Chargeride
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ha not for us, heating engineer now, got underfloor heating and a radiator suitable for siberia.
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DiggyGun
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Similarly, when we had ours built we had air conditioning installed, so we can use all year round. But I know a number of friends who don’t have any heating or cooling systems installed.
kahn
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I left my heat on last night (17F (-8.x C) this morning) in order to make sure that the kitchen water does not freeze. In the past, that is the only faucet/drain susceptible to freezing below about 20F. When I had a new bathroom installed and remodeled the other one, I did have floor heating installed but don't really use it. I don't mind cold floors and I don't find that using it heats the rooms sufficiently.
@DiggyGun A few years back I had Mitsubishi mini-splits put in four rooms mainly for air conditioning (after high heat and forest fire summers) and also heating. I call the Mitsubishi units "range hoods" hanging on the walls!
Prairie Dog
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True, until the temperature drops to -40C then it becomes slightly warmer here.Seems about right. Both places will be about 25 degrees below normal on Monday. Your problem is that your degrees are Celcius. If you were smart you'd use Fahrenheit like us, then it wouldn't be as cold there.
I'm pretty sure that's how it works
Stefan Mikes
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We typically look at the Yakutsk weather to feel betterTrue, until the temperature drops to -40C then it becomes slightly warmer here.
Prairie Dog
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Stefan Mikes
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Oh, no!
PatriciaK
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He didn't move all night, and I was really afraid he was dead! But, this morning, the second I put the feeder back out, he fluffed up and zoomed right to it
! I'm going to have to bring the feeder in and out throughout the day to keep it thawed, and I'm investigating what kind of plants I can have in pots (I live in the 3rd floor) to provide food in winter.
Sorry .. This probably belongs in the Green Room
- I was just so happy the little critter wasn't dead!!!
RandallS
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Getting better - forecast is now -2C. Group ride shaping up!
Have a look at the avg temps and the record high. In 1999, we were outside in the backyard in shorts on Christmas day.
kahn
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Prairie Dog
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Here’s what one Calgary cyclist thought about dressing appropriately on his sub zero commute.
RabH
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He obviously has Scottish blood!
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Prairie Dog
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It would be a dead give away if he had donned a kilt!He obviously has Scottish blood!
Stefan Mikes
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@Prairie Dog: A friend of mine, an experienced travelling journalist asked me to show you this video: "Norilsk, the Hell of the North". Sorry it is in Polish only.
Norilsk, a Russian city above the Polar Circle in the Asian part of Russia. It is not only the cold that makes living there hopeless.
Compared to that, Canada is a paradise...
Norilsk, a Russian city above the Polar Circle in the Asian part of Russia. It is not only the cold that makes living there hopeless.
- White bears and wolverines are a real issue there
- The fifth most polluted city in the world
- Dilapidated housing
- Local authority dictatorship
- No warm water during the winter
- The only way to get there is by ship or airplane
- As it is an enclosed industrial area, you need a permission from the Russian authorities to get in
Compared to that, Canada is a paradise...
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Prairie Dog
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Stefan, I have no doubt that those are horrific living conditions and yes, most regions of Canada in comparison would be considered paradise. However, your journalist friend should realize that there are many places in the world where populations in remote areas within industrialized countries live in third world conditions including Canada which is not immune from its own woes. Case in point, our northern indigenous peoples have faced similar circumstances without clean water, overcrowded or inadequate housing for many, many years. This has occurred under the watch of current and past governments who have continually turned their backs on the suffering and anguish of these peoples until recently. You would think this wouldn’t be the case in such a rich country such as ours but it is. Many first nations communities are also isolated and only accessible by plane or ice road. Fort Hope, NWT is a prime example.
Clearly, we should all be grateful for what we have. Clean drinking water, a roof over our heads and a secure source of food. Recently, a homeless shelter in my home town closed its doors due to complaints from downtown businesses. That left many struggling to find a place to stay the night. It’s difficult to imagine where they would take shelter when it’s -41C outside. On top of that, many are struggling with drug addiction, mental health issues and a life of crime to feed their habit. Sometimes we don’t have far to look when individuals within our own communities are in need of help. Sorry for the rant, back to regular programming.
Prairie Dog
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I made a couple of changes to my winter apparel today to better protect me from the cold. One more Merino layer next to my body and a thicker insulated GoreTex outer jacket. Every piece of clothing/gear worked perfectly in unison but I couldn’t say the same for the Trance, in particular the hydraulics. Brakes and dropper post virtually shut down due to the cold and I was forced to head home after only an hour in the saddle.
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Stefan Mikes
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Thank you Art! Such discussions broaden the perspective!
I have watched the whole Norilsk documentary (it was filmed in the Summer this year). It is not that the people there have been living for years and got abandoned, no. The area is, like, owned by a private company "Norilsknickel"; nickel ore mining and smelting is the essence of the very existence of that city. Most of inhabitants have come from poor areas of Russia and other former Soviet Union republics for work (you need to be a Russian citizen to be allowed to work there). The "immigrants" are lured with high pay (compared to the poor Russian regions), and an employee gets a relatively high "northern pension" after having worked for 15 (men) or 10 years (women). Only the employees of the company get that pension, the others have to charge a lot for their work and products, making the cost of living high, too. People get used to the conditions and most often stay there.
Of course the city is plagued by crime, drug addiction etc.
Norilsk as seen on the globe. I have watched the details. First, you need to get to Dudinka on the Yenisei River. The couple that made the video got to Norilsk from Dudinka by a cargo train (as they said "There is nothing impossible in Russia").
How cold was that? (Now, you would want a glycol based system such as SRAM, just for the winter!)
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