a cold winds ablowin

the weather here is getting pretty nasty and has been nasty for a while. i think i told most people but the day before i went home for the holidays, on dec 22, we got a massive record snowfall that shut down trains and closed the airport. luckily they got the snow plows out in time and i was able to go on my flight the next day with only a one hour delay, but it was stressful nonetheless.

now, the snow doesnt fall much anymore (although we got a few hours of snow late last night) but the wind chill is just nasty. right now the temperature outside is about 0 and the wind chill is around -5 or -10. i used to tell my students about how cold canada is and say how much snow accumulation vancouver receives every year, but now i have to admit that nagoya is colder than vancouver. you dont get the ice frozen on the car windows or that wet cold that makes it seem colder than it really is on the west coast, but vancouver doesnt have the bitter wind here that makes walking down the street quite uncomfortable at certain times.