Well, winter is back in southern Ontario with a vengeance today! Snow squalls, high, gusty winds, accumulations averaging 15 to 25 cm, and local accumulations in squally regions of up to 40 cm. - that would be my region :-(
But on the bright side, we're supposed to have highs of 7 or 8 degrees C by Friday again - too wierd.
--Ginny
It's B-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-CK!
It's not back here
3°C
Partly cloudy
FEELS LIKE -3°C
WIND SW 31 km/h
GUSTS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 70%
DEWPOINT -2°C
PRESSURE 101.40 kPa
VISIBILITY 24 km
CEILING 24000 ft
This write-up describes what the last two winters were like here......
Just Friends juggled a shooting schedule divided between locations in the cities of Moose Jaw and Regina, Canada, which were 50 miles apart. Since the story takes place at Christmas time, snow and ice is an integral part of the film. The spunky cast and crew bundled up for the duration, enduring bone-chilling temperatures. Occasionally the temperatures went as low as 50 degrees below with the wind chill factor.
Director of Photography Anthony B. Richmond was prepared for the frigid weather. In addition to carrying two sets of lens, keeping one warm for interiors, the other cold for working outside in extreme cold, the cameras, magazines and camera covers were all heated. “The cameras were warmer than us,” says Richmond, a distinguished cinematographer who has lensed five Nicolas Roeg movies and several Blake Edwards films, among 30 others, including music films with The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and The Who. During the first week of shooting, the wind chill factor was 50 below and “the cameras worked superbly,” says Richmond, although his meters froze. So he put them in his pocket alongside hand warmers to keep them working.
“We needed this place to be snowy and cold as it takes place during a snow storm in suburban New Jersey. What better place to come to than the coldest place on earth!’ exclaims Ryan Reynolds. “The first night we spent outside, even your thoughts froze. I was like, ‘Roger, I can’t shoot a scene, my mouth is frozen, I can’t speak!’ It’s minus 45 and my character is brutally under-dressed for this weather – he’s packed for Paris, not Saskatchewan! But it definitely helps my character – he’s supposed to be cold, but not dead,” jokes Reynolds, whose theory on the cold weather is that it provokes imagination and thus provokes our funny bones.
“I’m not used to this cold. When we were filming exteriors, Roger knew I was freezing, so he directed me to run out of the scene,” says Los-Angeles based Amy Smart, who kept warm by hiding hand and toe warmer packets in her belts, shoes, legs and even in her ear muffs. These indispensable packets kept hot for six hours.
Anna Faris says, “It was so cold that when you first stepped outside, your instinct was to laugh, and then you breath the air in and just hunker down. The moisture in your nostrils freezes so it’s like you have these tiny little icicles in your nose and your body instantly stiffens up. The cold has definitely been a big part of this journey. I don’t think I’ll be able to watch those scenes without shivering inside in a deep place.”
“The record cold for this year was in Regina, Saskatchewan. I’m thinking we’re going to the coldest place in North America to make a movie in the middle of winter,” laughs Chris Klein. “When I walked out of the airport terminal, the cold punched me in the face. It was an absolute ‘wham, you’re frozen, and you will not thaw until you leave.’ It was minus forty when I first got here and it was so cold that when you go outside, any moisture that’s in the air is in the form of ice crystals. That’s a wild thing to see and when you inhale through your nose; your nose is frozen instantly. Instant lockjaw. Instant frostbite on the tips of your fingers and toes no matter how many pairs of wool socks and gloves you use. Luckily it warmed up when we were shooting exteriors. It was minus 16 Celsius and nobody could hear what anybody’s saying because everybody’s bundled in these huge Antarctic expedition coats that weigh 40 pounds,” he laughs. “The cold definitely helps the comedy because being outside in that kind of weather is just funny.”
They were accurate about this area being the coldest place on earth.......while they were here we were colder than both the north and south poles.
This message was edited Jan 25, 2006 12:46 PM
I find this very funny. I joined Daves Garden so I could discuss organic gardening with other people who had an interest in such thing. The organic forum group is not very active right now, so I find myself over here with the Canadians talking about the weather. AND TAKING GREAT PLEASURE IN IT! HA!
WE ARE CANADIAN!!!
And there's a big snow storm on the way. A Nor' Easter with 100km winds and works. Winter is on it's way people. Gotta love it.
+7C, sunny and calm here today!
Here in Alberta we have been so blessed/spoiled this winter, I'm thinking of changing my zone to 5/6 ;)
It has been +12 in Calgary the past 2 days! All kinds of warm temperature records set in Alberta today.
It took this big snowfall and sudden dip in temperature to get me back to visiting DG for a garden fix, and I'm so glad I did! Now I'm thinking seeds, looking at my naked plum tree (espalier) to see how I'm going to prune it in March, and searching my books for challenging things to grow this year. I want to try a brugmansia again. This is the spot!
That we are Booswalia. ;)
Still gorgeous here currently 2 °C.
It’s not often you see short sleeves at an outdoor rink in Moose Jaw in January but with temperatures reaching 6C (= 42.8 degree Fahrenheit) Thursday, two young hockey hopefulls were forced to take a few layers off.
