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What do people that are for the first time moving to a place where is snows need to know? (lemmy.autism.place)

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If you never lived where it snows and were moving North to where it does snow, what would you have liked to have known? What would you do to prepare?

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Clothing

Make sure to have a good winter coat, neck gaiter, hat, gloves and boots. Staying warm and dry is important.
Hand warmers can be handy if you expect to be outside for a while. There are several variants (chemical, reusable, rechargeable)

Driving

Winter tires. It may seems like an extra expense, but it will make your summer/all-season tires lasts longer. In some provinces, they are mandatory for residents (ex: Quebec)
Make sure to clear the snow from the car, INCLUDING the roof (aka don't leave a snowhawk). Keep that snow brush in the trunk.
Make sure to keep your windshield washer fuild filled.
Have a small snow shovel just in case you get stuck in snow.
Keep one of those metallic safety blanket, and those emergency candle in case you get in an emergency.
A car battery booster might come in handy. A drained battery isn't fun.
Drice defensively, it's easier to lose control of the vehicle.

Homeowner

A good shovel to clear out the driveway isn't a luxury
Some sand in a bucket with a lid, to put over ice patches when it gets slippery. You don't need to put a lot, just enough to not fall.
Be sure to keep the temperature above 18°C. If the temp inside the building drops too low, ice can form in water pipes, and you can imagine the mess it can make when a pipe bursts.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Make sure to keep your windshield washer fluid filled.

and make sure it's winter grade fluid (rated for freezing temps)!
I once had summer stuff in there (doesn't smell as bad because no anti-freeze) and as soon as I turned the wiper spray on the whole window froze over and I couldn't see shit while I was driving.
scary shit!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We had to make an emergency trip to Quebec in January 2022 because of health issues with the in-laws. Father-in-law advised to get the stuff rated to -20°F, but it wasn’t available where we live and I’d gotten the car serviced before we hit the road and they filled the washer fluid with what they had, I’m guessing 0°F. I bought some -20°F in Buffalo but didn’t have room to add any. The temperature was rapidly dropping as we headed farther north and as we neared Watertown, NY the fluid wasn’t spraying well. I tried adding what I could of the -20°F but by the time we stopped east of Montreal that night it was -45°F and the whole system had frozen solid. Tried using a hairdryer at the hotel, but we couldn’t melt it until we got it in the in-laws garage. Without fluid running the wipers can mean just smearing crud across your windshield, making it impossible to see.

Now I always make sure whenever we leave Quebec that I have a bottle of -49°F rated fluid and fill the reservoir at home before heading up in the winter. If there’s a lot of warmer-rated fluid in the car I’ll actually siphon it out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

good advice! I didn't even think about the whole system freezing.
and if you're going a place that cold also get a (fresh) heavy duty battery. ours had trouble starting the car when it was -35F also in Montreal

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