We were living in Cedarbrae apartments in south Edmonton. Joan was
completing her nursing degree and I was articling with Clarkson Gordon
downtown and it was 6 months before we got married. Our little sports car
at the time struggled valiantly on square tires through the entire cold
snap and we did receive the Edmonton Journal certificate. Maybe that
period spawned climate warming.
On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 3:46 PM Ken Marshall <tokfmx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks, Ed, for being my memory validater. I left my house in King Edward
Park neighbourhood, at 8:00 that morning, with the radio telling us the
wind chill was -93F. I walked four blocks up to Whyte Ave. thinking that I
would probably die that day. When I was about a block away (south of the
Ave.) an ETS bus traveling west stopped in the intersection and just sat. I
pushed as hard as I could and he waited for me. He said that he’d seen me
and thought that I might die, too, if he didn’t wait. When I got to campus,
and that wasn’t his normal route, but he wanted to get me where I was
going, I hopped out into the freezer again, only to find that the Ed
building was locked, the Commerce building was locked. I made it to Old
SUB, and stayed there the whole day. Nothing else was open or working.
I have no memory at all of getting home.
Anyway, none of these youngsters believes me, so Thanks for the
confirmation. I’m keeping you e-mail as proof positive that we were tough
as polar bears.
ttfn
kfm
On Jan 29, 2021, at 10:37 AM, Chessor, Edward <echessor@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I think it was January of 65 that we had a week of temperatures in the 20
to 35 below range, with winds of 20 to 30 mph. I remember turning on my
radio in the morning to hear that the wind chill was 92 below zero F.
Canadian Army rules said soldiers were only to be sent out in emergencies.
I wore most of the clothes I owned for the walk to classes, about a mile.
Going into the wind I mostly walked backward.
Some parents were not listening, children got frostbite walking to school.
I learned later that year that I could live in Vancouver, made the move 3
weeks after I graduated in 66.
Ed Chessor
*From:* dsp-ea-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [
mailto:dsp-ea-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<dsp-ea-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On Behalf Of *Bob Thomlinson
*Sent:* Friday, January 29, 2021 6:11 AM
*To:* DSP-EA-General@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* RE: Winter in Canada- First Year at the U-
[*CAUTION:* Non-UBC Email]
Thanks Dennis,
I remember that year, and the snowy drives to the University with my
carpool onboard.
Some of the temperatures listed don’t look very cold compared to the -23°
we woke up to this morning.
I can’t remember when Canada converted to the metric system. Are these
temperatures Fahrenheit or Celsius?
Cheers,
Bob T
*From:* Dennisrmaki <dennisrmaki@xxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* January 28, 2021 5:25 PM
*To:* Wynn Payne <wynn.payne@xxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* Re: Winter in Canada- First Year at the U-
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