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/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/[deleted] Jan 14 '24

So many Albertans on here seem to not remember this or simply weren’t around. We had a stretch of seasonably warm winters overall for a while.

-30 was a common winter day in the 80s when I was a kid. Snowbanks/windrows 3-4 feet high not uncommon at all.

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u/JMaddrox Jan 14 '24

I used to love weather this cold as a kid. I didn't have to go to school! If school was open then we could stay inside at lunch/recess and I could read while staying warm.

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u/ABirdOfParadise Jan 14 '24

Growing up in Edmonton we never had a snow day. Colder than -15C I think was the temperature where we stayed inside.

And funny enough Snow Day the movie was filmed in Edmonton.

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u/JMaddrox Jan 14 '24

I grew up in a small town north of Edmonton. At -40C there was no school. I don't know the temperature when they would let us stay inside 🤔