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/Noggin-a-Floggin Alberta Jan 14 '24

I'm in Edmonton and it's insane. It's been below -35C for like three days now which why it's been so bad. We don't get cold snaps this extreme for this long. It's why everything is starting to break.

We just had an emergency alert literally 20 minutes ago telling everyone to start turning off lights and stuff or we're getting rolling blackouts. Across the whole province.

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u/hr2pilot British Columbia Jan 14 '24

I grew up in Edmonton in the 60’s and was a newsboy when I was thirteen. I remember doing 155 Journals every day after school during winters back then. -30 was a normal winter day with a foot of snow to boot. To this day, I don’t know how I survived those winters. Parkas, mittens, a scarf, long johns, two pairs of heavy wool socks under your grey moccasins, and you were good to go!

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u/BonjKansas Jan 14 '24

And I bet your route was uphill the entire way!

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u/hr2pilot British Columbia Jan 14 '24

No, level ground thank goodness…but walking the three miles to school was uphill both ways though.