It’s cold but it could be worse
Posted Jan 18, 2012 7:59 am.
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Old Man Winter’s frosty grip on Calgary and area will start to ease in the next couple of days, with the cold weather headed east.
While the cold snap has produced a lot of grumbling, things could be worse.
There was near-panic shopping reported in Seattle, Washington Tuesday ahead of an impending storm.
Dean Restione with KIRO radio in the Emerald city tells 660News you would almost think the sirens went off ahead of a nuclear strike.
The storm could leave behind a year’s worth of snow, 20 to 30 centimetres, in just over 24 hours.
Dangerous wind chills were reported Wednesday morning in part of British Columbia’s interior, with residents in Kamloops waking up to temperatures that feel like minus 40 degrees Celsius.
Victoria, B.C., could get up to five centimetres of snow Wednesday, and it’s expected to produce dangerous driving conditions.
It might be winter, but spring-like thunderstorms have spawned a series of Tornado’s that did a damaging dance across parts of Kentucky, Indiana and Mississippi.
Temperatures in Calgary should climb above zero by the weekend.
