This morning when I woke up I found the temperature gauge at the back door read –25Celcius. That is cold. The kind of cold that when you get in your car you think you are sitting on a pile of bricks. Poor thing protested when I tried to start it. We are not the worst though I have heard of –55Celcius in our neighbouring province of Manitoba. Glad I am not there this morning.
Over the holidays, and yes, just this morning we have been having this rare occurrence of frost quakes or Cryoseism. It sounds like a tree landing square on your roof. It actually makes the house shake. There goes another as I am typing this. The papers tell us that this is a rare event caused by a when sudden drop in temperature freezes groundwater which expands and cracks the soil resulting in a loud noise and the shaking of the ground.
This little red squirrel from the archives is probably snug up in his nest in a tree and won’t come out today.
I am off to the gym to shake my sillies out. Have a great day and keep warm.
7 comments:
Too Cold today, brrrrrr!
Yup darn cold here to and when the winds blow even colder BRR ! Thanks for sharing . Stay cozy and have a good day !
I can't beat that (temperature), but I can tell you that we are very close. Then you factor in the wind, and....misery! Supposed to be better tomorrow.
Sure do hope that little squirrel is somewhere warm.
Have a wonderful weekend, Valerie!
I heard about the frost quakes you've had there. Really strange. We heard a couple of loud cracks here yesterday and wondered what they were. I wonder if it was the same thing. It certainly is cold there and here too. It was -23 this morning and now it's -19. And snowing. :( I did walk on the treadmill for the first time in months. No gym for me. Stay warm!
Oh BRRRRRRR. I read about Cryoseism just yesterday for the first time. I imagine it would be a little unnerving.
Stay warm. You are having a dilly of a winter!
The frost quakes have been happening here too Val and they are a little unnerving.
Keep warm!
Judith
We have been hearing those ice quakes as well ... 2 really loud ones this morning. It's lovely and sunny but still very, very cold.
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