I am not in the tourism, hospitality, or real estate industries. You're more than welcome anyway. If you want to bring anything, bring some decent maple syrup - hard to get in these parts.

[steelyourfaith]

~~ AGW™ ping~~

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I was in Waterloo, Ontario in early January 1994. It was -25 F, plenty cold enough for me. It was also the snowiest winter ever in Boston.

Hey, I want my global warming. Somebody, go drive an SUV, please.

[Alberta's Child]

That was back in the 1990s -- and it covered an area that included much of Quebec, plus a big region in upstate New York, too. Some places didn't have any power for SIX WEEKS in the dead of winter.

Funny how you never heard much about it back then, eh? I guess those folks in the north country aren't into looting like they are in New Orleans, Los Angeles, etc.