It's officially winter on the Coast

cessnafloatflyer · Post by **cessnafloatflyer** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:34 am

CHROME X 1/2RF SE50G60 8FT RUF RECORDED 100 KT GUSTS LST 2HRS

METAR CYYJ 121400Z 14029G38KT 3SM RA BR FEW006 FEW020 OVC032 08/06
A2938 RMK SF1SC2SC6 PRES FR SLP950=
METAR CYYJ 121500Z 14031G48KT 2SM RA BR FEW006 OVC035 08/07 A2932 RMK
SF1SC8 PRES FR SLP929=
SPECI CYYJ 121536Z 14028G40KT 3SM RA BR FEW018 OVC040 08/ RMK SC1SC7=

Canoehead · Post by **Canoehead** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:23 am

Winter?

invertedattitude · Post by **invertedattitude** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:30 am

Winter?

you pansy ass!

Come to the east coast, we had a freakin blizzard here Saturday night pretty much!

I just finished shovelling the driveway.

Freddy_Francis · Post by **Freddy_Francis** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:44 am

Typical east coast answer....heaven forbid someone from BC ever complains about the wx without a typical response such as "OH YOU THINK THATS COLD? YOU DONT KNOW COLD!" Geeze.....

cessnafloatflyer · Post by **cessnafloatflyer** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:11 pm

Who's complaining? Just pointing out gusts of 100kts. Not compairing or boasting or anything... just pointing out that the wind is here in winter-type power.

How old is a person who thinks that "my winter is worse than yours...' come on grow up.

wallypilot · Post by **wallypilot** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:06 pm

METAR CYQQ 121700Z 14037G55KT 1SM RA BR FEW008 OVC020 08/07 A2898 RMK
SF2SC6 MAX WND PAST HR 13045G62 RVR RWY 12 5500FT SLP814=

This is what we had to deal with this morning.....

Widow · Post by **Widow** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:34 pm

That was some scarey wind last night and this morning. I don't know how to read those METARs, but I know this ...

I lost at least a dozen shingles, my six foot bird feeder ended up three houses away, half my fence blew down, the wind found a way to blow rain in through every crevice and I've got tiny puddles all over the house, the garage (full of CGAQW engine parts) is flooded, I learned that my gas stove does NOT work when there is no electricity, my children refused to eat fruit salad and I was up for three hours before I found a hot coffee ... only to arrive home and find the power back on.

Days like this I really miss having a man around the house.

Chickaddd · Post by **Chickaddd** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:39 pm

Sounds like picnic wx!

xsbank · Post by **xsbank** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:17 pm

Widow, presumably you have tossed out your lighter and all your matches - is that why you couldn't light the stove?

Winning?

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:41 pm

At CYYT they have a 20 foot length of schooner chain attached to a pole, in place of a wind sock. When it is standing out straight, the locals have been known to observe "There's some jo-Jesus breeze off the tickle, Sar!"

Widow · Post by **Widow** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:42 pm

Ummmmm ... would my gas stove have worked if I'd given ignition?

I didn't think of that .... must have been the lack of coffee ... as for the smoking ... well ... I'll respond on the quitting thread!

Canoehead · Post by **Canoehead** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:03 pm

Freddy_Francis wrote:Typical east coast answer....heaven forbid someone from BC ever complains about the wx without a typical response such as "OH YOU THINK THATS COLD? YOU DONT KNOW COLD!" Geeze.....

Ease 'er down there... since you didn't direct your response, I'll take it personally.

I certainly wasn't discounting the nasty wx you western folks have had, but I was curious about what 'winter' had to do with it. Windy, yes. Winter? I don't think so.

cessnafloatflyer · Post by **cessnafloatflyer** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:17 pm

"Windy, yes. Winter? I don't think so."

Um, that is kind of wind is our winter!

Freddy_Francis · Post by **Freddy_Francis** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:11 pm

Mr. Canoehead.....no offence was suppose to be taken from anyone.....cessnafloatflyer take my "complaining about wx" part out and imput "mentions wx" No one is attacking anyone. On another note for some reason whenever there is a blackout I swear my block is the only one that has its power go....I look up the block I see lights I look down lights!!!!....I think im gonna call BC Hydro.....

SAR_YQQ · Post by **SAR_YQQ** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:55 pm

Four fence panels down, a flooded backyard and 11 hours of power-outage = me!

Widow · Post by **Widow** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:15 pm

Half of Campbell River is still without power ...

goldeneagle · Post by **goldeneagle** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:45 pm

SAR_YQQ wrote:Four fence panels down, a flooded backyard and 11 hours of power-outage = me!

Look at the bright side. You coulda got called to go out and drive your plane in that stuff, and it was NASTY out there today. If you was slogging around on a low level search grid, you woulda been thinking 'how much nicer it would be to be home, even with the power out and a fence to mend'.

flyer 1492 · Post by **flyer 1492** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:09 pm

It was rough all over BC and AB. No matter what altitude. Going in to YYJ we had at least 150 kts right out of the sw. Hopefully it calms down for tomorrow.

Youngback · Post by **Youngback** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:20 am

150kts eh? That would be quite the view from a 152 watching your destination get smaller out the front window. Starting to look a lot like last winter. Hopefully they built the roof at BC Place a little stronger this year.

invertedattitude · Post by **invertedattitude** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:30 am

It's not winter just because there's a bit of wind!

Winter=Cold=Snow, wind is a factor only in blowing more snow around

People that complain about winter at +8C have obviously never experienced it before.

A breezy windstorm it may have been, but it's not winter weather.

taxiway_matthew · Post by **taxiway_matthew** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:54 am

You call that weed?! Man I'm from Vancouver, you don't know weed man.

Apparently theres another storm on 'er way.
Just like last year, one after another. I love it.

flying4dollars · Post by **flying4dollars** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:00 am

cessnafloatflyer wrote:Who's complaining? Just pointing out gusts of 100kts. Not compairing or boasting or anything... just pointing out that the wind is here in winter-type power.

How old is a person who thinks that "my winter is worse than yours...' come on grow up.

how is that winter? because it was windy?

lol....!

wallypilot · Post by **wallypilot** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:55 am

flying4dollars wrote:
cessnafloatflyer wrote:Who's complaining? Just pointing out gusts of 100kts. Not compairing or boasting or anything... just pointing out that the wind is here in winter-type power.

How old is a person who thinks that "my winter is worse than yours...' come on grow up.
how is that winter? because it was windy?

lol....!

73,000 homes without power in the vancouver area....flooding....trees down....we sure as hell don't call it summer!

winter means Dec-March....like everywhere else in the northern hemisphere.....just because it doesn't snow doesn't mean it's not winter. You guys are brutal.....the o.p was just pointing out that the winter pacific storm season is here, like it comes every year on the west coast in the late fall and in the...wait for it.....wait for it....in the WINTER.

What else should we call it? Look beyond you're little northern holier-than-thou attitudes and accept that winter is merely a season. It means something other than snow for billions of people world wide. For some it means wet, for some it means cold, for some it means the storm season/hurricane season/monsoon season...for yet others it means 25C instead of 45C. Broaden your horizons people.

flying4dollars · Post by **flying4dollars** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:04 am

wallypilot wrote:
flying4dollars wrote:
cessnafloatflyer wrote:Who's complaining? Just pointing out gusts of 100kts. Not compairing or boasting or anything... just pointing out that the wind is here in winter-type power.

How old is a person who thinks that "my winter is worse than yours...' come on grow up.
how is that winter? because it was windy?

lol....!
73,000 homes without power in the vancouver area....flooding....trees down....we sure as hell don't call it summer!

winter means Dec-March....like everywhere else in the northern hemisphere.....just because it doesn't snow doesn't mean it's not winter. You guys are brutal.....the o.p was just pointing out that the winter pacific storm season is here, like it comes every year on the west coast in the late fall and in the...wait for it.....wait for it....in the WINTER.

What else should we call it? Look beyond you're little northern holier-than-thou attitudes and accept that winter is merely a season. It means something other than snow for billions of people world wide. For some it means wet, for some it means cold, for some it means the storm season/hurricane season/monsoon season...for yet others it means 25C instead of 45C. Broaden your horizons people.

relax..i meant how is that METAR winter weather. wind storms in BC arent always associated with winter weather....temp was +8 in that metar anyways!

i dont think it has anything to do with us being conditioned to the north. im from the coast...ive only been up north for 11 months...im still on BC climatization..

heres hoping for a mild winter

fogghorn · Post by **fogghorn** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:34 am

Lets see - how can you tell winter has arrived on the south coast?? Well, for starters, Pasco has the whole apron cluttered with their fleet pointed into wind. They arent flying, just blocking off all the parking so no one else can get close to the south terminal. Poor airmanship and inconsiderate - why don't you try parking more aircraft toward one end of the ramp and leave a few spots for other aircraft that actually come and go? Especially for the people who have trouble making their way to and from aircraft.