Safety advice - Canada Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
Learn to drive in the snow and ice. Cannot stress this enough. I have been through some pretty hairy blizzards and ice storms, and it's exciting and terrifying. So learn how to operate a car safely in those conditions. Also learning how to walk. You kind of do a shuffle and always stay to the parts of the ice that have a little bit of gravel in them, or something with tree branches that are fallen, whatever. I slipped on some fresh powder snow that was on top of some ice on somebody's sidewalk and fell right on my face and broke half of one of my teeth. And that was not fun. So hopefully that won't happen to you.
Video 2 Transcript
As great as a super thick coat is, it doesn't matter how thick it is, having more layers is always more beneficial, and that's the best way to avoid frostbite, overexposure, layers is the solution. For example, you wear an undershirt, you wear your white shirt and tie, you wear a sweater, you wear a light coat, you wear a heavy coat over that, seven layers. Ridiculous? It might sound like it, but when you're in negative 30 degrees, it makes a huge difference. Thermals also, especially for your legs, wear thermals, wear sweats, wear slacks, layer up, that's the solution. Oh, and pull over mittens with fingerling gloves, very helpful.
Video 3 Transcript
It gets super cold, and when I was there, the average temperature in the winter was probably negative 35 degrees Celsius. It did reach negative 55 one day. So, safety advice is to make sure that you wear layers, because you can always take clothes off. You can never add extra clothes if you don't have them.
Video 4 Transcript
So while I was up there in Canada, one of our biggest safety issues was the cold weather. Best advice I could give you is when preparing or if you're already there to acquire things that you can wear in layers, thin layers, not big bulky layers, but thin layers so that you can take off layers as necessary. I think it was polypropylene was the material you usually want to look for. It's a smart material that when you get hot it opens up and breathes and when you're cold it tightens up and allows you to hold in the heat. Good luck and stay toasty.
Video 5 Transcript
Because of our high latitude, it gets dark quite early around here. Definitely have some flashlights and bring winter clothes or blanket in your car. We never got stranded out in the winter, but it can snow in the morning, freezes by noon, melts in the afternoon, freezes the next night. So in the next morning you wake up, it could be completely icy. So it's very easy to get in car accidents in Calgary.
