On Feb 10, 4:28*pm, AGL wrote:
You Canadians are great folks but you exaggerate the temperature. My
friends in Vancouver complain bitterly when temps approach "0" by which
they mean a mere 32.

Pete Brown
Anchorage Alaska

Although you are correct in saying that those in Vancouver complain at
0C, as do those in Seattle, you ought to check the weather records of
Winnipeg (Winterpeg as we Canadians call it) and Anchorage.

http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/misc.php?page=climlist* -38 F *Anchoragehttp://weather.uk.msn.com/monthly_averages.aspx?&wealocations=wc%3aCA...
-54F Winnipeg

Having said that, under -10F you put on all the clothes you have so
you have to take a run at doorways, and it's still cold, so the
difference between -38 and -54 isn't that big a deal. *;-) *You could
die either way.



My mother and her twin sister were born in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, but
went to school in Camper, Manitoba, (173km NNW of Winnipeg). In the
early 1930's they were walking the three miles to the one room school
from the farm (been there, it's the real distance). It was extremely
cold. Their younger cousin wanted to lay down and go to sleep. They
knew that meant he was freezing to death, so they kept him walking and
dragged him along. They weren't allowed to return home later that day
as the claimed temperature was -65F. That's not inconsistent with
record lows reported in Manitoba around 1933/34. Sometimes they
skated to school on the frozen irrigation ditches.

Frank Whiteley