[RiceIntegraRS]

in 30mins, surrey is now covered in snow

[Liquid_o2]

Raining here in Richmond, but my car said 1 degree only.

[Teriyaki]

Chonky slices of wet snow in Richmond. Nothing going to be sticking I'd presume.

[MG1]

Snow!!!!! I am so fucking happy right now. I feel like a kid. The kind of year we had, this really makes me want to dance. Snoopy dancing kind of happy.

Reality will hit when I have to shovel the shit when and if it sticks............... but even that is fun. I shit you not. I like shovelling snow so much I shovel my neighbours driveway. Well, he is like 85+ years old, so I have to do it for him.

[MG1]

I would love to see a White Christmas again. They don't happen that often.

I've seen 4 maybe 5 in my lifetime here in Vancouver.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/vancouver-news/white-christmas-canada-vancouver-1941527

[Liquid_o2]

2008 was the last white Christmas I can remember. It snowed at least 12 to 16 inches the days leading up to the 25th.

[MG1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2008_North_American_snowstorms

2008 was the year it even snowed in Las Vegas, lol. I remember seeing car crashes on the news. Or was that LA?

[jjson]

Snowing hard in north burnaby

[RiceIntegraRS]

i feel like we've had a couple white christmas's in vancouver in the past 10 years

[nismodrifter]

Well. Thank god for work from home.
I'm in South Surrey and its coming down hard. Sticking from what i can see.

Not a fan of being on the road with drivers here.

I also enjoy a good shovel, looking fwd to that this afternoon.

[MG1]

i feel like we've had a couple white christmases in vancouver in the past 10 years

Fixt...............

To be a "white christmas, there has to be at least 2 cm of snow on the ground (7:00 am on Xmas day). In Britain, it has to be snowing on that day.

To me, the rule should be snowfall of at least 2CM on Xmas day. Leftover snow from previous days should not count.

So, maybe 6 in my lifetime of nearly 7 decades of living here in Vancouver.

[320icar]

So.... adesa tonight?

https://i.makeagif.com/media/9-10-2019/uct7BG.gif

[quasi]

I might be in the minority but snow belongs on the mountains not in the city...at least this one it's why we live here isn't it?

I got my fill living in Saskatchewan plus my new driveway and street....FML

Lol, been driving here for almost 30 years including 5.0L mustangs, Camaros, RX7 in the snow and this might be the first year I need buy snow tires due to my driveway.

https://imgur.com/a/cIIM1Vr

[Hehe]

South Surrey is snowing hard.

It's funny because just last night, I was checking on the forecast and I told my kids that it's likely we wouldn't get a white Christmas this year.

Then all the fury... :fuckthatshit:

[Acura604]

It’ll all be gone by tomorrow AM so u summer tire year rounders ...rejoice

[quasi]

It’ll all be gone by tomorrow AM so u summer tire year rounders ...rejoice

Lol, I'm not worried about this one I'm worried about future in Jan/Feb. I have our mechanic sourcing me out some tires I can't believe I'm even going there hah.

Edit: Ok bought some snow tires he's going to grab them for me when he's in Seattle next. Goodyear Winter Command for my truck, hopefully I'll have them next time it snows lol. I knew my driveway and street were steep and when I bought the house I was like this might be a problem but then I was like I have 4 wheel drive how bad can it be? I went out to get salt for driveway by the time I got back there was a fair bit of snow and I barley made it up my street I could only laugh.

[yray]

low of +1 tonight at yvr

ice tomorrow just like ice boy taken to the streets

[punkwax]

South Surrey is snowing hard.

It's funny because just last night, I was checking on the forecast and I told my kids that it's likely we wouldn't get a white Christmas this year.

Then all the fury... :fuckthatshit:

I’m in the ocean park area. Just shoveled and holy shit that snow is heavy af. Heaviest I remember in a long time.

One 10kg bag of Alaskan ice melt down.

[invader]

I'm ready

https://i.ibb.co/TwsfPjn/20201217-120415.jpg (https://ibb.co/cyjB2fp)

[Bouncing Bettys]

Snow has finally stopped, but most of Aldergrove is without power. Mine just went out about 40 min ago when my phone was at 11%. Charging in the car right now.

Growing up in Kamloops, it really is amazing how fragile the electrical systems are down here. A little snow or wind and it goes out. So many above-ground grid systems.

[MG1]

This would come in handy during a power outage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WvzB3khLHs

[Zedbra]

Are the roads an ice field this morning in the Lower Mainland? I'm supposed to head out to Langley today, but can push it for another day if the roads are a skating rink

[westopher]

They aren’t bad on the main roads from north van to downtown. It’s like 1 degree so they are more wet than icy if they are a main route. The sidewalks are fucking slippery, so I imagine if you need to get very far above sea level they might get dicey. I didn’t slide anywhere at all and even gave it a couple tester throttles to see. Looks like south of us got it worse yesterday with the snow though. Lots of accidents yesterday evening in the Surrey/Langley area.

[BIC_BAWS]

North Delta to Richmond (91) was fine. No ice. Just idiots with ice sheets on their cars

[twitchyzero]

around 830a in vancouver felt ice skatey even on a crawl when turning left prematurely (4wd new snowflake tires)
otherwise fine as well as on the way home an hour or two ago

[yray]

tomorrow morning gonna be fun.... freezing fog

[MG1]

Make sure windshield washer fluid is topped up. Salt......... and clean all light lenses.


Did someone say salt?

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0d/85/69/0d8569181bea0f9ba669590db5b479c2.jpg

[snowball]

tomorrow morning gonna be fun.... freezing fog

Was already doing the dorifto'ing at 10pm...

[Zedbra]

Snow is coming down here in Squamish, it is supposedly dumping down on the highway from Alice Lake to Whistler, expected 20-30cm overnight. I wouldn't be planning a morning trip to Whistler, there will be inevitable delays.

[Acura604]

....so... is it happening this weekend.... ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

Damnit I was itching to put the all seasons back on because.... .... SH-AWD

[320icar]

X to doubt.

[danned]

let's do summer tire meet during snow~~~~~

[AzNightmare]

Must be legit now, cause Frankie confirmed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omJVI6Ml3YQ

[MG1]

Groundhog Day was yesterday. Just Saiyan..........

[StylinRed]

Looks like whatever snow/rain was headed here went to seattle instead, boo

[BlackV62K2]

What a surprise. The "big" snow dump doesn't happen again

[Traum]

Woohoo~ No shoveling~!

[Special K]

.... nothing?

[whitev70r]

Another dud ...

[Ludepower]

Fake news

[BIC_BAWS]

Snowing in North Delta, not sticking

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Edit: it's coming down hard, starting to stick

[Hondaracer]

A bit of mixed rain/snow by Edmonds

[Zedbra]

Lightly snowing in Squamish and sticking

[MG1]

If it doesn't snow and stick in Squamish, something's wrong, yes?

BTW, how do you say, "snow" in the Squamish language? I've always wAndered. I know you make your home there and you're not part of the Squamish people, but the language is pretty hard to translate in written English.

In the Inuit/Aleut language there are multiple words used to describe snow.

[twitchyzero]

looks out the window

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/022/017/thumb.jpg

[fliptuner]

Sold a few snow tires due to warning. :troll:

[punkwax]

Snowing all day in South Surrey. Sometimes pretty hard with big flakes but still not sticking.

[Zedbra]

If it doesn't snow and stick in Squamish, something's wrong, yes?

BTW, how do you say, "snow" in the Squamish language? I've always wAndered. I know you make your home there and you're not part of the Squamish people, but the language is pretty hard to translate in written English.

In the Inuit/Aleut language there are multiple words used to describe snow.

No idea, even though we were taught Coast Salish in the school I grew up in, that was so many moons ago.

[MG1]

I did not know Squamish was a group of indigenous peoples with their own language. I recall someone telling me Sto-Lo was the largest of groups. Nishga, Coast Salish, Musqueam, etc. are smaller then? When is a tribe no longer a tribe? So confusing, but intriguing nonetheless.

Maybe sub groups?

[Acura604]

Bah...bogus snowfall. Not even Abby getting any significant amount. Gah-bage

[Zedbra]

I did not know Squamish was a group of indigenous peoples with their own language. I recall someone telling me Sto-Lo was the largest of groups. Nishga, Coast Salish, Musqueam, etc. are smaller then? When is a tribe no longer a tribe? So confusing, but intriguing nonetheless.

Maybe sub groups?

There are many tribes, though some share common language with slight dialects. Coast Salish, for example, is a language spoken by many tribes on the East Coast of Vancouver Island and also the Squamish Nation and others here on the West Coast.

[BIC_BAWS]

I found snow on East Harrison FSR. But it was just a light dusting, nothing to have fun in :(

[MG1]

There are many tribes, though some share common language with slight dialects. Coast Salish, for example, is a language spoken by many tribes on the East Coast of Vancouver Island and also the Squamish Nation and others here on the West Coast.

So a nation is made up of bands, which are in turn, are made up of tribes...........


Puts a whole new meaning to the saying, "Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians."

[Peturbo]

Snowing by granville island right now.

[pastarocket]

It's also pretty heavy snowfall in east Van now.

Snow is not sticking to the ground, so far.

[Euro7r]

Sunny in South Vancouver area right now, but saw a few flakes flying around.

Weather shows snow Wednesday; hopefully that happens. I have a court appearance for my VI allegations I am disputing.

[anti-vip]

^^thought you can't dispute VI?

[tegra7]

Guildford got a light dusting this morning.

[Ludepower]

First snow of the season for DT Vancouver. Enjoy boys and girls.

[stewie]

White gold! Time to take the dog to the park and throw snowballs at her.

[StylinRed]

Is there a lot of snow in van? Just a light dusting here

[SSM_DC5]

1 - 2 inches in Vancouver. Driving home this morning sucked.

[MG1]

Damn, just looked out the window. Looks like a lot here in North Burnaby Monticeto So much for sleeping in till noon. I’m not going to bother shoveling the driveway. It’s all going to melt by tomorrow, right?

[twitchyzero]

how're roads in coquitlam looking? gotta swing by in the afternoon

[pastarocket]

Snowfall is getting heavier in Vancouver now.

-weather forecast from Environment Canada:

Detailed Forecast
Today Snow ending this afternoon then cloudy. Amount 5 to 10 cm. Windy early this morning. High zero. Wind chill minus 8 this morning.
Tonight Cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Temperature steady near minus 1. Wind chill minus 6 this evening.

https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-74_metric_e.html

[Acura604]

:facepalm:No 1. Snow Mode... ENGAGE.....!

https://youtu.be/FBXPBzFIQb8

[320icar]

YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAASSSSSSS BBBIIITTTCCCCHHHHHHHH

[Traum]

1 - 2 inches in Vancouver. Driving home this morning sucked.
Driving in Vancouver this morning sucked because even the main roads that I travelled on do not appeared to be plowed. It was past 9am this morning, and whatever tracks there were on the road is made from cars driving over the snow.

I read last night that the City was preparing its road crew for keeping the arterial roads clear. I guess the main roads that I drove on weren't considered arterial enough?

[MG1]

I love this snow. Weekly shopping with the kids was a breeze. Nobody at No Frills on Broadway and Kent's Kitchen as deserted. Even Manpuku was empty.

Penda Gai was clear, but Keefer was compact snow.

[whitev70r]

A week ago, there was salt and brine all over the road when the temperature dropped ... as it turned out, no snow. Now today, snow was forecasted, but no sign of salt or brine or plows out ... most major roads covered with 2-3 inches around 8:30 am. Is it cuz it's Saturday?

[jjson]

A week ago, there was salt and brine all over the road when the temperature dropped ... as it turned out, no snow. Now today, snow was forecasted, but no sign of salt or brine or plows out ... most major roads covered with 2-3 inches around 8:30 am. Is it cuz it's Saturday?

It's cuz they ran out from a week ago lol

[MG1]

Apparently, and according to Mainland, the brine was going to work. It didn’t rain and the conditions were ideal. Somehow, it didn’t work well in certain area. The streets I drive on were clear with no issues. I also noticed the snow in my neighborhood was the super light, powdery stuff. I salted (Alaskan Ice Melt) after shoveling and wow, what a difference. Clear and dry as a bone.

[cafe22]

A week ago, there was salt and brine all over the road when the temperature dropped ... as it turned out, no snow. Now today, snow was forecasted, but no sign of salt or brine or plows out ... most major roads covered with 2-3 inches around 8:30 am. Is it cuz it's Saturday?

Pretty sure I saw fresh brine on the road 2-3 days along most arterial roads in Vancouver.

CoV and other municipalities are probably short staffed due to COVID. I did hear snow plows before lunch today.

[lilaznviper]

had to drive out for work this morning and surprised most of the roads where pretty clear. also not a lot of traffic, made it a quick drive to work.

[BIC_BAWS]

I'm surprised with Delta. Might be because I live on a bus route, but my entire street and the associated streets were all plowed by 9AM LOL

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[AzNightmare]

I finally got to use my electric snow shovel for the first time.

Does anyone know how to use these things properly? It's effective in clearing snow out of my property but I can't seem to control it to prevent it from blasting powder out into the street or into my neighbours area.

[320icar]

I finally got to use my electric snow shovel for the first time.

Does anyone know how to use these things properly? It's effective in clearing snow out of my property but I can't seem to control it to prevent it from blasting powder out into the street or into my neighbours area.

Dude I saw some guy with one today for the first time. Looked like it worked amazing, but like yoh said it just made a cloud of snow that blew everywhere else

[mickz]

Driving in Vancouver this morning sucked because even the main roads that I travelled on do not appeared to be plowed. It was past 9am this morning, and whatever tracks there were on the road is made from cars driving over the snow.

I read last night that the City was preparing its road crew for keeping the arterial roads clear. I guess the main roads that I drove on weren't considered arterial enough?

Might've been a road that falls under the province's jurisdiction. The contractors don't have to come out for 48 hours/5cm accumulation. It's stupid.

[punkwax]

I’m not going to bother shoveling the driveway. It’s all going to melt by tomorrow, right?

Bunch of my neighbours chose to go this route. Just checked the sidewalk and I was the only one who shovelled my section.

Not sure if FeelsGoodMan or FeelsBadMan

[mikemhg]

We went out for dinner in Gastown last night.

Not sure if it's the snow, or COVID, but I've never seen a more quiet/dead night driving downtown on a Saturday in my life.

[MG1]

Bunch of my neighbours chose to go this route. Just checked the sidewalk and I was the only one who shovelled my section.

Not sure if FeelsGoodMan or FeelsBadMan

Driveway............ sidewalks were all done. In the end, since my oldest son was coming over, I did end up shovelling the driveway and spreading a layer of ice melt.


On a side note, shoveled and shoveling is an amurican thing. We, as in the rest of the English speaking world, spell it as, shovelled and shovelling. Punkwax, you pass the test.

You are truly a Canadian.


Me on the other hand............ more amurican than I ever want to admit.

[Acura604]

....well that's a wrap!

we are officially done with snow in our forecast.

back to our usual plus temps and rain!

..... ..... y'all know what that means right?!!!!!

IMA REMOVING THESE DAMN SNOW TIRES NOW!

[El Bastardo]

Me on the other hand............ more amurican than I ever want to admit.

You can't be Amurican. Your https://fi.somethingawful.com/images/smilies/loleggplant.png is way too big. If you're not afraid to shove some fancy water out of your way so you can go live your life, you're doing better than a fair chunk of the USA.

Apparently my state has made the news up there because we've been crippled by less snow than I've seen come down in October/November back in the Lower Mainland. Based on how people are acting here because of all of this, if some of these Good Ol' Boys saw how it looks out on the Coquihalla they'd soak through their Pampers.

In my specific neighbourhood we've got a centimeter of ice care-of some frozen rain, which is dangerous for people who wear shorts in December and drive giant pickup trucks, but for us expats; we're doing just fine.

For a state that prides itself on rugged independence, its sure not doing well with a few flakes on the ground. Even coming from the warmest part of Canada, I'm Nanook of the fucking North at a time like this.

MG1 could come here and be king of the Lone Star with his snow shovel. He'd be the only one in the state with one!

[Euro7r]

Snow on the ground, but mostly wet at this point lol. I'm in South Van area.

[ilovebacon]

the yard is covered with snow!!

[Razor Ramon HG]

God damn it, gotta shovel.

[quasi]

Seems to be mostly wet but I shovelled some of my driveway, let me wife use my truck to go to work, I'm in Cloverdale.


https://i.imgur.com/UiOX8yD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IYnX9EJ.jpg

[Vansterdam]

time to pull out my snowbong

only hit this shit like a few times a year lol

[teggy604]

Driving in Vancouver this morning sucked because even the main roads that I travelled on do not appeared to be plowed. It was past 9am this morning, and whatever tracks there were on the road is made from cars driving over the snow.

I read last night that the City was preparing its road crew for keeping the arterial roads clear. I guess the main roads that I drove on weren't considered arterial enough?

Number 1 rule. Never rely on city to do anything. Don't people remember it was just like 5 years ago that we had snow, and the city decided to clean bike paths before roads? lol.

And if people are struggling to drive with 1-2 inches of unplowed snow, they should just take transit because their car or their abilities to drive in snow suck.

[westopher]

Theres like 1 billimeter of snow. Do they seriously need to plow? If this is too much snow to drive in PLEASE stay off the roads.

[Traum]

LOL~ that post of mine is from Feb 13, 2021. The slushy stuff this morning should be fine for any FWD / AWD car on all seasons with decent tread.

[Spectre_Cdn]

Theres like 1 billimeter of snow. Do they seriously need to plow? If this is too much snow to drive in PLEASE stay off the roads.

Most major streets I drove on in Vancouver and Richmond already had the brine solution applied over the weekend. It’s not even freezing temp now; plies would be overkill lol.

[CivicBlues]

Theres like 1 billimeter of snow. Do they seriously need to plow? If this is too much snow to drive in PLEASE stay off the roads.
*nanometer


:D

[StylinRed]

There was a lot of snow around 3am, was hoping it'd last :/

[GLOW]

Number 1 rule. Never rely on city to do anything. Don't people remember it was just like 5 years ago that we had snow, and the city decided to clean bike paths before roads? lol.

And if people are struggling to drive with 1-2 inches of unplowed snow, they should just take transit because their car or their abilities to drive in snow suck.

i can rely on the city to send me the letter to pay my property taxes like clockwork

[SumAznGuy]

Just had a light dusting of snow but has since turned to rain in Pitt.

[Liquid_o2]

Not a single drop of snow in Vancouver

[nabs]

lots of snow stuck in poco

[Acura604]

snow pretty sticky !

https://i.imgur.com/zThU2lr.jpg

[roastpuff]

Lots in Burnaby near Production.

[whitev70r]

None DT. Disappointing.

[teggy604]

If the 14 day forecast is right, we just might have a white Christmas. Starting on the 22nd all the way to boxing day. No rain just snow. 5cm everyday.

[Euro7r]

Nothing in South Vancouver. Just drove over to my parents place, a few minutes of wet snow and now nothing lol

[AzNightmare]

If the 14 day forecast is right, we just might have a white Christmas. Starting on the 22nd all the way to boxing day. No rain just snow. 5cm everyday.

Wow! excited to use my electric shovel again. Only got to use it once for like 1cm of snow last year.

[HonestTea]

Snowing in Coquitlam

[sonick]

Snowing in Coquitlam

Not seeing anything in my area of Coquitlam near Coq Center.

Edit: Now it is

[Retrac]

Snowing in Richmond

[teggy604]

What a tease haha. Was coming down hard in new west.

[yray]

RANCOUVER A RIE AND RASTE OF DIME

[Zedbra]

Been snowing since 6 here in Squamish, supposed to get up to 35cm tonight; should be lots of sirens tomorrow morning as the weekend cidiots race up to Whis for fresh pow.

[quasi]

We got a bit this morning, I was that dumbass up at 5:45 on my day off out there shovelling the heavy ass wet snow off of my driveway.

[EvoFire]

I was promised snow. All I got was rain. What is this BS.

[StylinRed]

Looks like we'll have a white Christmas.... Supposedly :lol

[danned]

white rain christmas is coming

[MG1]

Looks like we'll have a white Christmas.... Supposedly :lol

DUDE!!!!!

That's like saying our goalie is going to get a shutout in tonight's game. LOL.

[RevYouUp]

Looks like we’ll be in the minus for awhile starting this weekend. Wonder if trout lake would freeze again

[EvoFire]

The pond at my parent's strata has already started to freeze over, smaller bodies are probably going to be all frozen in a few days.

[Teriyaki]

Had to walk on a few sidewalks tonight, and boy is it getting slippery out there. If this slush sticks around overnight and freezes overnight... tomorrow morning is going to be a skating rink everydamnwhere.

Also, last chance to hit the gym if you're hankering to go, if you can make it there in one piece tomorrow.

[nismodrifter]

Pure ice outside

[danned]

ya, skate to work is possible

[StylinRed]

It's supposed to get into the double digits tomorrow tho, so hopefully it won't be an icerink

[hi-revs]

What's closest to Vancouver for taking my 3yo to mess around in some snow over the next week?

[ilovebacon]

Cypress mountain?

[inv4zn]

Cypress mountain?

6 hours stuck in traffic trying to go up the mountain may not be the best pasttime for a 3 year old lol

[ilovebacon]

that's the closest place to experience snow

[westopher]

Grouse and Seymour also exist and are way less terrible in terms of that.

[77civic1200]

Seymour has some kind of permit/parking pass thing now, I don't know the details but you'll want to check before heading up

[westopher]

Yeah it’s a BC parks pass. Cypress has the same. It’s free but you have to book online.

[StylinRed]

It's dumping in Ridge fat flakes that r sticking

Edit: and it's stopped n the sun is peaking thru :lol

[BIC_BAWS]

Got fucked on Nordel. Alex Fraser closed both ways this morning

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[whitev70r]

^ oh man ... is it the falling ice slush off the bridge phenom again?

[StylinRed]

Yeah it's too windy for them to deploy the ice scrapers

[whitev70r]

Again ... brilliant engineering on the Alex Fraser and Port Mann ... who the hell forgot that ice, slush can build up and need a safe way to eliminate? The P.Eng who signed off on the design should be fired if he hasn't already.

[GLOW]

i thought it was the builder that cost cut, i mean value engineered, the heat trace out of the project?

[whitev70r]

whoever it is ... if it is builder, (I'm sure P. Eng still has to sign off on it being not included in final build) .... he/she/they should be the ones climbing the poles to release those rings to de-ice.

Every year it happens and it just makes my blood boil!

[BIC_BAWS]

What's more infuriating is that there was no warning at all. They should have signs way before Alex Fraser on ramps to tell people to detour to Hwy 17, the interchange is a good example of where.

Everyone's just waiting on Nordel to get by, as per usual on a stormy day. Just to find out AF is closed.

[bcrdukes]

Be thankful that ice didn't fall onto your new Civic and write it off? :confused:

[whitev70r]

What's more infuriating is that there was no warning at all. They should have signs way before Alex Fraser on ramps to tell people to detour to Hwy 17, the interchange is a good example of where.

Everyone's just waiting on Nordel to get by, as per usual on a stormy day. Just to find out AF is closed.

You're kidding ... so how do people gtf out of there?

[whitev70r]

Here is warning ...I guess you're suppose to check twitter ??!!

https://twitter.com/TranBC_LMD/status/1474405940338167810

[whitev70r]

Please tell me that they have explored heat tracing systems. Surely there is tech like that or something else that can solve the corner cutting cheap construction build of the damn bridge

[teggy604]

Again ... brilliant engineering on the Alex Fraser and Port Mann ... who the hell forgot that ice, slush can build up and need a safe way to eliminate? The P.Eng who signed off on the design should be fired if he hasn't already.

Can't really blame engineers since the bridge was built in 1984. Still better than Port Mann which was built in 2006. They should have at least thought of ice bombs in the 2000s. Good thing is the cables are on the side vs the port Mann on which the cables cut across the lanes.

[StylinRed]

It's like the golden ears bridge, they knew about ice bombs, the company that made the bridge had a history of making the same style Bridge with the same ice bomb issue, but they were still like /shrug

[danned]

http://media.nj.com/photogallery/photo/2011/01/9227691-large.jpg

[BIC_BAWS]

You're kidding ... so how do people gtf out of there?Well you just keep driving down nordel (both directions) until you hit the turn for the on-ramp and find out that Alex Fraser is closed both directions [emoji1782]Here is warning ...I guess you're suppose to check twitter ??!!

https://twitter.com/TranBC_LMD/status/1474405940338167810Yeah so the DriveBC tweet went out at 6:20 apparently. I could hear sirens from my place at around 6:40. I figured it was another crash, as usual, nbd. I detoured around nordel for about 15 mins after finding out it was closed. Just to loop back around to make a right turn to 17 instead of a left turn to AF. Just frustrating that there was no warning at the intersection - I would have just went directly to 17 if I had a warning.

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[AzNightmare]

Wow, we actually White Christmas!

[StylinRed]

Christmas morning snow, how rare is that!

[MG1]

I've only seen a handful in my lifetime.


LOL at reports saying only 4 times in the last two decades.......... try 6 decades.............maybe records don't go past 20 years?

[ilovebacon]

Merry Christmas you filthy animals!

[Acura604]

...this year i'm seeing alot of these type of dumbfucks...

like...wtf... rear windows caked on with snow...

https://i.imgur.com/AOCgYZl.jpg

[Teriyaki]

Not only that. It seems I'm seeing MORE people driving around in the dark in the middle of a snowdrift with zero lights on. Holy hell, if there's anything that grinds my gears more ..

[JSALES]

^ made eye contact with one of the drivers yesterday whose car was like that and just shook my head at him like you’re a dumbass

[StylinRed]

Not only that. It seems I'm seeing MORE people driving around in the dark in the middle of a snowdrift with zero lights on. Holy hell, if there's anything that grinds my gears more ..

No lights is sooo annoying, that really grinds my gears too

[coneZONE]

how about that the highway is somewhat decently cleared, as are the city streets.

Not the exit on-ramps or off-ramps though, those just stay untouched

[iwantaskyline]

Anyone drive up to Grouse recently? I don't have snow tires - would I run into any problems? :D

[westopher]

If you have decent tread all seasons and know how to drive in winter you should be fine. If you don’t have M+S tires though just take the bus.

[BIC_BAWS]

I think public works did an outstanding job this year. Richmond, Vancouver, and Delta were all properly salted and cleared. Highways are all clear.

Nice to see us not get properly fucked for once. Ironically it's the snowiest

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[whitev70r]

^ just came back and was going to say the same thing. Really impressed with major roads, all cleared, I'm pleasantly surprised!

[donk.]

...this year i'm seeing alot of these type of dumbfucks...

like...wtf... rear windows caked on with snow...

https://i.imgur.com/AOCgYZl.jpg

It's not a big deal.

Thousands of work trucks drive every day with no rear window and rear side windows
If you know is to use those things called mirrors, your good to go

Only time it's an issue, is when the roof is not cleared, you slam on the brakes, and your entire front windshield now has 2" of snow on it at 50kmh

[AzNightmare]

^ Kind of peeved his plate isn't cleaned off as well.

I know most people wouldn't give AF, but if I can't ID your car, I don't want to be anywhere near you as you basically have no accountability for your actions now.

[hud 91gt]

The worst part of people not cleaning their roof, is the 50lb of ice on top stopping it from flying off. The when they actually get to highway speed, and it finally lifts off, it becomes quite the heavy flying object. I never bothered cleaning my roof anywhere else in Canada, but you have too here. It becomes ice immediately and refreezes. Everywhere else it blows off at 10km/h.

[Manic!]

https://i.postimg.cc/PJSMvgFZ/20211226-161548.jpg

[supafamous]

I think public works did an outstanding job this year. Richmond, Vancouver, and Delta were all properly salted and cleared. Highways are all clear.

Nice to see us not get properly fucked for once. Ironically it's the snowiest

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I was surprised to see my street get plowed today (Burnaby) - the city won't put in street lights on my block but they managed to get a plow going around.

[SSM_DC5]

I was surprised to see my street get plowed today (Burnaby) - the city won't put in street lights on my block but they managed to get a plow going around.

Burnaby's standard can vary depending on what they use to install the light (ie: metal pole or bc hydro wooden pole) if it's on a metal pole they'll be placed approximately 50 meters apart if it's bc hydro's then 215 meters is acceptable. If you want more lights installed, ie: the ones on metal pole so that it's 50m apart, you need to get your neighbours to pool money together and pay the city to install them.

I emailed the city one time asking about this because my gf's whole block didn't have any lights. The only lights were at the intersections which were about 150m apart, so it's acceptable by their standards.

[SkunkWorks]

Anyone drive up to Grouse recently? I don't have snow tires - would I run into any problems? :D

Went yesterday morning, it's fine.

[supafamous]

Burnaby's standard can vary depending on what they use to install the light (ie: metal pole or bc hydro wooden pole) if it's on a metal pole they'll be placed approximately 50 meters apart if it's bc hydro's then 215 meters is acceptable. If you want more lights installed, ie: the ones on metal pole so that it's 50m apart, you need to get your neighbours to pool money together and pay the city to install them.

I emailed the city one time asking about this because my gf's whole block didn't have any lights. The only lights were at the intersections which were about 150m apart, so it's acceptable by their standards.

Coming from Vancouver I'm pretty shocked how poorly lit Burnaby is - Vancouver claims 95% coverage with street lights (not sure how they calculate this) while in my neck of the woods (North of Central Park to Burnaby General) I can't believe how many streets have zero lighting. Some parks too. It's just bad public safety - everything from pedestrians walking home safely to drivers seeing people when it rains.

The cost is trivial per homeowner (I'd pay 10x the $27/yr they'd charge me) but it's stupid b/c this is a city wide public safety issue that shouldn't be left to choice and wouldn't address the broader issue. The city runs a 20%+ surplus each year ($100m) and has a reserve fund of over a billion dollars - surely they can spare $10m a year to put some lights in. They found the money ($4.8m) to swap all their lights to LEDs

[GLOW]

yep, either the people on the city block fork it up for the light, or if there's a new development going, the city may try to jam it down their throat to pay for it as a req. of development permit :lawl: :lol

[bcrdukes]

I'm not sure exactly how much a street light costs but I know from personal experience, my neighbour's tree destroyed a city lamp post on our block and they were responsible for coughing up the cost to pay for it. The city sent them a bill in the range of $10,000 - $12,000. That was just to remove and replace it and that's as much as I know.

[Gh0stRider]

seen these on fb lol
https://i.postimg.cc/bv3gVTNF/269991199-10160187321381209-6208575187659739743-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/bJ5Tpwnx/270021745-10166240125475691-927142484326591883-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/fLyKG9VW/270048545-4678588832195855-6801121002733526085-n.jpg

[westopher]

https://i.postimg.cc/fLyKG9VW/270048545-4678588832195855-6801121002733526085-n.jpg
This is everything it needs to be.

[inv4zn]

This is everything it needs to be.

Dealer plate...think it was a test drive, or is someone in a lot of trouble? Haha

That picture would be perfect if there was a sign on the window saying "WENT TO GET FREE SALT, BRB"

[tegra7]

^Maybe trollface was test driving a Golf R.

[pastarocket]

This guy tweets about a “Lambo” drifting in the snow. That’s a McLaren Spyder.

He’s clearly not a car guy. :lawl:

https://twitter.com/411regan/status/1475912576613564416?s=21

The McLaren driver got a buddy in a Jeep to help him out:

https://twitter.com/411regan/status/1475912397667717124?s=21


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[Gumby]

It's not a big deal.

Thousands of work trucks drive every day with no rear window and rear side windows
If you know is to use those things called mirrors, your good to go

Only time it's an issue, is when the roof is not cleared, you slam on the brakes, and your entire front windshield now has 2" of snow on it at 50kmh
Work trucks don't have a choice. A regular car does have rear and rear side windows - why would you choose not to use them?

[twitchyzero]

meaning in the practical sense they are not absolutely necessary

my daily has a sheet of metal where the rear side windows typically are; came like that stock so must be deemed safe by transport canada

can argue why people turn off their traction control; why would you choose not to use them?

[ImportPsycho]

https://twitter.com/411Regan/status/1475603164241874944

Most disappointing part of this is, tow cable didn't rip the front end off, like those in youtube videos...

[SkunkWorks]

https://twitter.com/411Regan/status/1475603164241874944

And in typical vancouver fashion, OP is mega salty for zero reason beyond the guy having a "lambo" with a friend who drives a "luxury off-road SUV" jeep.

[320icar]

I was about to say, it’s a maclaren and a jeep lol

[BIC_BAWS]

seen these on fb lol
https://i.postimg.cc/fLyKG9VW/270048545-4678588832195855-6801121002733526085-n.jpg


Here's a video from a different angle (no crash video unfortunately)

https://youtu.be/3r-TU_P9JbY

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[whitev70r]

^ be more interested in the story.

[StylinRed]

Snow due this evening thru to the morning

[GLOW]

And in typical vancouver fashion, OP is mega salty for zero reason beyond the guy having a "lambo" with a friend who drives a "luxury off-road SUV" jeep.

maybe rich people were bored and playing slip and slides in their fancy car, and then kicked it up a notch to play slingshot with the jeep? it's basically vehicle water skiing Kappa

[yray]

bruh, just reverse out... now you're fwd


thats what I did :lol

[punkwax]

To the 80’s kids out there - my wife and I noticed there are far fewer icicles on houses these days compared to when we grew up. I actually spotted one yesterday which sparked the conversation. Any ideas or did our parents just not clean the gutters lol

[StylinRed]

I noticed that too, I noticed one icicle outside n I was like wtf wow I haven't seen these in ages :lol

[MG1]

When I lived in Walnut Grove, we had huge icicles........ almost to the ground kind. Now all I see are icicles under the SUV, hee hee.

Must be something in the air.

[AzNightmare]

Oooh, it's coming down now.

Tempted to go out to have some fun.

[toehook]

Oooh, it's coming down now.

Tempted to go out to have some fun.

It is powder snow so I am tempted to go out as well but its cozy in the house thoo. make it stooopppp

[320icar]

https://www.hamiltonlane.com/getmedia/06f1113e-e4eb-46e9-9255-57b8d48a3028/Ron-Burgandy.png

[whitev70r]

Morning commute should be fun!

[SumAznGuy]

Seeing about 6 inches of snow on top of what was still on the side roads here in Pitt.

[StylinRed]

No plowing seen yet... And they knew it was coming, last time they were plowing non stop

[GLOW]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRGgvitlPJ4X1lMJWf63bduvtSU4PfTD qEFJ4e1U4eskxjMZx14xC9r78Y7FYVrb4tRxPc&usqp=CAU

[quasi]

No plowing seen yet... And they knew it was coming, last time they were plowing non stop

I live on a hill, still haven't plowed my street from last weeks snow.

[whitev70r]

Well, this help with stay the eff home and reduce omicron transmission.

[hotjoint]

lots of places haven't been plowed at all. WTF is this?

[westopher]

Fuckin marine drive in North van not plowed this morning. There’s like 2 roads in North van that matter and they couldn’t even plow one?

[CivicBlues]

Fucking Georgia Street, the ceremonial high street of the city is still not plowed as of 10am.

But, I bet the bike lanes are nice and clear though.

[SumAznGuy]

Fucking Georgia Street, the ceremonial high street of the city is still not plowed as of 10am.

But, I bet the bike lanes are nice and clear though.

There was complaints that walk ways were not plowed but the bike lanes were.:heckno:

And now the sun is coming out and it's looking like clear skies for me.
Gonna be more icy roads tonight.

[whitev70r]

I'm also hearing that lots of burst pipes !! Plumbers are boss now ... can charge anything they want. People forgot to turn off the water to outside tap.

[Euro7r]

Was outside my balcony take some pics from my building. Saw an Accord do some front wheel burnouts trying to get out of the parking driveway onto the street. Probably only a 20 degree incline, clearly the driver is a fucking idiot where their vehicle isn't even prepared for this weather. Then someone offered to help them push, they refused. Kept trying to get out, then eventually backed right into the building parking lot LOL.

[murd0c]

Lougheed hwy, the pitt river bridge and mary hill bypass were not plowed this morning. Talk about a fun drive to work LOL

[CivicBlues]

What the fuck do we pay ever increasing property taxes for? More virtue signaling idiots to sit on council?

#defundcityhall

[murd0c]

My street still haven't been plowed from the snow last Friday LOL

[whitev70r]

Sun is melting everything ... in my hood.

[GLOW]

the real question we should all be asking is...are the bike lanes plowed though?

[SumAznGuy]

Just finished shoveling my car out of my driveway and the 2 ft snow bank from the snow plows.
A good 8 inches of snow last night.

Now in the sun, my car is showing 3C.

It's gonna be an ice rink tonight.

[MG1]

Someone asked about a great place to take their kid sledding sliding down hillside. Best place, if you’re in Burnaby is Alpha Secondary. Need to make sure you’re there to stop your kid from going straight into traffic. It’s not crowded at all. Come to think of it, most of the secondary schools in Burnaby have huge hills. The one by Gaglardi. Hell, even North Burnaby Secondary has a few nice slopes. I used to take my children to the hill at VCC and the one by Knight and 33rd. Good times. Crowded as fuck, but that’s what made it great.

[SumAznGuy]

Someone asked about a great place to take their kid sledding sliding down hillside. Best place, if you’re in Burnaby is Alpha Secondary. Need to make sure you’re there to stop your kid from going straight into traffic. It’s not crowded at all. Come to think of it, most of the secondary schools in Burnaby have huge hills. The one by Gaglardi. Hell, even North Burnaby Secondary has a few nice slopes. I used to take my children to the hill at VCC and the one by Knight and 33rd. Good times.

Nothing beats Horizon's parking lot on Burnaby Mountain but it's a long hike back up the hill.

[BIC_BAWS]

I think public works did an outstanding job this year. Richmond, Vancouver, and Delta were all properly salted and cleared. Highways are all clear.

Nice to see us not get properly fucked for once. Ironically it's the snowiest

Sent from my SM-G781W using TapatalkThis did not age well. Public works what are you doing LOL

I was in a friend's 4runner last night. 91 was basically reduced to 1 lane, AF reduced to 2 lanes. We made our own lane lol.

AF was so bad you had cars driving slow in the middle of the road, people going around them too.. like ???

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[GLOW]

Nothing beats Horizon's parking lot on Burnaby Mountain but it's a long hike back up the hill.

I read it and at first thought you mean the road leading up to horizons and thinking you need to have some initial d music blasting as you're doing that downhill mountain attack on a sled :lol

[whitev70r]

This did not age well. Public works what are you doing LOL



Vancouver public works has ONE good shovel/road clearing effort per year in them. They used it up a week ago!

[GS8]

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/572388315/sc2k_400x400.jpg

[GLOW]

Vancouver public works has ONE good shovel/road clearing effort per year in them. They used it up a week ago!

so mother nature was like

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/008/154/toosoon.JPG

[nismodrifter]

Very impressed by snow removal here in my area (South Surrey). Main roads have been plowed like 10 times per day lol. They did the side roads last night. I've never seen this kind of efficiency before.

[tegra7]

Plenty of morons out there tailgating in this weather.

[AzNightmare]

It's snowing again!!

[Traum]

It's a giant watery mess out there... And with all that melting snow / slush and an ambient temperature hovering above and below 0°C for the entire upcoming week and more, the streets and the driving are not gonna be pretty... FailFish

[N.V.M.]

I'd upload a few pics from the area but this super ghetto vBulletin 2.0 software is garbage

[Manic!]

I'd upload a few pics from the area but this super ghetto vBulletin 2.0 software is garbage

It's version 3.8.11

[quasi]

We finally had our streets plowed this morning, first time since I've lived here in 2 years. Friday's garbage though still not picked up.

[EvoFire]

We finally had our streets plowed this morning, first time since I've lived here in 2 years. Friday's garbage though still not picked up.

not sure where you are, but Vancouver didn't pickup the green bin. Probably the worst time to not pickup the green bin when it's Christmas and everyone is generating lots of compost garbage.

My green bin is completely full and it's still 3 days until the next pick up.

[quasi]

not sure where you are, but Vancouver didn't pickup the green bin. Probably the worst time to not pickup the green bin when it's Christmas and everyone is generating lots of compost garbage.

My green bin is completely full and it's still 3 days until the next pick up.

Yeah, they didn't pickup our green bin as well but they announced that they weren't, the garbage was just missed.

[Traum]

For us, the cancelled green bin pick up is still something we can handle since it'll at least get picked up the following week. The missed garbage pick up, on the other hand, is gonna be disastrous. The next garbage pick up isn't until 2 weeks later (10 days from now), and you just know that is gonna be ugly for a lot of households, including mine.

The really sucky thing is -- my garbage was supposed to get picked up last Wed and there wasn't even that much snow accumulation, and CoV has already indicated that City staff were cancelling green bin pick up to focus on garbage collection. But even then, garbage pick up did not happen. CoV then emailed us to leave our garbage bins out for the following day if it didn't get picked up on Wed, and of course by Thur, that's when the super heavy snowfall has accumulated overnight.

Garbage collection and arterial snow removal are what I'd consider to be pretty basic and essential municipal gov services. And even then, CoV is dropping the ball on it. FailFish

[whitev70r]

We finally had our streets plowed this morning, first time since I've lived here in 2 years. Friday's garbage though still not picked up.

Not sure where you live but are you sure that it wasn't the rain?

[StylinRed]

Weird rain/snow/wind storm goin on

[quasi]

Not sure where you live but are you sure that it wasn't the rain?

Yeah it was a plow, watched him come up the street.

As for the garbage I'd take it to the dump myself but the box of my truck is still full of snow, was shovelling it into the box and I don't have room for the bin lol.

[EvoFire]

We generate significant amount of green bin waste because of the kid and we cook lots at home.

The garbage bin can be a month and it wouldn't matter too much to us, even with the diaper waste.

What absolutely HAS to be picked up for us is the recycling. We have two cats and they eat canned food and my son goes through a ton of yogurt, we fill up the blue bin very quickly, even when we stacked small containers inside big ones.

[Hondaracer]

City of Vancouver not having a full sized blue bin is a complete joke. Makes me toss a lot of shit straight into the garbage. Sorting 3-4 different types of items and then not having them picked up because they weren’t in a separate bag? Fuck off.

[320icar]

Vancouver still makes you sort it!?! Delta/Richmond smartened up years ago.

All plastic/metal or whatever into one blue bin. All paper/cardboard into one bag. All garbage in bin, all organic in another. No need to sort types of paper or types of plastic/metal

[Hondaracer]

Surrey as well.

If your glass ain’t in the separate glass bin you’re SOL in Vancouver!

[AzNightmare]

Vancouver still makes you sort it!?! Delta/Richmond smartened up years ago.

All plastic/metal or whatever into one blue bin. All paper/cardboard into one bag. All garbage in bin, all organic in another. No need to sort types of paper or types of plastic/metal

You just described what Vancouver has been doing for at least the past 10 years. Unless things changed in the last 2 years, I moved out to Burnaby now. But it's basically the same as described above as well.

The last time we had to sort out paper was when we still had blue bags for newspaper which felt like eons ago. I even started using the blue bag for regular paper/cardboard at one point cause someone jacked my yellow bag and CoV always accepted it. I don't recall ever needing to sort out different types of plastic/metal though.


City of Vancouver not having a full sized blue bin is a complete joke. Makes me toss a lot of shit straight into the garbage. Sorting 3-4 different types of items and then not having them picked up because they weren’t in a separate bag? Fuck off.

The blue bin is relatively small. You can easily buy more blue bins from CanadianTire or HomeDepot. Sometimes I have 3 blue bins out there and they accept it, in Burnaby anyway. As long as the correct items are in there.

[BlackV62K2]

What happened to just supposed to rain today

[lilaznviper]

richmond was raining, then driving back to vancouver, huge flakes and all of the sudden everyone driving 20-30km/hr:facepalm:

[AzNightmare]

20cm tomorrow...

Get ready.

[whitev70r]

^ Can someone do a PSA please and call Public Works ... for some reason, they are always the last to know. Guess none of them jump onto RS.

[Alpine]

The snow is really coming down hard here in Coquitlam. Had 3-4 inches overnight, and it's been snowing heavily for the last 2+ hours (at least 1 inch).

[fsy82]

im over the snow..please go away

[Euro7r]

Need to make a trip to the post office after work. Didn't think snow would hit since weather report said tomorrow night supposed to be heavy dumping.

[HonestTea]

20cm tomorrow...

Get ready.

Says sunny and clear for tomorrow during the day and snow will start at night I guess

[pastarocket]

Says sunny and clear for tomorrow


Environment Canada’s forecast for tomorrow night is for heavy snow. Clear and sunny during the day.

Then it begins…..

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[AzNightmare]

im over the snow..please go away

I think next week... we should be back into the plus degrees.

[nismodrifter]

Once again totally amazed at the amazing job crews doing in South Surrey. My street has been plowed 2X already tonight LOL. I am a born and raised Calgarian, living here for 5 years now. Never in my life have I seen such great plow service. Without fail I know these guys will be back a few times by morning.

[EvoFire]

FML they aren't picking green bin again in Vancouver. It's going to be 3 and a half weeks between collection.

[StylinRed]

Once again totally amazed at the amazing job crews doing in South Surrey. My street has been plowed 2X already tonight LOL. I am a born and raised Calgarian, living here for 5 years now. Never in my life have I seen such great plow service. Without fail I know these guys will be back a few times by morning.

It's snowing in Surrey?

[twitchyzero]

in vancouver they came plowing side street yesterday when it was basically all melted, LOL

'now you cant say we didnt do nuthing!'

[lilaznviper]

small snow fall and all the bus been stuck and going side ways near nanaimo skytrain station lol

the only pet peeve i have about snow is people going 10km/h and are not prepare to drive in the snow.
plus side went to costco tonight and was very empty. easy to navigate down each isle

[danned]

yes 20cm, bring it on,
go fuck the vancouver and vancouver drivers all day long

[AzNightmare]

small snow fall and all the bus been stuck and going side ways near nanaimo skytrain station lol

the only pet peeve i have about snow is people going 10km/h and are not prepare to drive in the snow.
plus side went to costco tonight and was very empty. easy to navigate down each isle

That's the thing with people and their all seasons or god forbidden, summers.
Didn't cause an accident, ok. Sure, but you slowed down traffic flow and drove extremely slow to compensate. GTFO.

[Oshiguru]

Once again totally amazed at the amazing job crews doing in South Surrey. My street has been plowed 2X already tonight LOL. I am a born and raised Calgarian, living here for 5 years now. Never in my life have I seen such great plow service. Without fail I know these guys will be back a few times by morning.

Meanwhile just south of 16th none of our roads here are touched :(. You must also be on a main road or where all the townhomes are?

[unit]

the great salt shortage is happening again.
most of the cheaper 20kg bags of salt are sold out all over, you have to buy those premium brands that cost 3x as much if you want any.
this morning i was watching the stock of 20kg salt at canadian tire. it went from 550 bags to 0 bags in about 90 minutes.
the good thing is that it seems like temps will become mild next week, but with the snow dump happening tonight i think there's gonna be a big scramble tomorrow to get road salt.