-42 the wind chill in Edmonton.
-40 the temperature in Leedale, just south of Edmonton. This was the coldest place on earth on that day.
-39.8 the temperature in Manning, northern Alberta. The next coldest place on earth.
+52 the temperature in Santa Elena de Uaren, Venezuela. The warmest place on earth that day. That's almost a 100C difference!
-5 the temperature in Siberia that day. It was warmer in Siberia than it was Edmonton. Siberia!
4,242 the number of service calls logged by the Alberta Motor Association, mostly for battery boosts.
16 hrs, 39 minutes the average wait time in Edmonton for a tow or a winch.
+14 the temperature in Ontario that same week. Jerks.
5 the number of times I've shoveled in the last 3 weeks. 5 more times than I've ever had to shovel in my entire life.
I can't believe we live here. I can't believe we moved here. On purpose.
That Friday, the coldest day of our lives, was also the day we stood outside for as long as we could to pick out our very first Christmas tree. David is very picky about his Christmas trees, so we went to the only place I could find in Edmonton that sold Fraser firs which was only about 20 minutes outside the city, but you would have thought we were halfway up to High Level, especially when we told people where we got it. They only had about one of each size in the Fraser fir, so we had to settle (and pay exorbitantly) for an 8ft tree, cut down to 7ft to fit into our house. We definitely overpaid, but the results are worth every penny.
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| It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. |
Our house is finally starting to look and feel like a home, even if it's only in this room.
In keeping with the winter (and holiday) spirit, check out this new Apple commercial that was filmed in snowy Edmonton, in the Cloverdale neighbourhood.
To accompany this video, the Edmonton Journal has a pretty lengthy piece analyzing the Apple ad as well as dubbing Edmonton as "The Official Home of White Christmas." That's a pretty big claim, but it might be true. It's great that the biggest, newsworthy stories are all about snow and the weather. Only in Canada. And in this case - Edmonton.
