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Graham

On 2018-03-05 2:14 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Mar 2018 10:43:46 -0700, graham > wrote:
>
>> On 2018-03-04 5:30 AM, wrote:
>>> On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 16:23:31 -0700, graham > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2018-03-03 3:44 PM, wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I was just watching local news and various stretches of coastal road
>>>>> are no go because of all the beach rock thrown up on them. Winds were
>>>>> wild but I was lucky, we did not lose power. However there's another
>>>>> dose coming tonight.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know about out your way but they were all cranking on about
>>>>> lightest winter ever the other day and I felt they were tempting fate
>>>>> OTOH, I have always found the old saw about March coming in like
>>>>> lion, leaves like a lamb, to be pretty accurate, so lets hope.
>>>>>
>>>> We are hoping for a gradual thaw, not like the sudden, rapid one a few
>>>> years ago that resulted in disastrous floods in Calgary.
>>>
>>> How are you placed if that happens? On higher ground?
>>>
>> Yes, fortunately! My son is even higher. He sometimes gets snow when I
>> get rain! People often forget that the highest point in Calgary is
>> ~1000'/~300m higher than the lowest.
>
> That's a common phenomenon. It's called a "hill". If it's a lot
> higher, it's called a "mountain".
>
Oooooooooooooh! Aren't you clever!!!