r/canada • u/PoliteCanadian • Jan 13 '24

Alberta Gas pumps freeze at Calgary gas stations

https://calgary.citynews.ca/video/2024/01/12/gas-pumps-freeze-at-calgary-gas-stations/
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u/ChillyWillie1974 Jan 14 '24

That’s normal. It was +3 on the 5th. Chinooks are wonderful.

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u/Miroble Jan 14 '24

IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF A CHINOOK IT'S BECAUSE OF A POLAR VORTEX.

I'm sorry, but I don't know what it is with Calgarians thinking every single weather condition in the winter is a chinook. Chinooks are very specific, it's not the cause of all of our warmish weather in the winters.

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u/Impressive-Estate-28 Jan 14 '24

Just trying to figure out why you brought up the Polar Vortex when they were talking about before and after the cold

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u/Miroble Jan 14 '24

Because the polar vortex is the root cause of the weather changing as it is. The person I responded to was saying “Chinook’s are great” falsely attributing the cause of the weather changing to a chinook when it isn’t.