FROM HERE TO THERE...

After a winter storm watch and then a storm warning, today was a Wind Chill Warning. The temperature was -28 deg.C and -42 deg.C with the wind chill.

We managed to get out to the site this morning, it was a tricky drive to the site as visibility was poor. Even the regular EC employees didn't come in for work. The hardest part was dragging the equipment to the van from the bunker, normally you can drive right up and load/unload but with all the snowdrifts that was impossible.

This is Jeff, trying to keep the stairs snow/ice free. Jeff is one of our computer guys, he usually sits in his office in Toronto and makes sure data is coming in from the sites. It was time for him to see the other side of the data.

A sun halo (22° Circular Halo).

Even when we left the site, the wind was still blowing, although not as bad as in the morning.

Just sitting in the airport waiting for the flight, it has been delayed. Here is a picture of downtown Regina.

The southern part of the province is under a storm watch today, the north is getting hammered by a blizzard, hopefully it misses us. The winds are strong today again, every so often I pop my head out of the bunker to make sure I can see certain landmarks.

There isn't much difference between here and Alert when the wind is blowing like it is.

A little video clip to show the way the winds rips across the ground.

The weather started deteriorating late in the afternoon and we had to bug out. A Saskatchewan sunset in January.

That's as close as we can park to the bunker, it makes for hard walking through the snow drifts.

Driving down to the site in morning was easier than yesterday, although at 8:00 in the morning it is still pitch black out. Managed to get the equipment over to the bunker, but had to do the last bit by sled because I couldn't get the vehicle close enough due to the snow drifts. Here are some early sunrise photos at the site.

Clearing a path for the cars to get to the main trailer.

First glimpse of the sun.

After a few hours it clouded over and the wind picked up a bit, but nothing like Monday. To make things worse the provincial government employees are on rotating strikes. On the weekend the snow plow and sander drivers walked off the job. On Monday they had 13 rollovers on the highways.

I'm out in Regina this week for a few days. The flight out was delayed in Toronto by an hour, they had to find a no-show's bag to take it off the plane and then we had to go for de-icing. Then to top it off I was seated in front of a lady with two kids, if one wasn't crying the other was. Before we took off they said we may have to go as far as Winnipeg, due to the weather in Regina and wait it out. We managed to land with no problems, but the winds and gusting winds made visibility next to zero.

We managed to get to the site and drop off the equipment before getting back to the city.