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It feels like winter is gonna start early this year especially...

7K views 72 replies 27 participants last post by  SinkHole 
#1 ·
...if you've been watching the deals on whiskey. It seems like they've transitioned pretty hard into their winter stuff already. Saw a super sick DC jacket and a Rome Agent camber back to back. If they put up the Rome Agent rocker for 200 I'm jumping on that!
 
#4 ·
That's GOT to have you brimming with anticipation!!? Is that snow something you can hike, drive, sled, skin or otherwise get to and ride??
 
#9 ·
Careful now! You don't want to get too specific with your predictions. If you wrong we will hold you accountable! ;)
(....with predictions like that, you could be a weather Man for the tv news!)
 
#15 ·
I am starting to wear hoodies and sweaters again.

This is scary cause I have a broke truck and need a pass. AHHHH! Of course the pass is priority, but the truckles is a key part of mountain living. Fucking water pumps suck.

I look at all the clearance outerwear on my breaks and have to pass it all up. I could get some steezy stuff if I did not have truck issues. Good thing my board is still good and have semi good condition boots.

I'm not ready yet for winter. My tomatoes are still green. My plant is a monster and to big to remove from the window at night like I did when it was a baby plant. Fucking Dwarf seeds my ass.
 
#22 ·
Did you just save a bunch and then headed out there or did you find something before you left? Did you know anyone before moving there? How much did you save? I know my SO would rather not move to Calgary, but would go to BC for sure

And Kill, I agree, its never easy. Been applying for a couple years, don't know what I'm doing wrong
 
#25 ·
yes i feel the same- the aspen in NM are already turning yellow. there has been so much rain that i think we will see fall colors in a few weeks. i'm on the east coast now for some music shit, and the leaves here are beginning to turn as well.

i wanted to research more about this, so i went on a bunch of farmer's almanac sites and watched some crazy youtube videos made by the weather nerds. it didn't seem very convincing. but with all the rain we've FINALLY been getting in NM, i wouldn't be surprised if the central part of the US got hammered with snow this year, and starting early...
 
#31 ·
The problem with BC is either jobs or cost of living. Victoria has more jobs, but high cost of living. Then places like Nelson, Fernie, Revy, just don't have the tech jobs. I am a software engineer.

This is why I landed in Calgary. Cost of living is similar to Toronto but a bit cheaper, especially housing thanks to surrounding small towns (Airdrie, Chestermere). Then there is lots of jobs. The one downside is renting, not a lot of vacancies at the moment.

Given your schooling, you may be better off looking for job in Calgary, sounds like oil and gas might have options for you.

As for costs, I looked for a job from Ontario and had the company pay to move me. They ended up paying about 75% of my costs. To have our house shipped out was about $5000, cars were $1400 each. License switch and plates is pretty easy, similar costs as back in Ontario.

You could definitely move here cheaper, but less headache this way.

Sure we aren't in BC, but Fernie is 3hrs away, Revy is 3hrs away, same with kicking horse. Sunshine is an hour away, lake Louise is an hour and a half. It is sunny all summer, great mountain biking. No Ontario humidity. I am pretty happy with my choice so far.
 
#32 ·
Not to take over the topic. COBAL.. God you guys are old, I thought I was hard core with C/C++ with all the newbies constantly talking about how awesome nodejs and jquery are. God forbid any of them know what a lock or socket is. Every thing is already made for them.
 
#41 ·
to go along with the original topic, here's some info:





"NOAA has released their winter 2013/14 winter weather predictions and it doesn’t mean too much for most any skier or rider anywhere in the USA. Essentially, they are saying that we should have ‘equal chances’ of having an average winter precipitation-wise. What they are trying to say is that, as far as they can tell, winter precipitation should be nearly average for almost the entire USA."


found that here North American 2013/14 Winter Weather Forecast from NOAA | SnowBrains.com

of course we all now a weather man or two who have been wrong before
 
#43 ·
I just hope for constant. Average or otherwise. Last season in Colorado actually turned out well above average. It didn't get started until the last week or two of February though. A lot of ski areas closed while it was still snowing.

I wouldn't mind a November and December to remember this year.

These middle of the road predictions seem to wind up quite positive on the upside. The 10-11 season was supposed to be a dry one here. Yeah that record setting snowfall season...
 
#44 ·
It's been in the high 30-low 40 temps every morning up here for the last 2 weeks. Snow above 11500' has been regular. Lots of precipitation and moisture in the air. It's a great weather patern up in the mtns but it worries me that it will swing the other direction of dry and unseasonably warm.....
 
#46 ·
We are starting a global cooling trend now. Antarctic ice is starting to refreeze at an accelerated rate faster than what has been "documented" Global warming doesn't solely mean "warmer", it results in a harsher winter as well.

My conclusion: There will be snow in winter/spring lol
 
#47 ·
Isn't the arctic experiencing its coldest summer in like 60 years or something? Also, if it was unseasonably warm people would be panicking about that. I'll take the cool temps any day. What the temp is now has no bearing on what it will be like in 2 months. I'm just ready for some freakin snowboarding.
 
#50 ·
Not that I'm a weatherman science dude, cause I'm not, but the suns magnetic poles are in the process of switching which happens every 11-15yrs I think. The earths weather should do a 180 of sorts. I feel like I can already tell in Colorado and after visiting SoCal I could tell there too. I stayed at a holiday inn, thank you.
 
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