The fucking weather

[yuuago]

I'd planned to watch some things last night, but then there was an unexpected province-wide emergency alert saying that the power grid was overwhelmed due to the extreme cold, and we were at risk of rolling outages. (Details via CBC here)

...So I turned off everything except one lamp and read for a while before going to bed early.

This surprised me at the time. Extreme cold is not unusual for us; -40C sucks but it's pretty normal for January. But then I realized that the whole province is dealing with this, not just us in the north, and it made much more sense. I looked up some places down south, and they're not much warmer than I am right now.

(Current weather report for me: -38C with windchill of -49.)

Anyway, I hope we won't have this problem again tonight.

It looks like things will improve in a few days, but in the meantime, ugh. I wasn't able to gas up my car yesterday because the station was having issues - either it was so cold that the electronics in the pumps weren't working properly (possible) or they were just plain out of gas because the delivery was delayed (also very possible). I didn't go inside to find out which.

In the grand scheme of things, this is a trivial issue for me. I can stay home. But I do hope things warm up a little soon, at least down south, because this is ridiculous. And I would like the windchill to not be so close to -50, thanks.

Comments

[muccamukk]

Yeah, I'm a bit worried about my sister in Edmonton, just given how long this is sticking in.

Hope you're doing okay.

[yuuago]

I'm fine so far. <3

Hopefully everything'll go all right with your sister. :V

[octahedrite]

Stay warm!

[yuuago]

I'll do my best! <3

[torachan]

Yikes! Hope things warm up soon.

[yuuago]

It looks like we'll have a couple more days of this, but it should get better soon! (Aughhh)

[eggsbenedict]

Oh no, that sounds miserable. I hope things start to warm up soon!

[yuuago]

<3
Should be better in a few days! In the meantime, I think I'll stay inside. :'D

[taevachi]

Auuuuhhhh it just keeps going huh. I am afraid if this will result in a horrible heat wave in summer... Don't know about you guys but we don't tend to have AC because the houses are built for cold, not heat. Stay safe and warm!

[yuuago]

Yeah, a lot of our buildings don't have AC either (and, well, running it if you do have it can be expensive). And we haven't had a lot of precipitation this winter, which will also be a concern for summer.
In the meantime, I'm going to try to stay warm, yes! orz

[merit]

damn! i hope it warms up soon

[yuuago]

<3 Should be more bearable later this week! We'll see.