Canada is not for sissies

in #weather7 years ago (edited)

Extreme weather is Canada's trade mark. Super hot in summer, freezing cold in winter.

This year, 2017, will be remembered as a year of extremes. A hot, dry summer with wild fires across the province of British Columbia. Several towns had to evacuate; the damage already reaching over a billion dollars.

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Summer activities came to a halt right at the beginning of the season - a year without summer!

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Winter began in the fall with cold weather and snow on the ground. It is cold outside with temperatures reaching -20 degrees Celsius and about 9 inches of snow on the ground.

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As we say in Canada, "We don't complain about the weather, we dress for it."

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With all the ice and snow and cold temperatures, life can come to a freezing halt. But that makes the winter even longer - you have to make the most of it. Winter is a great season for outdoors sports. Ice fishing is one of those things.

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You drill a hole in the frozen surface of the lake (14 inches thick last week) and drop you hook with bait a few feet deep. See what comes up a few minutes later!

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Canada is not for sissies!

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Why extremes of weather conditions in Canada. I had wanted to come to Canada for my Master degree program but I dont like extremes of cold.

nice fish, and you don't even have to put it in a fridge, it was caught in the fridge!!

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You betcha, but Ice fishing? What about ice hockey???

That is the national religion

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