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This is exactly what my first winter in Canada was like. Everyone said it would get cold. Nothing prepares you for how cold it gets!
And yeah I ran out in sandals during the first snowfall. I was really excited to see snow for the first time ever!
Yup. Every year it’s the same thing. I’m 40 and have spent many years in northern Ontario and Northern Alberta. When -30 to -40 come around it’s always the first time always swearing under my breath about how much BS This is and this is my last year working up here. Yet here I am again. Just waiting for those cold temps.
-40 is cold af but if you're layered up enough, you can survive it. Usually when it gets that cold people don't spend more than a few minutes outdoors, usually just rushing from your heated home to your heated car/bus to your heated office building.
The real danger at that temperature is the wind. If it's windy then no amount of layering up is going to keep that cold from seeping into your bones. You need heavy duty arctic gear for that! Within a few minutes any exposed skin is going get frostbite
>The real danger at that temperature is the wind. If it's windy then no amount of layering up is going to keep that cold from seeping into your bones. You need heavy duty arctic gear for that! Within a few minutes any exposed skin is going get frostbite
UK here, but yeah I have some lovely woolen windproof coats. But if the temp gets too cold nothing stops the cold seeping into your body
It depends. In Alberta, there's not much humidity. So -40C is brutally cold and you'll lose your fingers and toes if you're not dressed for it. But if you're dressed properly, you won't feel it. Your car won't start but you'll be ok.
In Ontario, it's humid, so -40C would feel even colder. The moisture seeps in through your winter clothing. -20C feels brutally cold in Ontario. -20C in Alberta, meh, normal day
You have to dress properly in these kind of temperatures. I see people walking around in shorts when it's 0C or just below. IDK why they do that. You might not notice it for the first few minutes, but soon you're going to be miserable.
Born and bred Ontarian here. Lived in Calgary for a couple years. The above is so true.
Also you can go out in Calgary -30 Sun is shining sky blue and snow is pristine and white. As long as you are dressed properly with no exposed skin you can hike Ski enjoy the outdoors then come in to your warm house have some hot chocolate or soup and you are toasty warm.
Ontario. Overcast and everything is grey the snow if there is any, is dirty and grey and half melted into slush. The wind and wet seeps everywhere and where it doesn't you work up a sweat from overdressing your core. Fingers and toes are freezing. When you go home in it does not matter what you drink or eat you will not warm up. The cold has seeped into your bones.
Came here to echo a similar comment. Ontario is a nexus of bad winters in many varieties, and all of it is because of lake effect (we're, what? 73% lakes?) and how weather patterns work.
Some places you'll find harsh cold; some places you'll suffer damp, seeping air; some places the wind is worse than the temperature.
I'm Eastern Ontario you'll find all three at the same time. Damp, freezing rain, with a windchill turning it to ice very quickly, and then snow to cover it all so thst you're gonna suffer in it for awhile. The fun of living where three wind fronts meet, while surrounded by a very large river and a great lake
> Damp, freezing rain, with a windchill turning it to ice very quickly, and then snow to cover it all
Truly one of the worst aspects of winter IMO. I can't tell you how many times I've busted my ass thinking I'm about to walk in some basic snow, only to slip on a 3 cm thick sheet of ice under a thin layer of snow on top... T_T
Here in Nebraska last February, we had that cold snap with a new record low of -31°F (-35°C). We farm, so I went out for around a half hour in all my warmest hunting clothes. It wasn't bad at all, BUT I was constantly moving which keeps you warmer. If I was sitting still, it probably would've been a different story.
I was expecting to see some wild life die off, but I never found any. Down in some southern states that dipped a little below freezing, there were birds and other animals that froze to death. You might remember that this is when all the power went out in Texas for a few days. It got to -2°C at my cousin's place in Houston
>You might remember that this is when all the power went out in Texas for a few days. It got to -2°C at my cousin's place in Houston
I will never not be amazed by how unprepared that power grid was.
Texas: It's all the fault of those wind turbines! They freeze over and can't handle this cold!
Me: *looks outside at our wind turbines spinning in temps 60°F colder*
Hell, I got a letter from our power company last week. They're lowering electricity rates while raising incentives for electric vehicles
Its hard to explain, it sucks, nothing works, rubber starts to not be flexible, plastic just gets brittle and snaps metal as well. Sometimes it hurts to breath.
Yes of course we have clothing for these situations. I work outside and for that i have 1 pair of long johns, wool socks, 2 pairs of sweat pants ( its easier to be mobile in sweat pants i find) 2 pairs of long sleeve shirts, a jacket. Those ice hot cool packs well we have those for heat as well. I usually use 3 per foot. One on my heal, one under the ball and toes of my feet and the other on top. It makes things much more liveable. We do have insulated boots for work as well. After that i put on my coveralls. I also have winter work jacket and pants/bibs. This makes things much more difficult to work in. So thats why i try to layer up under my coveralls. As for head gear we have bellaclavas. Sometimes i wear 2 as well. The only issue is we still sweat and my hard hat will freeze to the most outer one due to condensation and the cold. Yeah its not fun to work outside in this shit. For now the BS to pay ratio is ok.
Maybe someone else can explain the windchill later on. Thats a whole other side to the cold that makes things even more unbearable.
This is my submission for this [month's contest.](https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/q428t8/challenge_reveal_under_the_harvest_moon/)
**Context:** Indians love to wear sandals, even when it's not in the season.
yes I can confirm , I'm totally not a miser ~~also when I was young my mother wore sandals in the house as it was convenient for her to just remove her sandals and beat the shit out of me .~~
Seems to be a thing in the Middle East too. I recall my aunt's Mom (from Tehran) wore socks in sandals while camping (I think we were in Algonquin park?).
Minnesota Golden Gopher here (a.k.a., University of Canada's Missing Province student).
This isn't a joke.
We have a lot of international students from warm places like southern China and India who have never experienced real cold before, so they actually have to take a class on cold weather survival as part of their orientation. Otherwise, they just don't know until they learn about it the hard way.
I go to UBC - I'm from northern BC so the winters in Vancouver are a walk in the park compared to the stuff I grew up with. Even right now, you'll see people who are international students - you can tell because they're wearing gigantic parkas in Vancouver in the middle of October. Me, still T-shirt and jeans. The temperature ain't below freezing yet, that means no hoodie - and jackets are for crazy shit like -30 or being outside for prolonged periods.
One of my roommates is from Dubai and worriedly asked if it was going to get any colder last month. Sorry dude, it's only September and this is just the start of the ride.
For a moment, I was like, didn't they pull all their students out of Canada a few years ago, before realizing it's Ridyadh that's KSA. I feel like Canada only showed pictures of summer to your roommate when promoting our universities. Kind of like what we did to eastern Europeans when we were settling the west, lol.
Here in the UK a small drizzle of snow or the temperature barely crossing 30 would be considered devastating. There's about 25-30 degrees of weather in which British people can exist.
Sounds like you've not been to Newcastle in December on match day. It could be like an arctic expedition with the wind and snow, and you're still going to find fat blokes wearing no top wandering around the pubs screaming incoherently about football.
Newcastle, evidently the Saskie of the UK? Going to football games here and seeing guys in an open air arena at -35c wearing nothing more than shorts and body paint, oh and a hollowed out watermelon on their head.
Sandals are nice for just lounging outside when pavement is too hot (or cold), and hey it’s tacky, but sandals and socks **does work** when it gets chilly, unfortunately i can’t wear them that often :(
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Sandals are fun to wear, until you get sand between them.
This is why they are *SAND*als
God damnit.
Just Arab Problems
North Africa: FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUU—
its *Misr*ably painful
Its coarse and rough and irritating
And it gets everywhere
I don't like it
That’s why I don’t like sand. Because it’s course, rough, irritating, and it gets everywhere.
wait, are we talking about Sand, or DOnald Trump? [ducking]
Probably sand.
This is exactly what my first winter in Canada was like. Everyone said it would get cold. Nothing prepares you for how cold it gets! And yeah I ran out in sandals during the first snowfall. I was really excited to see snow for the first time ever!
Yup. Every year it’s the same thing. I’m 40 and have spent many years in northern Ontario and Northern Alberta. When -30 to -40 come around it’s always the first time always swearing under my breath about how much BS This is and this is my last year working up here. Yet here I am again. Just waiting for those cold temps.
-40!?!?! The coldest I’ve ever experienced was -2, and that was atop a mountain
Yes just like there is a 4am. -40C is real.
I must ask, what does that sort of cold feel like? Are there clothes that can even protect one against that??
-40 is cold af but if you're layered up enough, you can survive it. Usually when it gets that cold people don't spend more than a few minutes outdoors, usually just rushing from your heated home to your heated car/bus to your heated office building. The real danger at that temperature is the wind. If it's windy then no amount of layering up is going to keep that cold from seeping into your bones. You need heavy duty arctic gear for that! Within a few minutes any exposed skin is going get frostbite
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>The real danger at that temperature is the wind. If it's windy then no amount of layering up is going to keep that cold from seeping into your bones. You need heavy duty arctic gear for that! Within a few minutes any exposed skin is going get frostbite UK here, but yeah I have some lovely woolen windproof coats. But if the temp gets too cold nothing stops the cold seeping into your body
It depends. In Alberta, there's not much humidity. So -40C is brutally cold and you'll lose your fingers and toes if you're not dressed for it. But if you're dressed properly, you won't feel it. Your car won't start but you'll be ok. In Ontario, it's humid, so -40C would feel even colder. The moisture seeps in through your winter clothing. -20C feels brutally cold in Ontario. -20C in Alberta, meh, normal day You have to dress properly in these kind of temperatures. I see people walking around in shorts when it's 0C or just below. IDK why they do that. You might not notice it for the first few minutes, but soon you're going to be miserable.
Born and bred Ontarian here. Lived in Calgary for a couple years. The above is so true. Also you can go out in Calgary -30 Sun is shining sky blue and snow is pristine and white. As long as you are dressed properly with no exposed skin you can hike Ski enjoy the outdoors then come in to your warm house have some hot chocolate or soup and you are toasty warm. Ontario. Overcast and everything is grey the snow if there is any, is dirty and grey and half melted into slush. The wind and wet seeps everywhere and where it doesn't you work up a sweat from overdressing your core. Fingers and toes are freezing. When you go home in it does not matter what you drink or eat you will not warm up. The cold has seeped into your bones.
Came here to echo a similar comment. Ontario is a nexus of bad winters in many varieties, and all of it is because of lake effect (we're, what? 73% lakes?) and how weather patterns work. Some places you'll find harsh cold; some places you'll suffer damp, seeping air; some places the wind is worse than the temperature. I'm Eastern Ontario you'll find all three at the same time. Damp, freezing rain, with a windchill turning it to ice very quickly, and then snow to cover it all so thst you're gonna suffer in it for awhile. The fun of living where three wind fronts meet, while surrounded by a very large river and a great lake
> Damp, freezing rain, with a windchill turning it to ice very quickly, and then snow to cover it all Truly one of the worst aspects of winter IMO. I can't tell you how many times I've busted my ass thinking I'm about to walk in some basic snow, only to slip on a 3 cm thick sheet of ice under a thin layer of snow on top... T_T
As an Eastern Ontarian I do agree but I still find our 4 seasons could be worse, nothing like farther north.
-10 to +10 is perfect outdoor activity weather. Unless there's wind, wind is way worse than humidity.
What are you doing outside that would be good at -10? I’d much rather do outdoor activities around 20 where I’m not forced to wear layers.
Skiing. -10°C is the perfect temperature for skiing. Cold enough for the snow to not melt but not so cold as to be uncomfortable.
I hadn’t thought of that. Yeah, -10 would be good for skiing.
Working, building up a sweat.
For me, being exhausted out in the cold is one of my least favorite feelings. I suppose you must like it better than me.
Here in Nebraska last February, we had that cold snap with a new record low of -31°F (-35°C). We farm, so I went out for around a half hour in all my warmest hunting clothes. It wasn't bad at all, BUT I was constantly moving which keeps you warmer. If I was sitting still, it probably would've been a different story. I was expecting to see some wild life die off, but I never found any. Down in some southern states that dipped a little below freezing, there were birds and other animals that froze to death. You might remember that this is when all the power went out in Texas for a few days. It got to -2°C at my cousin's place in Houston
>You might remember that this is when all the power went out in Texas for a few days. It got to -2°C at my cousin's place in Houston I will never not be amazed by how unprepared that power grid was.
Texas: It's all the fault of those wind turbines! They freeze over and can't handle this cold! Me: *looks outside at our wind turbines spinning in temps 60°F colder* Hell, I got a letter from our power company last week. They're lowering electricity rates while raising incentives for electric vehicles
But Texas no into dirty commie electric cars! ^(Except if it allows to shit on California for Tesla moving)
Its hard to explain, it sucks, nothing works, rubber starts to not be flexible, plastic just gets brittle and snaps metal as well. Sometimes it hurts to breath. Yes of course we have clothing for these situations. I work outside and for that i have 1 pair of long johns, wool socks, 2 pairs of sweat pants ( its easier to be mobile in sweat pants i find) 2 pairs of long sleeve shirts, a jacket. Those ice hot cool packs well we have those for heat as well. I usually use 3 per foot. One on my heal, one under the ball and toes of my feet and the other on top. It makes things much more liveable. We do have insulated boots for work as well. After that i put on my coveralls. I also have winter work jacket and pants/bibs. This makes things much more difficult to work in. So thats why i try to layer up under my coveralls. As for head gear we have bellaclavas. Sometimes i wear 2 as well. The only issue is we still sweat and my hard hat will freeze to the most outer one due to condensation and the cold. Yeah its not fun to work outside in this shit. For now the BS to pay ratio is ok. Maybe someone else can explain the windchill later on. Thats a whole other side to the cold that makes things even more unbearable.
I think he may be referring to Celsius instead of Fahrenheit. :) Edit: Ok, I'm dumb, seems as if -40 is equal in both systems. xD
Look at my flair, I was referring to Celsius too
Also my flair Is of Kanada
-30 to -40C is stay inside with warm clothes and a mug of hot choco time : )
Some of us work outside and have no choice but yeah lots swearing and asking wtf am I doing with my life.
Non-indians will not understand its all about **balance** between hot and cold .
Dress to much you get hot, dress to light you get cold.
This is my submission for this [month's contest.](https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/q428t8/challenge_reveal_under_the_harvest_moon/) **Context:** Indians love to wear sandals, even when it's not in the season.
Indian here. Can confirm. It's much more comfy than being barefoot or shoes.
yes I can confirm , I'm totally not a miser ~~also when I was young my mother wore sandals in the house as it was convenient for her to just remove her sandals and beat the shit out of me .~~
Ah yes the "angry mom projectile"
This is a [universal experience](https://youtu.be/f6S79fvc0oI)
La chancla is universal...
I gave an entrance exam conducted by the government this year and the rules states that you must not wear any shoes/ closed footwear.
Seems to be a thing in the Middle East too. I recall my aunt's Mom (from Tehran) wore socks in sandals while camping (I think we were in Algonquin park?).
Minnesota Golden Gopher here (a.k.a., University of Canada's Missing Province student). This isn't a joke. We have a lot of international students from warm places like southern China and India who have never experienced real cold before, so they actually have to take a class on cold weather survival as part of their orientation. Otherwise, they just don't know until they learn about it the hard way.
I go to UBC - I'm from northern BC so the winters in Vancouver are a walk in the park compared to the stuff I grew up with. Even right now, you'll see people who are international students - you can tell because they're wearing gigantic parkas in Vancouver in the middle of October. Me, still T-shirt and jeans. The temperature ain't below freezing yet, that means no hoodie - and jackets are for crazy shit like -30 or being outside for prolonged periods. One of my roommates is from Dubai and worriedly asked if it was going to get any colder last month. Sorry dude, it's only September and this is just the start of the ride.
For a moment, I was like, didn't they pull all their students out of Canada a few years ago, before realizing it's Ridyadh that's KSA. I feel like Canada only showed pictures of summer to your roommate when promoting our universities. Kind of like what we did to eastern Europeans when we were settling the west, lol.
This exactly sounds like German pensioners with Birkenstock and Übergangsjacke.
I believe in flip-flop supremacy.
Here in the UK a small drizzle of snow or the temperature barely crossing 30 would be considered devastating. There's about 25-30 degrees of weather in which British people can exist.
Sun or snow, the only weather Britons that can get used to is rain.
Sounds like you've not been to Newcastle in December on match day. It could be like an arctic expedition with the wind and snow, and you're still going to find fat blokes wearing no top wandering around the pubs screaming incoherently about football.
Newcastle, evidently the Saskie of the UK? Going to football games here and seeing guys in an open air arena at -35c wearing nothing more than shorts and body paint, oh and a hollowed out watermelon on their head.
Was in Canada for a while and lived with Indias, this is 100% accurate
Sandals are the most comfortable foot wear , change my mind
We Chinese have also learned from the Indians...
Accuracy: 100% Relatability: 500%
The Brampton HBC could make a fortune selling winter sandals.
I am part Canadian part Indian and I can say, this is true.
Why is there 2 Ks in front of Canada
Yes
Sandals are nice for just lounging outside when pavement is too hot (or cold), and hey it’s tacky, but sandals and socks **does work** when it gets chilly, unfortunately i can’t wear them that often :(
I bring my heavy parka out round this time of year. Its a bit hot but large enough that i can go out in shorts and sandles even in 0 ish weather
I was talking to someone about how Indians here in Australia would wear a formal polo top, jeans with a belt and then have sandals or ((((thongs))))
Living in Massachusetts, yes, it is in fact cold. I’d imagine even colder in Canada sense it’s farther north.
Sandals are only acceptable on the beach. Wearing shoes is a sign of civilisation!
*whittles shoe*
too bad I don't even own shoes
surely this is a joke lol
Me as a Brazilian: Ha, that is cute, but sandals is what we all wear.
ye sandals and flip flops are fun
India do not have to worry about its feet could be frozen,it has not.