Vacuosity

Cold feet

It's cold today. Not chilly, or cool; it's absurdly, stupidly, cold.

We had the dubious distinction of being the coldest major centre in Canada south of the arctic circle today. It was -20° C. Amy's car just gave up; it refused to start. She tried to get it to turn over and it just said "What? Are you crazy?". It shivered and tried to crawl under a blanket.

This is the kind of cold where everything feels brittle, as if it could shatter at any moment.

What happened to this being an El Niño winter? It's been well below the supposed average for this time of year.

Today, after finally getting Manitoba driver's licenses, we stopped at Canadian Tire to price block heaters. They'll be installed on Wednesday. I only hope that my car will still start in order to get it there. It's going to be even colder tonight.

We were warned; we can't say we weren't. And we were prepared for it. Still, it's a shocker.

posted by David @ 11:19 p.m.