OOO flash back ... I spent most of my elementary school years in Edmonton taking three buses each way to school. In charge of my younger sister. I spent a year or two every day putting the snowsuit on and taking it off. Snow melting from everyone's boots in the classroom....and going to school in the dark and coming home in the dark in the tunnel the snowplows made of the sidewalk. The last year we were there we went for 90 days without ever hitting zero. Fahrenheit. My mother still has the "We survived" certificates the Edmonton Journal ws handing out. And the summer, ah, you could go to the corner store for icecream and if you were slow to eat it it would melt before you got home. Bug spray was a necessity and the wind moved over the wheat like it was water. We drove to Toronto one summer and the went straight for hundreds of miles as it shimered in the heat. I was listening to the new Neil Diamond the other night: bury me out on the prairie where the buffalo used to roam where the Canada geese used to fill the sky then I won't be far from home Dana
On 10/27/05, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The thing you need to remember... Is that in Saskatchewan we are -used- > to blizzards. When people in other parts of the world are freaking out > over ice storms and -40C weather... We just put on another scarf and let > our cars warm up for a little longer. > > I don't recall a single time in he 29 years I've been on the planet that > we've had a 'closed due to weather day' for schools or businesses. > > Because we are a fair ways from any really significant water, we have > very dry winters... So not the same problems with ice and fog that you > see on the coasts or in Ontario near the great lakes. > > Saskatchewan... One of the few places on the planet that sees -40C and > +40. > > NOW... I didn't say -40C was enjoyable... :) > > -- > Jillian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:09 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: hurricanes suck > > A lot of people complain about living in mid-western Canada (I am in > Saskatchewan)... But I'm starting to think it's really among the better > places in the world to live. We're not far from the Rocky Mountains... > So there is some escape from this flat... (did I mention flat?) horizon > --but the real benefit is that there are really no natural disasters to > speak of. Not a tornado, a hurricane, a tsunami or an earthquake... Not > even so much as a volcano to overflow with lava. > > Feeling rather safe, > Jillian > > Well, I don't know about "NO" natural disasters. I've lived in Montana, > just south of you. And I know that nature can quickly and with > authority serve up a Blizzard in that part of the world that will match > any tornado you care to mention for overall damage. > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org <http://www.BloodSource.org> > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > Confidentiality Notice: This message including any > attachments is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender and > delete any copies of this message. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178657 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
