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 Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:23 pm
CalledTheRaven So is that anything like -9 Farenheit? (Knows that 0C = 32F but is otherwise bad at Celcius to Farenheit conversions) It's -16.6F
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:31 pm
So yeah, frikken cold. Though Morgandria's got it worse.
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:26 am
I probably will be celebrating Yule with my family. I probably will be making several yummy treats, do ritual, and have some family time. I possibly will stay up threw the night chatting and relaxing till sun rise.
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:06 am
Yule is as important as any other Sabbat around here. We have our little potted tree decorated and lit with little snowflake lights. I will be making our favorite baked potato soup and beer bread. We have a little fire pot, and if it isn't being nasty out that night we will have a small fire. If not we will make our fake fire in the living room. (A large glass tray with about twenty candles on it.)
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:37 am
SO! I was unaware of this before, IE I forgot, but apparently there is a Persian Holiday bearing similarities to other Solstice Celebrations. It celebrates the Solstice, the coming of Spring, etc, etc. Its called Shapehyaldah. But thats Farsi into English so the spelling maybe off. Basically it honors Winter and celebrates Spring and the Sun. From this point on the Sun gets stronger, Light is highly important to Persians, and so it should be celebrated. But we also honor Winter because though its a hard time without there is no new Life. We stay up, eat nuts, berries and generally just have some fun.
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:01 pm
PersianPapiiChulo SO! I was unaware of this before, IE I forgot, but apparently there is a Persian Holiday bearing similarities to other Solstice Celebrations. It celebrates the Solstice, the coming of Spring, etc, etc. Its called Shapehyaldah. But thats Farsi into English so the spelling maybe off. Basically it honors Winter and celebrates Spring and the Sun. From this point on the Sun gets stronger, Light is highly important to Persians, and so it should be celebrated. But we also honor Winter because though its a hard time without there is no new Life. We stay up, eat nuts, berries and generally just have some fun. That sounds really cool!
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 3:30 pm
My high priestess called this weekend off because of the weather. (She's a little freaked out by snow.) I don't think it'll be so bad, but...it's her call.
So looks like I'm on my own.
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 3:33 pm
Morgandria My high priestess called this weekend off because of the weather. (She's a little freaked out by snow.) I don't think it'll be so bad, but...it's her call. So looks like I'm on my own. I can only imagine how much of a bummer that is- but at least you don't have to copy that book by hand, right?
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 3:38 pm
Esiris Morgandria My high priestess called this weekend off because of the weather. (She's a little freaked out by snow.) I don't think it'll be so bad, but...it's her call. So looks like I'm on my own. I can only imagine how much of a bummer that is- but at least you don't have to copy that book by hand, right? LOL I really needed to get it done - I'm supposed to start a joint working this spring, and the book's nescessary. Chances are now I won't see the covenstead until sometime in March, and only if spring is early this year - we sometimes get snowed out well into April, so don't meet again until Beltaine. It's just not worth travelling far in Ontario when the winter weather is inclement. We'll have to see what happens, but once the snow flies here we're usually stuck in the immediate area until at least March.
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:06 pm
She's freaked out by snow, and she lives in Canada? whee
That all kinda sucks though. It must be really frustrating for you.
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:11 pm
Morgandria LOL I really needed to get it done - I'm supposed to start a joint working this spring, and the book's nescessary. Chances are now I won't see the covenstead until sometime in March, and only if spring is early this year - we sometimes get snowed out well into April, so don't meet again until Beltaine. It's just not worth travelling far in Ontario when the winter weather is inclement. We'll have to see what happens, but once the snow flies here we're usually stuck in the immediate area until at least March. I hope it all works out. Maybe I have less patience than sense- but I tend to drive in all kinds of weather. sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:43 pm
Esiris Maybe I have less patience than sense- but I tend to drive in all kinds of weather. sweatdrop It's not entirely paranoid on her part. One, she's British, and will never get used to our snow. It's been 20 years now, and she still hates it. Two, the snow Monday shut down an entire major highway to the US and stranded hundreds of people in their cars, thanks to zero visibility snow. They were rescuing people by helicopter and some were stuck overnight in their vehicles. They're -still- trying to clear the highway. Last week other parts of Ontario's snowbelts got more than a meter of snow, over three days. It's really not screwing around. On the other hand, my husband and I are both completely used to this kind of winter snow. He grew up with it, and winter where I grew up can be even worse than here. You have to be careful, but at the same time sometimes you just ahve to get out and do things, right? He still has to work, we still need to run errands, etc. You learn to function in it. We've been on the edges of the bad snow, nothing catastrophic here, and we're several hours north of the really messy bands of snow. If the angle of the wind shifts about 5 degrees more westerly, we're in the thick of it. But so far it hasn't. I suggested we wait and see what the weather does in a couple days, but she doesn't like 'wait and see'. So I'm on my own. Oh well.
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:55 pm
Morgandria Esiris Maybe I have less patience than sense- but I tend to drive in all kinds of weather. sweatdrop It's not entirely paranoid on her part. One, she's British, and will never get used to our snow. It's been 20 years now, and she still hates it. Two, the snow Monday shut down an entire major highway to the US and stranded hundreds of people in their cars, thanks to zero visibility snow. They were rescuing people by helicopter and some were stuck overnight in their vehicles. They're -still- trying to clear the highway. Last week other parts of Ontario's snowbelts got more than a meter of snow, over three days. It's really not screwing around. On the other hand, my husband and I are both completely used to this kind of winter snow. He grew up with it, and winter where I grew up can be even worse than here. You have to be careful, but at the same time sometimes you just ahve to get out and do things, right? He still has to work, we still need to run errands, etc. You learn to function in it. We've been on the edges of the bad snow, nothing catastrophic here, and we're several hours north of the really messy bands of snow. If the angle of the wind shifts about 5 degrees more westerly, we're in the thick of it. But so far it hasn't. I suggested we wait and see what the weather does in a couple days, but she doesn't like 'wait and see'. So I'm on my own. Oh well. I don't blame her. I just have a habit of driving in weather that sensible people stay home in. So- if you're on your own, what are you planning to do?
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:47 am
Esiris Morgandria Esiris Maybe I have less patience than sense- but I tend to drive in all kinds of weather. sweatdrop It's not entirely paranoid on her part. One, she's British, and will never get used to our snow. It's been 20 years now, and she still hates it. Two, the snow Monday shut down an entire major highway to the US and stranded hundreds of people in their cars, thanks to zero visibility snow. They were rescuing people by helicopter and some were stuck overnight in their vehicles. They're -still- trying to clear the highway. Last week other parts of Ontario's snowbelts got more than a meter of snow, over three days. It's really not screwing around. On the other hand, my husband and I are both completely used to this kind of winter snow. He grew up with it, and winter where I grew up can be even worse than here. You have to be careful, but at the same time sometimes you just ahve to get out and do things, right? He still has to work, we still need to run errands, etc. You learn to function in it. We've been on the edges of the bad snow, nothing catastrophic here, and we're several hours north of the really messy bands of snow. If the angle of the wind shifts about 5 degrees more westerly, we're in the thick of it. But so far it hasn't. I suggested we wait and see what the weather does in a couple days, but she doesn't like 'wait and see'. So I'm on my own. Oh well. I don't blame her. I just have a habit of driving in weather that sensible people stay home in. So- if you're on your own, what are you planning to do? @Esiris-Thanks. It is pretty cool. Though i wish my Farsi was better, I could understand our stories a lot better. @General Nasty Weather-ness- That's like in Florida. Here, we drive during sever weather cuz if its not a catergory 3 or higher Hurricane it aint worth getting up for. Hell I have walked the dog with friends in huge massive death-like thunderstorms. XD
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:29 am
We're sort of like that here. Extreme weather is a novelty, and we're sort of stupid about it, in that we'll go down to the beach during a storm and play in the waves or walk along the sand in the wind. It's good fun, but in the end you'll have a few trees blown down and a couple of houses lose their roofs, so no biggie really. There's a tsunami warning and everyone goes "oh, yeah? lemme see" and heads down to the beach. Not ON the beach... often on the cliffs. Or in their cars, determined to drive away should a tsunami be actually forthcoming xd Last time we had one, people ignored it and walked their dogs on the beach. News crews asked them why they were doing it and they were all "pfft, yeah whatever, there's so not gonna be a tsunami. Dogs need to be walked". And to be fair, there wasn't one. People were just overreacting after 2006 I reckon. No one really gets too much snow here unless they live in like Canterbury, Otago or Southland and even then it's a rare winter that brings a LOT of snow. You can still get places, but people in the cities never bother buying chains for their tyres, so if it snows they can say "oh what a shame I can't get into work". Everything closes when it snows, even if it's like an inch. But no one cares, unless you'd planned to do some shopping or whatever. But there was a heap dumped a couple years ago. People were stuck in their homes for like three weeks and the power cables fell down. Must've sucked. But yeah. Haven't had a decent storm in years. Hardly ever get thunder storms. Have like one tornado a year, or something, and it's so amazing exciting and destroys, like, a dog house. And that's it. To show that we can be rather stupid about harsh conditions, allow me to present a photo taken just after the 7.4 earthquake hit in Christchurch.  .....yes. (Those people don't represent us.)
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