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Caspers Mum
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Sun Nov 26, 2006 4:42 pm  |
Yes, everyone, we're getting SNOW in Hongcouver! Check it out! These photos are from tower cams around the city, taken at about 3:00 this afternoon. Having grown-up in northern B.C., I always laugh at the chaos which ensues when we receive snow in Vancouver; snow is very rare here. People CANNOT drive in it, and it blows my mind how this city literally shuts-down.
Drivers: those whom have 4WD think they're invincible. Meanwhile, they're driving around with SUMMER tires, sliding all over the freakin' place. Like, "Yeah, buddy, keep spinnin' your wheels there. You'll likely make progress. Not." (I don't own/need a vehicle here, btw.)
If I gained anything from growing-up in Smithers, BC, I learned to drive WELL, and how to drive a 4WD properly! LOL!
1. Downtown, across False Creek, Burrard Bridge, to Kitsilano (my `hood).
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2. Jericho Beach/English Bay.
3. Westin Bayshore Hotel, Coal Harbour, to Stanley Park.
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Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:19 pm |
Hongcouver?? Hmm  |
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Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:20 pm |
lol i love it!
its 7pm and its about 1 1/2 feet already in vancouver
how much or how high does snow have to be before work and stuff is shut down? |
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Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:23 pm |
I hope they cancel classes at UBC tomorrow (essay due).  |
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Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:24 pm |
| Wow, so much snow in Vancouver already. We had a light coat of snow on our rooftops a couple of days ago but it's been warmer since then (plus 10 degrees the last couple of days). |
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Caspers Mum
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Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:08 pm |
| dollbird wrote: |
| Hongcouver?? Hmm |
Yes, the city was given this nickname during the HUGE wave of immigration from Hong Kong which happened after Expo 86.
Just as Chicago is "Little Poland" or "Little Warsaw". |
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Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:19 pm |
| lol i used to refer to vancouver as hongcouver a lot when i was in highschool :P (for the same reason of course) |
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Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:45 am |
| I kept laughing when I read Hongcouver, boy I haven't heard that phrase since high school! But I guess I'm one of the "hongers" who live in the REAL Chinatown (aka Richmond). But seriously, we haven't gotten this much snow in years, usually it's just a day of snowing and that's it for the whole season - not to mention how EARLY it's snowing this year! |
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Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:31 am |
This is the first time EVER that I'm glad I'm in Toronto! It'a a nice 10c today!
I do miss YVR though! |
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Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:40 pm |
Ever since Caspers Mum introduced us to the katkam a couple of years ago, my husband and I have enjoyed it and have used various images from it as our screensaver (we love Vancouver!!!)
So now, we have a lovely snow scene -- and can only hope that all of you up there are getting along okay during this apparently novel weather! |
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Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:31 pm |
| It's snowing again!!! And man is it cold.brrrrrrrr. Anyone skipped work/school today because of the snow? |
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Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:39 pm |
| it's dec. 3rd and the snow is still around and not fully melted here in coquitlam area. |
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Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:10 pm |
| I did not drive these days as the conditions were too bad. I waited for 30 minutes to get on a bus on Wednesday morning. I was told some trees at UBC have fallen on the ground. |
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