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   -=> 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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