Snowy city...

[fajrdrako]

This afternoon, walkingowl phoned and asked how much snow we'd had. I didn't know, but on the way home I heard the answer on CBC radio - at least 29 cm, or up to 35 cm, depending where in the city you are. That's at least eleven inches.

Hard walking today. To get home, I walked to the back of the National Arts Centre (which took 25 minutes of hard slogging) where maaseru picked me up. Thank goodness. I owe her.

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[tudorpot.livejournal.com]

I measured 18 inches- pics on my journal.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

My goodness! That's deep.

[tudorpot.livejournal.com]

Yes- and heavy- not the light fluff that blows when you shovel- this stuff had heft. Mind you a good workout without going to the gym.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I feel as if I've had more than my share of aerobics today. Enough, already!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

That is deep snow to be walking in! I'm trying to imagine it. Do your toes freeze? Do you have to lift your feet above the snow each time you step down, or do you sort of push through it, and if so, do your legs get wet?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

That is deep snow to be walking in!

No kidding! Though most of the places I was walking it was packed down a little, or already had track-marks to follow, or had been at least partially plowed at some point.

Do your toes freeze?

No. Now that it's this snowy, it's not so cold.

Do you have to lift your feet above the snow each time you step down

Sometimes, but it depends where you are and what the snow is like. Yesterday was easier walking because the snow was light and fluffy and you cold sort of walk through it. (It was colder.) Today the snow is heavier and more packed, making walking more treacherous and difficult. Very aerobic.

It's too cold for the legs to get wet, on the whole. The snow isn't very wet. But if you let snow fall inside your boots and it melts a little -- ooch, that's wet and cold!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm curious about all this stuff.

Now that it's this snowy, it's not so cold.

Heh. I've *heard* that it can be too cold to snow, but it's so opposite from my experience. I've been walking in only a couple of inches of snow before, though, and my toes felt like they were going to fall off. Maybe I just didn't have the right footwear? (I was probably wearing rubber boots with two pairs of socks.)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

There are different kinds of boots with different kinds of insulation. Rubber boots aren't usually very good. Standing waiting at a bus stop on a cold day can do terrible things to the toes.

Generally speaking, when the temperature goes way below 0 degrees F you don't get snowfall, and the snow becomes very crisp, and blows like light powder. Snow that falls when the temperature is around the freezing point tends to be heavy and wet.

We tend to know rather a lot about snow in Ottawa.