This just in: Farmer's Almanac predicts extremely cold winter. This is always a no-brainer with the media to do a story on. As winter approaches, a cloud of fear grips Calgary. That first snowflake, that first day when the temp dips below zero (celcius), the leaves turning colour, the anticipation of these things terrorize the City.
So it was no surprise when a comment from a person on the bus this morning touched off a full fledged group conversation. The person mentioned the unusually cold winter prediction, and the comments were flying. People were mentioning "getting away", or various strategies for "surviving" the winter.
I say BRING IT ON!!!
Already, I'm looking at books and websites to get that backyard rink up and running. It's been too warm the past few years to even consider it. My boys, 7 and 3, and me on the backyard rink, shooting the puck around, coming in for hot chocolate after, my youngest taking his first skating strides. Also, the prospect of a Hutchinsons versus Surbeys Summit Series. Think of it! This could go down as the best winter ever!
Think of the Ski Hills, who each year are plagued with warm weather. Damn physics! Stupid snow insists on melting when the overnight low is 5 degrees. Word will get out that the Calgary-Banff corridor has the best skiing in the world! Yes, I'm looking at you, Switzerland. I said "the world"! The Boarding and Skiing will be fantastic!
Look at Calgary's historical daytime highs: Dec = -1, Jan = -2, Feb = 0, Mar = 3, it goes up from there. So Calgary's actually pretty temperate if you think objectively about it for a moment. So, the thick of winter will probably last for only 2 months, not counting the periodic breaks due to Chinooks.
So, bring it on, winter! I know that this comes from the Farmer's Almanac which has a 20% margin of error, so we run the risk of another warm winter, but bring it on anyways! We look forward to it, except for some of the ladies on the bus this morning.
Could be worse. Could be Winnipeg.
5 comments:
Oh its already been brought!
At least in Winnipeg we can play hockey anytime we want during the winter season. Not so lucky in Calgary. As a result for my child to play hockey it costs 5x as much due to the indoor ice schedule.
It's our constitutional right to play hockey. This crappy warm weather makes me want to move back to the 'Peg so we can play some Old Skool hockey.
So you are a proponent of Universal Hockey Access? How do you feel about private delivery of public Hockey Access?
Sounds like you're weaseling out of the Hutchinson / Surbeys Summit Series.
We're puttin' on the foil as we speak...
Darwin, what the !@$%# are you talking about? We want to play hockey, not talk politics!
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