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Last few years it's been raining on New Year's Eve.
Did anyone hear all the geese today? I got out of my car after grocery shopping to a cacophony of honking. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw several V-formations in the sky. People have been reporting it all over town. They usually leave around October. It's 2 days away from December!!
Something aint right.
it is -10C here in Toronto, on a November morning, and you are saying winters are so warm that birds don't leave any more?
it is -10C here in Toronto, on a November morning, and you are saying winters are so warm that birds don't leave any more?
That's not what I'm saying at all. I'm saying they usually leave in October, and here it is, one day away from December, and they just packed their bags and booked their flight.
Just saw the current temp for Winnipeg, minus 28° How do they keep water pipes from bursting?
Construction standards require them to be buried deep enough for them not to freeze. The maximum freeze depth for a given city or region is known to the people who work there on this stuff.
Construction standards require them to be buried deep enough for them not to freeze. The maximum freeze depth for a given city or region is known to the people who work there on this stuff.
Oh, I see, so they don't have permafrost in Winnipeg
Here some people keep the water trickling during very cold nights
Oh, I see, so they don't have permafrost in Winnipeg
Here some people keep the water trickling during very cold nights
You don't need to do that anywhere in Canada unless you lose electrical power and you no longer have a source of heating in the house. This has never happened to me or my family though but you do hear about it happening to the odd unlucky people here every winter - and that's what they do, they keep the water trickling until the heat comes back on.
I suppose houses in Canada are insulated, not so here, just concrete and bricks. We had -5° a couple of days ago, which is very cold by local standards. My apartment was like a freezer And the tap water was cold as ice...
Winter temps are still what is keeping me from emigrating to Canada
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How do they keep water pipes from bursting? 
