Posted by John Deere D on December 31, 2017 at 08:42:04 from (204.244.59.66):
In Reply to: Not really that cold posted by David G on December 31, 2017 at 08:25:26:
The winter of 1959 was a record setter here in North Western Alberta.
The temp was at or below -40 F for more than 40 days at night. To make matters even worse, it was the winter of record snow fall. Our neighbour had a sawmill. On the way to school we would climb on the deck of his 1944 GMC 6 x 6 Army TRUCK, hunker down and ride the 1 1/2 mile to school.
The old 6 X 6 was chained up on all tires. As we pushed snow the entire time, the 6 cylinder engine sounded like it was going to explode.
My parents had cattle. We had a Kerosene lamp that was left covered over at the water supply as the ice was constantly filling in the water hole.
Our home was heated with wood.......twenty cords would see us through the winter.
I retired at age 58 1/2. I was so feed up with being on call with a major Gas Pipeline as things always failed at anything below - 25 and the locations always had young employees.
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