r/Edmonton • u/Prestigious-Tune-330 Windermere • 18h ago

Environment Holy Windy!

That wind is relentless! Safe travels folks!

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u/ArtisticSeahorse5073 18h ago

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u/ancientwardrobe 18h 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 18h 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 16h ago

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

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u/CypripediumGuttatum 18h ago

Since when can we post pictures!?

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u/The_cogwheel 18h ago

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 18h ago

lol I’m down (up? 🤔) to try that 😂

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u/m1nhuh McCauley 18h 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/fricken 17h ago

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

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u/Honkin_CDNGoose 13h 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 16h ago

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

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u/Frostitute_85 The Shiny Balls 17h ago

Ohhhh shit! Bulbasaur got your number 😬

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u/m1nhuh McCauley 16h ago

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

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u/Prestigious-Tune-330 Windermere 18h ago

lol 😂

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u/Wulfho 14h ago

Excuse me??! That's wild

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u/PartyLeek2068 9h ago

Nice touch on the Pokemon soo funny 😂

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u/Sasha-95 18h ago

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

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u/CypripediumGuttatum 18h 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 17h 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 17h 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/drstu3000 18h ago

My neighbor at the end of the street picked the wrong day to put out his Halloween decorations, but hey, thanks for the decorations

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u/EdmontonAB83 17h ago

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

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u/TwistedSistaYEG 18h ago

Ugh The wind is trying to separate us.

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u/aaargh68 17h ago

Lethbridge has entered the room....

Pffft.....

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u/Pass1928 16h 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/Leading-Capital8079 17h 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 14h 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 14h 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/Simhaup1 North West Side 18h ago

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

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u/Timely-Profile1865 18h ago

Leaf blizzard

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u/PurpleSausage77 18h 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/Sea-Dog9448 15h 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 18h ago

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

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u/Hot_Sprinkles_848 17h ago

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

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u/DathomirBoy 17h 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 16h 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/Electrical_Crew_1566 17h ago

Yeah no kidding., hat today

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u/pinkpools Taint Albert 16h ago edited 16h ago

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

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u/throwitawayyy1234567 12h ago

It was doing you a favor

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u/Wulfho 14h ago

My hats gone 😭

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u/AngelSoi 13h 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/_Alic3 13h 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 18h 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 18h ago

My house is getting pelted with my neighbor's shingles

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u/multiroleplays 14h ago

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/NebulaTig North East Side 16h ago

I was going to run the mower to pick up leaves. No need to now.

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u/Financial_Raccoon_73 15h ago

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

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u/toodledootootootoo 12h ago

Walking over the high level bridge was absolutely terrifying!

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u/PartyLeek2068 9h 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 2h 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 1h 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