-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 25-Feb-2019 20:10 <=-

 NB>> Definitely bragging rights, for sure

 MK> And as of tonight, we still have the evidence on the ground although
 MK> not nearly as deep.  As for bragging rights I am not convinced it
 MK> is/was worth it. 

Probably not... but it can help one keep a good face on things...  
Similar to the Golden Snowball Award "competition" between Buffalo,
Syracuse and Rochester for the most snowfall of the season every
year.... I'm always happy for us to lose handily...  

 NB>> And did you get the rain as you expected...?

 MK> Yes although not that much.  More of a shower than a rain event. 
 MK> However, just across the Strait in Vancouver, they got another dump of
 MK> snow in the neighbourhoods at higher elevations (Burnaby) that caused
 MK> grief for commuters. I didn't hear about any major outages or anything
 MK> of that nature so it sounded like another weather annoyance amongst
 MK> all the rest of the weather annoyances for this Febuary. 

Better the weather annoyance than a significant outage and emergency
situations, though....

 MK> Sure is an odd one as far as any past Febuarys I have witnessed. 

Things have changed over the years...  I remember that when I was a
young adult, February was so consistently snowy that our church always
had a sledding party scheduled in mid-Feb... and the city would hold a
Winter Fest.... It's not so dependable anymore... and even this year,
with a fair bit of snow, it hasn't stayed always on the ground to
schedule any such thing...  

 MK> As we speak, ~8pm PST, it is -3C and a wind warning for just south of
 MK> us for the southern Gulf Islands and Victoria, as well as Vancouver
 MK> and the Fraser Valley which is expected to see the worst of it.  Here
 MK> in Ladysmith we're just seeing the colder temps of the so-called
 MK> Arctic outflow and are predicted to escape the gale force winds that
 MK> are at the heart of the subzero temperatures. 

Hopefully you did escape the winds.... 

 NB?> We've been having a wind storm, yesterday and today

 MK> We heard.  No word about any major damage though so hopefully you've
 MK> managed to dodge another one of Mother Nature's temper tantrums. 

Pretty much.... really wasn't any major damage here....

 NB>> Only a handful of people in the area lost power, which is pretty
 NB>> good, considering the wind....

 MK> For sure.  As for us, we'll know tomorrow whether of not we escaped
 MK> yet another blow.  So far so good but we're still getting the cold
 MK> shoulder from Mother Nature. 

It's still pretty cold here, though today has warmed up some.... by
Monday, our lows will be single digit or close (F), and highs only in
the 20sF right through the forecast (Thurs or so)....

ttyl       neb

... Global warming related to the alarming increase in pizza ovens

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