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Jude
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Posted: Thu 19 May , 2022 1:09 pm
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What's your normal coldest temperature in the winter?

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Single-digit in Celsius. Which it was an hour ago, but it's warmed up slightly now that it's the middle of the day. I wore a beanie under my helmet when I went to vote this morning.


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Jude
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In Australia you wear a helmet when you go to vote? Sounds like a scary place. :P

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:LOL:
I should have re-read it to realise I summarised too much. No, I just cycle short distances, and there were about a dozen polling places within comfortable cycling range. I took the helmet off and locked it up with my steelhorse when I went in to vote.


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We had a huge violent storm yesterday with houses damaged and trees blown down. My power finally just came back. My sister's is still out.

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Estel Dúnadan
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Oof. The reminder that no matter how good our technology, nature can still hit back. I hope your house and your sister's are OK, and that your sister gets power again soon. It sounds like already long enough that fridge and freezer contents may go bad. :(


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Jude
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My sister's power came on again last night. But there are still thousands of people without. The mayor said that it may take days before everyone's is restored.

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Posted: Mon 23 May , 2022 11:48 pm
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Did they decide yet if it was a tornado? I think we got off lightly here, relatively speaking.

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It depends on whom you talk to.

My neighbour says she saw a post on facebook with a video of a funnel cloud. I did a search on youtube for "Ottawa tornado 2022" which brought up some pretty scary footage, but no actual funnel cloud that I could find.

Soooo... I guess there's no official word yet.

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Co-workers are sharing stories and pictures from the weekend on the group chat. Wow. I really got off lucky :Q

My boss had a tree fall on his house. He's okay, and it's been fixed.

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Scary stuff, Jude! Glad you are OK.

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I'm glad you're okay, too!

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Gosh, you were fortunate, Jude. Thank goodness!

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Still 105,000 without power in the Ottawa region. I feel for them - even one day was hard enough.

The goal is to have it all restored by end of day Friday.

In related news, I'm thinking of getting a generator sometime before the next time this happens. Does anyone here have one? Are they straightforward to use?

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All I know about generators is not to use them indoors. Although I probably should consider one, between rolling blackouts and the chance of earthquakes.

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I’ve actually been looking at solar generators, which you apparently can use inside.

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Well, we didn't meet our goal of having everyone's power restored by Friday night. But we're getting there.

By the way, the official word is that it was not a tornado. They're calling it a "downburst" or a "derecho".

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Posted: Sat 28 May , 2022 12:35 am
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Well, the derecho is what I had heard first, so I guess that was right. ??

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Looks like!

I hadn't heard the word until you mentioned it.

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I thought it meant a dust storm.

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