Hi, James!  Recently you wrote in a message to Bob Ackley:

BA>  To Calgary?  I've seen enough of your weather down
BA>  here thankyouverymuch . One of your cold fronts -
BA>  we call it the 'Alberta Clipper' - set a record cold
BA>  temp here of -6F Wednesday, the old record was set
BA>  in 1939.

JB>  Sorry, but you and Ardith only qualify as 'honorary'
JB>  Canadians. 


           I can tell you've never waited for a bus at the top of the hill
on Chancellor Boulevard at UBC in the winter.  When the Squamish winds come
over those lovely snow-capped peaks to the north & pick up moisture
from the ocean before they get to you... brrr!  Even with a coat which my
mother had brought with her from Saskatchewan, I really felt the cold.

           I spent two weeks in Saskatchewan during Christmas holidays
around the same time.  Despite what I'd heard about walking ten miles to
school in a blizzard at -60ø, the temperature never fell below a balmy -20ø
F. the entire time I was there.  One day I went for a walk... and my aunt
was convinced I'd frozen to death because I was gone for four hours.  I was
as warm as toast in multiple layers of the same clothing I wore at home. 
She never went anywhere unless it was in a heated car which was kept in a
heated garage, but she'd be wearing fashion boots & a light raincoat
whereas I had serious boots & a wool coat with a chamois lining. 
People say it gets cold in Calgary too....  :-))




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