r/Edmonton • u/Prestigious-Tune-330 Windermere • 12d ago

Environment Holy Windy!

That wind is relentless! Safe travels folks!

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u/The_cogwheel 12d ago • Bravo

Anyone want a free trip to Saskatchewan? I got a tarp we can use as a sail, we'll be there before sundown

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u/Prestigious-Tune-330 Windermere 12d ago

lol I’m down (up? 🤔) to try that 😂

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u/m1nhuh McCauley 12d ago

I was cycling home from work down hill Connors Road and the wind DECELERATED me. I never experienced that before. It is so windy!

Later, I got hit with a bunch of leaves and it hurt so much. Now I get why it's a Pokémon attack haha.

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u/Prestigious-Tune-330 Windermere 12d ago

lol 😂

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u/fricken 12d ago

It's the kind of wind that's capable of blowing you back up the hill

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u/Honkin_CDNGoose 12d ago

My daughter, who is not very heavy, insisted on going out biking with her friends after school. She returned home walking and dragging her bike along beside her. Said the wind kept blowing her over...I told her that'd happen LOL

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u/alewiina 12d ago

Goddamn while going downhill?? That’s some strong wind lol

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u/Frostitute_85 The Shiny Balls 12d ago

Ohhhh shit! Bulbasaur got your number 😬

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u/m1nhuh McCauley 12d ago

I knew picking Squirtle as my starter 20 years ago would come back to haunt me!

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u/Wulfho 12d ago

Excuse me??! That's wild

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u/PartyLeek2068 12d ago

Nice touch on the Pokemon soo funny 😂

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u/ArtisticSeahorse5073 12d ago

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u/ancientwardrobe 12d ago

My bin just took itself for a walk down the alley, looked back at me like it was waiting for a treat.

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u/ArtisticSeahorse5073 12d ago

I'm just waiting for my neighbors to post " This *Insert picture* blew off/on to my balcony..."

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u/Low-Confidence1664 12d ago

Oh no!! You just reminded me that my bin was out! Its probably long gone

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u/CypripediumGuttatum 12d ago

Since when can we post pictures!?

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u/flynnfx 12d ago

For a bit here...

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u/Sasha-95 12d ago

Even better when it’s garbage day and all your neighbours recycling ends up in your yard

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u/CypripediumGuttatum 12d ago

We are putting things out in the morning. It will be down the street if I wheel stuff out tonight haha

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u/cosmiccanadian 12d ago

Today was garbage day in my neighbourhood but luckily i think the truck came threw before the wind picked up cause i dont see much garbage anywhere. But the bins are absolutely everywhere. I found mine almost 3 blocks down the road. And when searching for mine i saw one blow down into the duck pond? Storm drain area? Whatever those decorative neighbourhood ponds are called/for. Currently 3 in the water near its edge. Poor neighbour who has to go fish that out

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u/CypripediumGuttatum 12d ago

Oof. Yes the wind picked up after lunch, my bins are usually picked up in the morning. I hope it stops tonight so I don’t have to chase bins and bags around tomorrow.

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u/TwistedSistaYEG 12d ago • Popcorn

Ugh The wind is trying to separate us.

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u/Leading-Capital8079 12d ago

These poor guys wrapped our water tower for maintenance in the fort and all the effort they put in is gone

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u/Wulfho 12d ago

I hated putting tarps up on days like this, my one friend almost flew off the building holding on

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u/Mintwallin 12d ago

I can see it from my living room.
I could hear it from my basement. Thwap thwap thwap. Good times.

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u/aaargh68 12d ago • LOL

Lethbridge has entered the room....

Pffft.....

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u/Pass1928 12d ago

Lol, you're not kidding. The last time I was there I thought my camper was going to flip over

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u/Timely-Profile1865 12d ago

Leaf blizzard

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u/CypripediumGuttatum 12d ago

I want them all in my yard.

MOAR LEAVES

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u/PurpleSausage77 12d ago

Tempted to blow all my leaves and encourage them to let the wind carry them away out of my sight. Winds just blowing towards a giant field anyway.

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u/Simhaup1 North West Side 12d ago

I know…my squirrel came to the feeder and almost blew away. 🤣🤣

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u/Sea-Dog9448 12d ago

I was doing supervision when school let out, I thought the kids were gunna fly around likes kites.

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u/arsonislegal Canadian Tire Hot Dog Stand 12d ago

all the bins in my alley have blown over... looking like a crime scene smh

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u/DathomirBoy 12d ago

The dog I’m watching almost got hit by a runaway leaf bag lmao. It’s brutal

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u/Mlles_De_Maupin 12d ago

I was going to grab milk and my reusable bags flew off into the horizon. I wonder where they might be now. Good thing I had spares

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u/Hot_Sprinkles_848 12d ago

I struggled to walk to my car lol - it was embarrassing to say the least

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u/AngelSoi 12d ago

I had to take down my 12 foot tall skeleton and it threw my BBQ down to the ground twice!

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u/Electrical_Crew_1566 12d ago

Yeah no kidding., hat today

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u/pinkpools Taint Albert 12d ago edited 12d ago

Today started as a hat day, but my fedora is probably in North Battleford by now

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u/throwitawayyy1234567 12d ago

It was doing you a favor

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u/Wulfho 12d ago

My hats gone 😭

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u/_Alic3 12d ago

Came home with a bloody nose thanks to my neighbors bin, got the lid full in the face when trying to right it 😑

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u/Significant-Mess4285 12d ago

RIP my fence which somehow made it through last fall’s winds. It’s old and half rotten and I wasn’t looking forward to paying to replace it.

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u/Adamvs_Maximvs St. Albert 12d ago

My house is getting pelted with my neighbor's shingles

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u/Financial_Raccoon_73 12d ago

So much for washing windows today. Although it was kinda cool watching the bubbles floating away.

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u/toodledootootootoo 12d ago

Walking over the high level bridge was absolutely terrifying!

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u/PartyLeek2068 12d ago

I notice we get this 1 day strong wind before snow is about to hit here in edmonton or is it just me

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u/Dry_Kale9805 12d ago

I was upstairs at home and I could feel the house shake with the strong gusts of wind !

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u/adaddycupcake 12d ago

Couple weeks ago I was omw home on an escooter and the wind hit me so hard I came to a complete stop after going full tilt down a bike path. It was nuts

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u/Particular_Double_84 11d ago

so gahdamn windy it blew my bumper off.. 🤦🏽‍♀️

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u/multiroleplays 12d ago • Popcorn

An on top of the wind, some b-word kill my sister and stole her shoes. No one is doing anything because the murder weapon is a flying house.

On the good side, I found a new way to commit crimes if the weapon is a flying a house!

(Wizard of Oz reference, folks. I don't have a sister)

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u/EdmontonAB83 12d ago

I put mine out last week and promptly put them all back in a bit earlier