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Blame It on the Weather
Blame It on the Weather: Strange Weather Facts | David W. Phillips, Michael Parfit, Suzanne Chisholm
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Little wonder we are obsessed with the weather. In this delightful, humorous and informative look at weather, climatologist David Phillips answers many of our most common questions about weather pheno- mena, describes fascinating moments in weather history, and delves into weather folklore and trivia from across North America. David Phillips is the country`s most popular weatherperson. He is Senior Climatologist with Environment Canada`s Atmospheric Environment Service and appears regularly on The Weather Network`s `Ask the Expert.` He also writes the `Weatherwise` column for Canadian Geographic magazine and is the originator of Environment Canada`s Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar.
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rabbitprincess
Blame It on the Weather: Strange Weather Facts | David W. Phillips, Michael Parfit, Suzanne Chisholm
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To quote the bowl of petunias in Hitchhiker's Guide: “Oh no, not again.“

More rain Thursday and Friday! More possibility of flooding!

Time to start evolving gills...

Swe_Eva 😲 5y
rabbitprincess @Swe_Eva One of the bridges over the Ottawa is actually closed because the water level is mere centimetres below the bridge. This rain won't help 😑 5y
Swe_Eva OK, I'd recommend a detour... 😭 5y
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tournevis Yeah. Woo. Hoo. Yee. Pee. 5y
Melissa_J Yay for more rain! Said no one in Ottawa ever. 5y
rabbitprincess @Swe_Eva The buses are on detours for the foreseeable future. More reading time, I guess... @tournevis 🎊😐 @Melissa_J I know eh? And I bet the summer will be bone dry. 5y
CouronneDhiver Seriously. My backyard is a swamp... it‘s disgusting. 😫☔️ 5y
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rabbitprincess
Blame It on the Weather: Strange Weather Facts | David W. Phillips, Michael Parfit, Suzanne Chisholm
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Oh FFS, this is ridiculous. Can we have ONE week without some kind of weather warning? This winter storm can bite me.

Mdargusch You poor thing! 🥶 5y
rabbitprincess @Mdargusch The annoying part is I have an appointment on Wednesday and it is easier to get to from the office than from my place, so I can't really telework 😑 5y
Mdargusch That‘s the worst - when you have no choice but to go out in it. Try to reschedule! 5y
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LeahBergen This has been Calgary‘s longest cold snap in 21 years! Wtf?? 5y
Laura317 We are getting flooding from rain instead of snow. I think I may end up with webbed feet if it doesn‘t stop! 🦆Stay safe, and maybe reschedule! 5y
Melissa_J I‘m so done with winter. I can‘t work from home Wed so I hope my street is passable 😬. Here‘s hoping we don‘t get as much snow as is being called for 🤞🏻 5y
CouronneDhiver Gah! Not again... 🙄 5y
rabbitprincess @Mdargusch I bet if I reschedule, it will snow again ? Sounds like the am will be worse than the pm though. @LeahBergen Eww! @Melissa_J I hope so too! @CouronneDhiver I feel like the bowl of petunias in Hitchhiker's Guide. "Oh no, not again." 5y
rabbitprincess @Laura317 Yikes! I hope your home is safe from the flooding! It looks like Tue evening and Wed morning will be the worst. My appointment is in the early afternoon so I hope there won't be too many people out at that time. 5y
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rabbitprincess
Blame It on the Weather: Strange Weather Facts | David W. Phillips, Michael Parfit, Suzanne Chisholm
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Another week, another weather advisory. In this case, it's a freezing drizzle advisory.

I was supposed to go to my aunt-and-uncle-in-law's this afternoon to hang out with them and their 😺 and to get more hand-me-down clothes, but I decided to postpone because it's gross weather for busing and I didn't want them to be driving. I am so done with this 💩 😾

Melissa_J Yuck! This winter feels worse than usual. The only one I can remember that sucked more than this one in 2008, when we got 14ft of snow. 5y
rabbitprincess @Melissa_J Yep that was a sucky winter too! For me I wonder if it's because the summer was SOOOO hot, and then in the fall we had the tornadoes, so now I'm like can we just have ONE season without extreme weather? 😕 5y
TheSpineView Yikes! I would rather have just ordinary snow than the freezing stuff which makes driving near to impossible. Be safe! 5y
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rabbitprincess @TheSpineView Me too! Freezing rain is gross. 5y
CouronneDhiver Damn. I was sooo hoping for smoothe sailing 5y
rabbitprincess @CouronneDhiver Oh no, are you travelling here tomorrow? 😰 I hope it won't end up as bad as they're predicting. 5y
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rabbitprincess
Blame It on the Weather: Strange Weather Facts | David W. Phillips, Michael Parfit, Suzanne Chisholm
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So far this week, we've had an extreme cold warning, a winter storm warning, a "special weather statement" that was basically another winter storm warning, and now a freezing rain warning ? And then the freezing rain will change to rain, and then it will get cold again ?

I'm working from home tomorrow though ?

Kaye Be careful. That ice is scary ! 5y
kwmg40 It‘s terrible here in K-W as well. Stay warm and safe! 5y
rabbitprincess @kaye I will! One of my coworkers was saying he should have brought his skates 😧 @kwmg40 I haven't left the house today 😄 5y
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rabbitprincess
Blame It on the Weather: Strange Weather Facts | David W. Phillips, Michael Parfit, Suzanne Chisholm
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Sure sounds like it out there!

Swe_Eva Wow! Yep, staying indoors sounds like a good plan. Keeping my fingers Xed for you. 👍 6y
rabbitprincess @Swe_Eva Thanks, Eva! 😊 6y
CouronneDhiver Yep. I lost some roof shingles today... pretty brutal out there 6y
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rabbitprincess @CouronneDhiver Yikes! I hope you'll be able to get those repaired soon. 6y
tournevis @rabbitprincess @CouronneDhiver Haven't looked outside yet, but my husband and I decided that we're going to have it replaced this summer instead of next year, because last jight we could see tiles curl in the wind and it wasn't subtle. 6y
rabbitprincess @tournevis Yikes! Good call! 6y
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