Mercury Rising

Hi All,
just a brief thing. I know I keep yapping on about how cold it is and all that, but here's the weather report for midweek;
Environment Canada's Official Weather Warnings
Warnings
Airdrie - Cochrane - Olds - Sundre3:46 PM MST Tuesday 28 November 2006
Wind chill warning forAirdrie - Cochrane - Olds - Sundre continued Extreme wind chill continues.
The stationary Yukon high which brought frigid conditions to much of Alberta remains entrenched over western Canada. Northwesterly outflow winds from this high over central and southern Alberta are expected to produce extreme wind chill values after sunset and into Wednesday morning. Wind chill values of minus 40 to minus 45 are forecast for the above mentioned warning regions.

So there we have it. Minus 45 with the wind chill. School shut down because no buses would start and it was feared that the little kidlings would perish on the journey! I must admit to having never felt cold like it. There was definitely no hanging around outside, just a rapid dash through the snow from car to indoors.
Tis all a far cry from the scorching outback of Dubbo. Here's what a view out of the rear window of the car used to look like on the way to work;

Not that I prefer the outback! No boarding or ski-ing to be had there! (No frostbite either - just heat stroke). Another snag about these car journeys was the locusts - they used to wreak havoc to the radiator;

Give me this snow and minus 45 any day! It's awesome!!!!

Thermals at the ready,

S&S.