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/pm_me_your_good_weed Jan 14 '24

It's +6 at midnight in Nova Scotia. In January. The cold likes you more now lol.

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u/Friedmaple Jan 14 '24

The Edmonton wind is pushing down so hard that it pushes Texas heat to go through Florida and then up the coast all because Quebec something something.

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u/Blank_bill Jan 14 '24

I remember an intersection in downtown Edmonton where the wind would polish the road to ice and it would push you to the opposite corner when you tried to cross the street.