Considering moving to Calgary from the US, some questions

[Guest American Woman]

BubberMiley, on 29 July 2010 - 02:22 PM, said: I've expereinced all that a cold winter in Wpg can offer, but the coldest cold I ever felt was in Montreal in April. It was probably only about -15, but the wind and the humidity just chilled you to the bone no matter how many layers you wore.

true, there is no dressing for humidity and cold it's a killer combination, better off with a dry -40....

Let's face it, they both suck, no matter how many layers you wear.

[wyly]

Let's face it, they both suck, no matter how many layers you wear.

I have the clothing to keep me alive and warm at -40, no amount of clothing will keep you warm with high humidity as well...cold + humidity = hypothermia = death

[Guest TrueMetis]

I have the clothing to keep me alive and warm at -40, no amount of clothing will keep you warm with high humidity as well...cold + humidity = hypothermia = death

Where there are a few things, but they're really hard to find and super expensive.

[Guest American Woman]

I have the clothing to keep me alive and warm at -40, no amount of clothing will keep you warm with high humidity as well...cold + humidity = hypothermia = death

The right clothing will keep one warm in humid cold; and extreme cold, humid or dry, can both lead to death.

[wyly]

Where there are a few things, but they're really hard to find and super expensive.

I suppose.... but I can't imagine what type of clothing keeps out humidity and at the same time wicks away your own perspiration...luckily humidity and extreme cold like -40 don't occur together...

[Bonam]

Where there are a few things, but they're really hard to find and super expensive.

A bit expensive perhaps but certainly not too hard to find. Just go to your local MEC, Arc'Teryx outlet, or other outdoor gear store.

[wyly]

The right clothing will keep one warm in humid cold; and extreme cold, humid or dry, can both lead to death.

you don't appear to be familiar with the degree of cold being discussed...workers in extreme cold have to learn to work like the natives Inuit and Indians work slowly, don't sweat, wet people die very quickly...keep dry and cold is survivable...

[Guest American Woman]

you don't appear to be familiar with the degree of cold being discussed...workers in extreme cold have to learn to work like the natives Inuit and Indians work slowly, don't sweat, wet people die very quickly...keep dry and cold is survivable...

In spite of how it appears to you, I'm familiar. Which is why everything I've said is correct.

[Guest TrueMetis]

A bit expensive perhaps but certainly not too hard to find. Just go to your local MEC, Arc'Teryx outlet, or other outdoor gear store.

Okay clarification, hard to find where I live.

[wyly]

In spite of how it appears to you, I'm familiar. Which is why everything I've said is correct.

if you did then you wouldn't have said it....-40 is cold, -40 and humid would be unbelievably cold...

[Bonam]

Okay clarification, hard to find where I live.

If your profile means the Gibsons I think it means, you're only like a 1-2 hour max commute from Vancouver, which has the widest selection of outdoor gear in the Northwest...

[Guest TrueMetis]

If your profile means the Gibsons I think it means, you're only like a 1-2 hour max commute from Vancouver, which has the widest selection of outdoor gear in the Northwest...

Well I don't consider Vancouver part of where I live. If it's not within a 30 min drive I don't live there. Maybe I'll check some of those places out next time I visit though.

Edited August 1, 2010 by TrueMetis

[bloodyminded]

If that's the measuring stick, it's going to be a long time before you Vancouverites live in a first-rate city.

-k

AH! Just so.

[wyly]

Vancouver is great city, if I won the lotto it's probably the first place I'd buy a vacation condo, 2nd being London or Amsterdam...keeping the home in Calgary as well...

Edited August 4, 2010 by wyly

[Alta4ever]

Don't let people from calgary fool you about the weather, it can be brutal, eespecially in the winter.

It's not uncommon for Calgary to get a day or two of snow in May or June, and even sometimes in July.

Usually Calgarians will say the winters are "mild". Don't believe it. I think they believe this to be the case because their perspective on the winter comes in the context of a comparison to the city 2.5 hours' drive to the North, Edmonton. But saying your winters are "mild" compared to Edmonton's isn't saying much at all.

Calgary winters can suffer through extended periods (2-3 weeeks in a row) of days on end with weather with highs in the -15 (celsius) to -25C range, and with lows in the -25C to -35 range. These "cold snaps" may be only once or twice in the winter, but they can also last for weeks making it unbearably cold - and even life threatening if you get caught outside without a car.

That said, Calgary does enjoy what are known as "Chinooks" - short interludes between cold snaps in which the city's temperature can rise dramatically, even to highs in the low to mid teens celsius for a day or two.

But again, don't be fooled.

There are two things you need to know about chinooks: first, they're usually very short. And secondd, they'rre not really that "warm". While +13C sounds fairly balmy in the dead of January, it's not in Calgary. That's because a chinook is essentially a "warm" wind that blows down off the rocky mountains (caused by some kind of physics related to the change in elevation of moisture laden air masses). But "warm" is a relative term - compared to, say -25C. So the thermometer might say "+12C", but anyone who's stood outside in Calgary filling up your gas tank in a gale force cold wind knows how fast you run back into your car to take shelter from the unpleasantness of the constant, relentless chinook wind (which, by the way, also helps melt snow REALLY fast - just like anyone who's ever done the science experiment of putting some pure alcohol on your hand then blowing on it can attest).

The switch from bitterlyy cold to chinook conditions can make the "average" daily high temperature in Calgary look reasonable, but just be awaree, ALberta winters, whether you're in Calgary or in Edmonton, are long and ridiculously cold, with the odd interlude of thaw.

Good luck!

What a whimp, Calgary is really quite mild.

[Alta4ever]

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[Bonam]

What a whimp, Calgary is really quite mild.

I've really noticed some people in general are just super wimpy when it comes to the cold. Sometimes I'll be standing in a t-shirt being perfectly fine, while the person beside me will have on three layers and be shivering and b*tching about how cold it is. It's just something genetic I guess, some people cope better with the cold than others. Same thing with the heat, when temperatures are in the 30s most people I know are like "yay it's summer" and all happy, meanwhile I am sweating and miserable. Different people just have different temperatures ranges they are comfortable in.

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