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Winter storm warning for southern Manitoba, only a couple of inches of snow so far but it's that wet heavy crap. 

Now about 10 minutes ago the power went out (rare for us in Manitoba to have power outages) and then came back on flashing. For about 3-4 minutes the lights would flash about every 1-2 seconds in perfect rhythm. I've never seen it do that before. And then suddenly it came back on totally normal.

 



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well it was sunny and 30 here on the island hope you will be ok

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timbuk wrote:

well it was sunny and 30 here on the island hope you will be ok

 LOL, 30 on the island, you're so full of it.............!  30F maybe...........



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22 and sunny for the Falls today then its back to rain tomorrow 



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Too early for S___!



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Snow now makes for a loooong winter!

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No Snow here, just this.  Snow this early would be extremely depressing!

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4:57 AM ADT Friday 11 October 2019
Special weather statement in effect for:

  • Halifax Metro and Halifax County West

Rain and strong winds beginning this evening and continuing into Saturday...

Rain will move into southwestern Nova Scotia late this afternoon and continue eastward overnight to reach Cape Breton by Saturday morning. Total rainfall amounts of 20 to 40 mm are expected for much of Nova Scotia by Saturday evening, with some areas along the Atlantic coast possibly reaching or exceeding 50 mm.

Along with the rain, strong easterly winds will also increase during the day today in the southwest and spread overnight into eastern Nova Scotia by Saturday morning. Gusts may reach 80 km/h along exposed areas of the Atlantic coast. Rough and pounding surf will also impact parts of the Atlantic coast beginning this afternoon and diminish by Saturday evening.

 



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Lots of highways, schools, businesses closed. It's gonna be a long one....

 

An extreme winter storm will pummel parts of southern Manitoba over the next couple of days.

The most intense winter storm conditions are expected for today and Friday night for the Red River Valley as a Colorado low draws closer and intensifies. The western half of the Red River Valley may be hit with an extraordinary amount of snow. Snowfall amounts for today and Friday night could exceed 50 cm particularly towards the Manitoba escarpment. Areas closer to the Red River, including the City of Winnipeg, could get between 10 and 25 cm of wet snow.

Very strong winds will accompany this heavy snow as well. Gusts of 70 to 80 km/h are forecast throughout southern Manitoba, and gusts over 100 km/h are possible off the Manitoba Lakes or in wind prone areas around the Riding Mountains. Travelling will become difficult if not impossible as the day wears on, with heavy, accumulating snow, strong winds and temperatures near zero resulting in treacherous conditions. The combination of heavy, wet snow and strong winds will likely result in downed trees and power lines.



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Lost 1 of the oaks, they barely had a chance to lose any leaves so holding lots of snow.

Luckily missed anything important, see what today /tonight brings.....

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Aw man, that's sucks....

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It's hard to imagine I worked on the lawn Tuesday night.

 

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Snow storm in Manitoba?....old news here in Calgary.

Second storm rolled through last Tuesday,first one was the week before.

Temperatures at night have been in the -6 range this week....

Welcome to Canada,

Where a Canadian will spend $300 for a lawn mower to use 4 months of the year,

and $20 for a snow shovel to use the other 8 months. no



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Now now Greaser, I have 2 - $20 shovels biggrin and a used snowblower.........wink which sadly some years does get more hours than the lawn mower....no



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Wow quite the country we live in. Guys tease me about living in Bring Cash BC but crossing the bridge at noon today after playing hockey there were numerous boats cruising Okanagan Lake. One even had an Albertan wake boarding behind it. Hopefully still a little while before we put the oldies away.

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Easy now, you know your turn will come!

We lost power about 2 hours ago. The generator from the lake is here for the winter so we still have Wi-Fi and heat. Plus we have a propane heater going in the living room.

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Looks like it could be a long road ahead without power. Manitoba Hydro website says they're swamped, no promise date for it to be restored. Bad part is, I'm going to have to find generator gas tomorrow, so I have to find an area with power so I can buy gas. Some nice neighbours have already offered to help with gas if needed though. They have a gas range and gas fireplace so they have no power worries.

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Good luck Carl!

A tropical storm developed out of the blue today, passing by to the south over the next day.  Just some wind and rain for us, but temps will stay above 10 °C.  Nothing even close to what you're going through.

Looking at the satellite pic, you can see how your weather system is likely being affected by the tropical storm as the flow is all messed up:

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Looks like it could be a long road ahead without power. Manitoba Hydro website says they're swamped, no promise date for it to be restored. Bad part is, I'm going to have to find generator gas tomorrow, so I have to find an area with power so I can buy gas. Some nice neighbours have already offered to help with gas if needed though. They have a gas range and gas fireplace so they have no power worries.

 I feel for you Carl.



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still sunny and 30 here....

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I'm supposed to visit my sister in Nova Scotia for an early Thanksgiving dinner today. The 11:15 ferry was cancelled due to the weather. Hoping for the 1pm crossing!

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Trees down everywhere throughout the city-almost wish I was in the tree business right now-you'd be busy for 2 months guaranteed.We had a big ash just miss the garage and numerous big branches( 8 inchers diameter) fall down in the lower area of our yard. Thank god I have a chainsaw-I am betting they are in short supply this morning around the city anywhere you go.

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Trees down everywhere throughout the city-almost wish I was in the tree business right now-you'd be busy for 2 months guaranteed.We had a big ash just miss the garage and numerous big branches( 8 inchers diameter) fall down in the lower area of our yard. Thank god I have a chainsaw-I am betting they are in short supply this morning around the city anywhere you go.

 Wow!  Take care all!  Wishing you a quick recovery from this mess!



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Looks like it could be a long road ahead without power. Manitoba Hydro website says they're swamped, no promise date for it to be restored. Bad part is, I'm going to have to find generator gas tomorrow, so I have to find an area with power so I can buy gas. Some nice neighbours have already offered to help with gas if needed though. They have a gas range and gas fireplace so they have no power worries.

 I feel for you Carl.

 Thanks, it's all good. Generator made it through the night with the electric heater on, 21* in here when I woke up. Generator was still running but the tank was dry, must have been on fumes. Cleared the driveway, the street clearing I heard happen at 4:30 AM, ran out, got a tank of gen fuel and we'll keep on plugging. Running it right now to run the fridge and wi-fi (no data plans on our phones). Cleared some neighbourhood driveways, not much to do now but sit around and wait. Sounds like it could be another day yet, nobody is commmitting. 

We have a new family from Africa (refugees) our church helped bring here just 2 weeks ago.... I'm on my way over there now with a car battery and an inverter so they can charge their phones. They know nobody here, so they are feeling a little bit helpless at this point. And without phones they can't even keep in touch with their sponsors to let them know how they are doing.



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And just before I headed out to take them a battery the power came on, we are back in business. About 20 hours without. Better than I expected actually.

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We are very lucky. You can see Morris down in the lower right hand corner. Look how much of an area is still without.

 

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