Preparedness for when

nuatha

ivyleaf wrote: »

nuatha - Intrigued, I Googled "Norwegian loop stitch wool socks" and the third thing that came up was your post!

MSE Forums are very well indexed and MSE has a lot of external links coming in so it gets a high Google rank. I suspect loop stitch should actually be loopstitch. When I've just tried that post is page three of Google uk's listing. (And loopstitch has fewer results, I must know them by a less than common name).

Thankfully Google does not take that much notice of my posts.

RAS

greenbee wrote: »

Toronto (currently -14), Montreal (currently -18), Vancouver (0 and snowing), Calgary (-7). Calgary is likely to be the coldest... hence spending the weekend in Vancouver as it's by the sea so tends to be a bit warmer... but I may not go out

greenbee

A few years ago it was -19 at night and -11 daytime here for weeks on end (2010 beginning and end of).

Layers are your friend. Start with a tight fitting base layer (a tight vest, T shirt or thin jumper). Add a shirt, pack a jumper (even if you only put it on outside) and then your smart jacket. Have a thick overcoat or jacket to cover up outside, a scarf to fill the gaps and two pairs of gloves.

Feet benefit from two layers of socks and go for shoes or boots with thick soles that insulate you from the ground.

Just remember that it will probably be boiling inside, so you will need to shed layers when you are indoors.

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No offence taken CALICOCAT but I am from the south, Kent in fact and we're not uncaring and not immune to natural disasters either. I just wish we could be one people in our own eyes, not a divided nation of 'up north' and 'down south'. We had the 1987 hurricane and I can remember quite a few occasions when we had 4 feet of snow overnight and flooding in the local areas. Yes what is happening with the weather now seems so much worse then it has in the past with the very frequent storms that drop the rain and cause so much havoc but it could just as easily happen here in the south if the jet stream changed position. I guess what I'm trying to say is that we are the BRITISH nation, no matter where we happen to live we're all brothers and sisters under the same nation, as such we all care what happens to the rest of us.

elona

RAS

The gossip is that the army looked at putting up a pedestrian bridge but that the river was too wide so it would have dipped in the middle?

Where I am moving to is on the other side of town so removals van will need to take quite a detour round the town to get stuff there. Once moved I will be near a few shops and solicitor, chemists etc while where I am now there is only a small supermarket and a butcher as the large supermarket got flooded and will not reopen for weeks.

RAS

elona

I am glad that the situation will be better when you move.

One of the things I note being (on a hill) between two rivers is that there are very few crossing points for either despite one going through a city centre and the other through towns, so when any bridge is closed for any reason, the detours are lengthy. Even repair work taking out a lane creates havoc.

Mind you I think some of the Scottish roads are going to take time to repair as well. Anyone see the castle almost in the air?

fuddle

Lyn when I was caring in the South I had a lady in her early 70's scoff in amusement that she had a girl from Durham wiping her behind for her. She went on to tell me with some delight that her husband was policemen sent up to Durham to beat the likes of my lot on the picket lines.

Too much bad feeling brought about by Politics eh?

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twiglet98 wrote: »

Would the USB chargers that fit into a car lighter socket charge one of these?

If you are referring to the bullet shaped chargers, with a full size USB socket in the base, into which you plug in a charging lead, then the answer is yes.

ETA: Now I'm home, and on my PC, rather than my tablet, I can post images.

greenbee

RAS wrote: »

greenbee

A few years ago it was -19 at night and -11 daytime here for weeks on end (2010 beginning and end of).

Layers are your friend. Start with a tight fitting base layer (a tight vest, T shirt or thin jumper). Add a shirt, pack a jumper (even if you only put it on outside) and then your smart jacket. Have a thick overcoat or jacket to cover up outside, a scarf to fill the gaps and two pairs of gloves.

Feet benefit from two layers of socks and go for shoes or boots with thick soles that insulate you from the ground.

Just remember that it will probably be boiling inside, so you will need to shed layers when you are indoors.

Thanks! I was in Edinburgh a few years ago when it was -20 or more at night and I was outside for most of the day, so I'm sure I'll be fine. I just hate working out what to pack.

You're right that inside will probably be boiling. And that's going to be the issue - changing temperatures.

I've just had a message from a colleague... it is -25c degrees but expected to warm up a little to -12c

What's 'warm' about -12?!

nuatha

greenbee wrote: »

I've just had a message from a colleague... it is -25c degrees but expected to warm up a little to -12c

What's 'warm' about -12?!

When you've become used to -25C then -12C is mild, and 0C is almost too warm for comfort.

There again I cope far better with -25C than +25C and anything above 25C is likely to render me useless (or even more useless than usual).

Frugalsod

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

greenbee not sure what part of Canada you are going to, but my family in ottawa say its the mildest Christmas they have EVER had. My canadian aunt says its her first green christmas ever in her 68 yrs.
The local kids were out on the road playing road hockey in shorts and t-shirts on christmas day lol. Mind you they don't feel the cold as much as us so are probably a bit hardier and their idea of shorts weather isn't the same as ours lol.

Ali x

And people are denying climate change. :rotfl:

I watch a Canadian canoe channel and the host was canoeing on the lakes of Ontario a couple of days before Christmas when the lakes are normally frozen solid and people are ice fishing. That gives a hint to how warm it is there.

I have friends hammock camping in Ely Minnesota next week end and many were hoping for seriously sub zero temperatures and it is only just going to get cold on Saturday.