ok, the snow was all nice and fun but I am officially sick of it. Cant wait for all this shit to melt as quickly as possible. Hell I have had a tough time on the side streets my self, though I still manage to get everywhere and anywhere. The biggest problem though is all these idiots who either dont have their cars prepared are are just incapable of driving in the snow. You should see the side streets in east van, cars stuck and abandoned all over the place preventing people who can drive in the snow from being able to get anywhere. I would be lying though if I said that it wasnt fun riping it around with chains on all 4 tires and all 4 wheels engaged(just need a bit more lift so I dont plow the snow and then get stuck behind a mountain).
Van's weather is big news in Calgary as all the flights going from here to Van were canceled. I'm SO glad I decided to drive through the mountains when I did and not fly!
Van's weather is big news in Calgary as all the flights going from here to Van were canceled. I'm SO glad I decided to drive through the mountains when I did and not fly!
When did you drive and how was it? I have to make the same trek next week and I'm in a snow-less part of the continent right now so I'm not exactly sure what to expect.
I left the evening of the 23rd right before the newest snow in Vancouver. There was snow most of the way but just new stuff that was falling. It didn't slow me down that much at all as the roads had been nicely plowed and sanded.
Friday for Vancouver
Day: Cloudy. Snow beginning late in the morning. Amount 5 cm except 10 cm over higher terrain. Becoming windy in the afternoon. High plus 2.
Night: Snow changing to rain in the evening. Windy. Temperature rising to 6 by morning.
The snow was supposed to change to rain... but it's still falling down as snow.
The temperature right now is 1.3 degree colder than what they predicted at this time. Seems like they delayed the transition to rain from "late afternoon" to "evening".
The snow during 1-3pm is heavier than daytime in Christmas Eve. The translink buses might have a lot of trouble, as #20 buses seem to be disappeared during my 30 minutes walk along Victoria drive
I saw city works crews here in Vancouver clearing off storm drains. I also saw a story from Seattle where works crews suggested that people clear off their local drains to prevent flooding.
Here in the west side of Vancouver it has stopped snowing in the last 30 mins.
i just drove to the mall and going was not too bad
2 hours in the mall - and comind home was awful
north road and austin have not been cleared at all and the snow is coming down heavy and its slippery and i slid a little my side street is almost undriveable now - looks like i will be staying indoors tonight
Translink apparently make an statement that commuters should avoid metrotown now, and shoppers should stay in the mall as the metrotown station in serious crowding issue
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my side street is almost undriveable now - looks like i will be staying indoors tonight
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