Posted on 01/05/2014 1:12:25 PM PST by BenLurkin
While America collectively freaks out over their impending 'polar vortex', Canada is changing the game when it comes to cold weather phenomenon as reports of 'frost quakes' emerge from around Toronto and Ontario.
Indeed, as temperatures drop overnight to around -4f around the city hundreds of people are being startled by hearing large booms - causing them to think their homes are being broken into or gunshots are being fired.
In fact, they are merely hearing the after-effects of the frost quakes - or cryoseism - which are more commonly found on a glacier in the polar regions.
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We are having these cryoseisms in VT too. This is not really an issue about it being uncommonly cold. -4F is only moderately cold really.
The real issue is that it got cold right after we had a lot of rain. It’s not very common around here to have rain and then get subzero temps right afterwards.
Drenchero?
Yeah, AccuWeather sucks now that Joe Bastardi has gone to WeatherBell.
***Drenchero?***
Drenchero, drechero. Whatever they call it. It is just a sownpour to me. I had to look it up last year after a big rainstorm and all the weathermen were calling it by that new name.
It’s just a huge dense cold high pressure system locked in place over eastern Canada and reinforced by the jet stream so it keeps spinning and sending cold air our way. Most Winters it kind of sits over Greenland farther East. All high and low pressure systems are types of vortexes. The Elites are just trying to sound all scary!
A bit of warmer moist air is sending freezing rain to the North east so it’s not surprising Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal are a little warmer..but everything is ‘sposed to chill again Monday into Tuesday.
Heard the booms or thunder up in Alaska on a lake there. Clear bright day and cold, and you hear thunder or a loud rumbling boom
It's 74 at the moment here in Delray Beach... I won't complain.
“Cryoseisms” is the word for the day.
He just filed to run for reelection as mayor. The election is in October. We’ll see if he can pull a Marion Barry and get reelected.
Ahhh I see. I looked up drenchero and couldn’t find anything. Thanks.
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