 FaxCap
join:2002-05-25
Surrey, BC
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| [Weather] Notice not one of them is Vancouver?! Yes, some will argue and say Squamish is Vancouver but those who
live here or have lived here no Squamish is in another world. It's up
around the corner in Howe Sound in it's own meteorological world.
Rule of thumb about Vancouver weather. The farther south you go
the less rain you get. Greater Vancouver sits in a rain shadow
provided by the Olympic mountain range in Washington State. Seattle
gets more rain and more snow than Vancouver.
I must admit I was amazed most of the cities weren't somewhere on
the west coast.
»www.vancouversun.com/news/Photos···ory.html
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| BC still comes up as 3 of the top ten and Prince Rupert is the rainiest. Likewise none of the cities on the list were anything anyone would call "major." |
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Surrey, BC | said by lugnut :Likewise none of the cities on the list were anything anyone would call "major." Hell....I'm amazed some are even listed as cities.
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 capdjqRIP my friendPremium
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Coastie | reply to FaxCap
When we don't have rain people scream about water shortages. 
According to stats, Seattle is supposedly wetter than Vancouver. |
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Surrey, BC Reviews:
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| said by capdjq:According to stats, Seattle is supposedly wetter than Vancouver. If you watch the US & Canadian weather radar coverage for this area
long enough you can see how the Olympic Range rain shadow works
for us.
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Pointe-Claire, QC
kudos:22 | I must say that in all the times I have cycled in Vancouver and BC, I have been pretty lucky with the weather. And one thing about vancouver: when it rains you stay clean whereas in Québec, when it rains, you and your bike collect tons of dirt, tar, sand, grit and it ruins socks unless you wash them right away.
One reason I was told is that it rains so much in vancouver that roads never have a chance to get dirty. (but also the fact that they don't have winter, don't dump tonnes of salt and sand on the roads). |
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| said by jfmezei:And one thing about vancouver: when it rains you stay clean whereas in Québec, when it rains, you and your bike collect tons of dirt, tar, sand, grit and it ruins socks unless you wash them right away.
One reason I was told is that it rains so much in vancouver that roads never have a chance to get dirty. (but also the fact that they don't have winter, don't dump tonnes of salt and sand on the roads).
You think it has something to do with the fact the rain that comes
down here was "formed" out at sea whereas the rain back east has
3/4 of a continent to pick up crap??
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Pointe-Claire, QC
kudos:22 | Oh , it isn't the rain that is dirty. It is our roads. And when they are wet, all the dirty is attracted to the cyclist like dust bunnies are attracted to of the shamwow guy's products.
car exhaust is probably the worst offender. It just accumulates on the road surface and reacts with the ashphalt. When it rains, it all ends up on the cyclist's back, his socks and the bicycle.
Vancouver has more frequent rain to wahst that stuff off. And in Montreal, the gunk accumulates all winter long and our roads remain dirty all summer long. |
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Surrey, BC Reviews:
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| said by jfmezei:Oh , it isn't the rain that is dirty. It is our roads.
Has the acid rain slowed? I remember news reports saying by the time
the storm systems pass over the USA they have become acidic.
said by jfmezei:Vancouver has more frequent rain to wahst that stuff off. And in Montreal, the gunk accumulates all winter long and our roads remain dirty all summer long. Plus we use so little salt and/or sand here compared to back east
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