Help with a novel 1: Cold Climate Bronies/Pegasisters

[Tuxedo Kamen! 114]

Hi

To explain, I am currently writing a novel. The main setting is winter in a small town in Canada. Because I live in the desert, and see snow once a year(if I'm lucky) I don't know some of the simple things and tasks that one would performs during major snowstorms. For Example: I have no idea about how to put on tire chains. What are things that people do during extreme cold? I would love to know. Thanks for the help.

[Blitz 127]

Well, I'm not an expert on this, but one thing I can think of is sometimes, you'll get stuck in the snow, you have to put something, even napkins, under the tires to give it traction. Hope it helps!

[LightRaider 148]

Well, I experienced a terrible ice storm that happened a while ago here in Tulsa, so i know alot about this stuff. Well, alot of trees go down, snow gets real deep, and we got stuck inside of the house with now power. After a couple of days in there, we were able to force the snow out of the way of the door. we then hit another obstacle, because there were so many trees and braches down we couldn't get to our cars. We then had to break out the chainsaws and axes, cutting a path to the cars. But then the doors were frozen shut, and we couldn't get them open. I would love to help you out with this, so ask away!

[ponywise 78]

(cleaning up old posts! ignore please)

Edited September 3, 2016 by ponywise

[Acoustic Cloud 2,202]

Hi

To explain, I am currently writing a novel. The main setting is winter in a small town in Canada. Because I live in the desert, and see snow once a year(if I'm lucky) I don't know some of the simple things and tasks that one would performs during major snowstorms. For Example: I have no idea about how to put on tire chains. What are things that people do during extreme cold? I would love to know. Thanks for the help.

 

Oh I can help...

Well here is just a huge list.

Skiing, snow boarding, iceskating, sledding, ski bobbing (props to anyone who knows what I'm talking about), snowball fights, hot cocoa, snowmen, snow forts, snow sculptures, snow days, stuck in the snow, blizzards, and snow angels i guess...

Edited October 24, 2012 by Rainbow Dashey

[CloudFyre 848]

Haha! Something I can actually relate to XD

 

What are things that people do during extreme cold?

I live in the Great Northwest (or as I like to call it, the Great Northwet), and we get a ton of precipitation every year. Granted, most of the precipitation is rain, but we do see our fare share of snow during December through February.

 

If the snow is light, it's not a hard task to find some higher mountain to go sledding/skiing/snowboarding on, but if there's a danger of heavy snow, most people stay inside. It's better have fun at home than to suddenly find yourself trapped away from home.

 

I'm lucky I suppose, since we live in a very picturesque location. The house is on a small mountain that overlooks everything from us to the horizon, and even when it's not snowing down below us, it will sometimes drop some flakes on us. And because of that, most of us are prepared well in advance before a snow hits. For our family personally, we have at least three massive stacks of firewood spread around our property. Whenever we need more for the fireplace, you simply don a pair of boots, trudge out through the few inches/feet of snow, and drag some back.

 

We also happen to live on a VERY steep hill, which makes for a great time blitzing down the slopes in a sled. There is also a hidden danger, because the speeds can get so fast that it's actually dangerous (especially with masses of blackberry vines covering parts of the hillside). We've actually set up a location where we jump off of the sleds so that we don't reach an uncontrollable speed.

 

And as cool (no pun intended) as playing out in the snow is, one of my favorite things to do is to simply grab a cup of hot chocolate, set up a lawn chair on our back deck, and gaze out over the valley at the millions of tiny white flakes that grey out the horizon. It's like living in a snowglobe - and the snow makes for a very silent ambiance.

 

I'm not exactly what part of the wintery weather you wanted to know about, but I'd be glad to help you if you need more! Winter is probably my favorite time of year, and I'm glad to see someone writing about an Equestrian winter