I think hell would freeze over at these temps

[hink320]

Not Looking forward to the weather forecast this weekend!

 

[Scraggly]

DAMN! and agreed

 

[Quinc]

Wow! Good luck with that!

 

[XJCrawler]

Thank god it will only be -51 in edmonton

 

[ChadGnarly]

Holy crap

 

[OCD Solutions]

The real scary thing about those temps is that propane stops gassing off and anything run on propane stops functioning unless you have tank heaters.

Even scarier, ice in instrument lines shuts down a lot of the compressor stations that supply natural gas to the main pipelines and small towns.

My last winter up north was during the last big freeze in 2009 and we worked around the clock in -51C weather to restore the Husky Evergreen facility just outside of High Level. The entire town was within hrs of loosing all natural gas supply. Many houses have backup or primary wood heaters but you would be surprised at how many have natural gas or propane as a sole source of heat.

 

[102nd7]

I don't think they have to worrie about the propane and such. If you look closely that's the wind chill. Not the actual temp. What's the actual temp going to be. Ether way this winter definitely sucks.

 

[hink320]

Actual temps are supposed to be -35 to -45 celsius depending on location with over 50 km/h winds.

 

[OCD Solutions]

Thankfully there was very little wind the week I took I this pic. It was actually harder to stay warm once it warmed up to -25C because it came with a brutal wind.

This was taken early January 2009 but temps like this were very common in Northern Alberta.

 

[Dmac80sc]

Ha to me that is a living hell and looks like it is going to freeze! How do people even function in that stuff. IT can't take but a few mins for exposed skin to freeze solid in that sort of temps.

 

[OCD Solutions]

It's not that bad if you're prepared for it but it can turn a normal everyday roadside breakdown into a life or death situation pretty damn quick.

Could you handle it for $185K a year?

I was making $86/hr for the 11 weeks I worked in the oil fields. I grossed $48K in that 11 weeks and turned my 08 Cummins off 3 times, and that was just so the dealer could service it.

 

[Fro Diesel]

It's not that bad if you're prepared for it but it can turn a normal everyday roadside breakdown into a life or death situation pretty damn quick.

It surprises me how many people venture into terrible weather without a well packed car for survival. No water, no food, no blanket, no shovel, no way to charge a phone, no light source, zero tools. You don't have to live in bfe to need it.

But then again how many uninsured motorists are there....it funny how the news will report "icy roads to blame for the death..."
REALLY??? Like the roads came up outta no where and killt 'em. When being drunk on stupid was the true cause.

 

[Jet Set Performance]

Wow, just Wow!!! That's insane! I don't feel too bad about it going into the single digits here last night now.

 

[Dmac80sc]

It's not that bad if you're prepared for it but it can turn a normal everyday roadside breakdown into a life or death situation pretty damn quick.

Could you handle it for $185K a year?

I was making $86/hr for the 11 weeks I worked in the oil fields. I grossed $48K in that 11 weeks and turned my 08 Cummins off 3 times, and that was just so the dealer could service it.

Yep for 185k a year sign me up! lol You can take plenty of warm weather vacations with that kind of money.

 

[badvinny]

I dont think I am going iceracing this weekend, just a bit colder than my limit (i live in the center off that map, Saskatoon.) We did race a 24 hour icerace one year that reached -46celcious!..........never again!

 

[Mdavies_02]

Damn that's rough. Hope it does head our way, -18*C with no wind and sunny was like a vacation today.

 

[OCD Solutions]

Yep for 185k a year sign me up! lol You can take plenty of warm weather vacations with that kind of money.

Ironically enough, the weather is the least difficulty part of the job and my hat is off to all oil field workers who live that life day in and day out. If you think the cold is something to deal with, you haven't been around for mosquito season.

I quit after 11 weeks to take over the day to day running of a Chiropractic Wellness Center.

 

[Half flip95]

move to California asap

 

[makejetskiinggreatagain]

If you look closely that's the wind chill. Not the actual temp. What's the actual temp going to be.

Skip to 1:00 on the video

 

[sportfish258]

Yep for 185k a year sign me up! lol You can take plenty of warm weather vacations with that kind of money.

Sign me up as well.... For 185 k I'd do unspeakable things at a truck stop.