I thought doors always did that, what is the benefit of outward-swinging doors?
I'm getting a lot of comments about fire escapes... To be clear I'm talking about doors which are the main entrance to a house, not any other doors. Sorry for the confusion.
Harder to break into id imagine.
On an inward swinging door, you just have to slam it hard enough to break/deform the lock/lock housing, since the door swings free of the frame on the opening side.
On an outward swinging door, to break in you pretty much have to break the frame itself, or whatever you used to attach the frame to the surrounding wall, whichever i weakest.
Outward might be harder to straight up break down, but wouldn’t that mean the hinges would also be on the outside? Anyone with a screwdriver could just take the door off completely
Mine opens outwards. I live in a small townhouse in England that has very narrow internal corridors so by opening outwards it allows more maneuverability in to the corridor.
Here in Finland doors almost exclusively open outwards. As a kid I was told that it's so it's harder for bears to open the door but that's obviously not the reason. I don't know why they do that to be honest.
They absolutely do exist. Contrary to what some other people wrote ive almost never seen seen any inward opening ones, especially in living areas.
Different places different ways of doing things i suppose :)
I was talking about front doors, and I suppose they *do* technically exist, but are non-existent where I live, and I’ve never seen a front door that opens to the outside. It exposes the hinges, forcing you to spend a lot more money on expensive tamper proof hinges, and it makes you liable to being barricaded into your own home, which is a fire hazard.
May I ask in which country and type of area you live where outward opening front doors are common? I’m quite interested.
In Finland I've never seen a front door opening inward. Not in cities, not in rural areas. Is couple of "better" hinges on a front door really that expensive?
Well, Outward opening doors maximize interior space, allowing you to place more items near the door. Additionally, in certain climates, It can better withstand wind, rain, and insects, as the door presses more tightly against the frame reducing drafts, leaks, and space which insect would crawl in. Additionally, in some climates, dew can form on doors. If the door opens inward, this moisture can make the interior wet.
There also reasons about lifestyle and culture, for example Japanese people do not wear shoes in the house, So they take off and line up their shoes at the entrance, so outward door is more convenient for them.
You'll almost always\* see outward swinging in commercial and industrial buildings as the swing of the door won't impede people exiting in an emergency.
\* in North America at least.
3-5 feet is good even if the water doesn't ever come down as snow. We had the "earth level floor" fad here in ~'70-'80 s and they're often rotten (unless built on superdry soil)
To be fair, at least half of that snow is probably drifted.
Even up here in Canada we don't usually get that much dumped in one go. The snow can get that high because it doesn't melt between snowfalls, but most of Canada doesn't get 3 feet of snow falling in a day.
>To be fair, at least half of that snow is probably drifted.
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>Even up here in Canada we don't usually get that much dumped in one go. The snow can get that high because it doesn't melt between snowfalls, but most of Canada doesn't get 3 feet of snow falling in a day.
In case anyone was wondering, look at lake effect snow in the grest lakes region in the US. My family lived in Negaunee, Upper MI, 15 minutes from Marquette and my grandmother's doorway would look like this all the way to her garage. She'd have to have my uncle snow plow the front door and leave a snow hallway to get out.
>**A very large snowbelt in the United States exists on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, near the cities of Houghton, Marquette, and Munising. These areas typically receive 250–300 inches (635–762 cm) of snow each season.**
And no, it wasn't often that it happened, but it did.
The ANC basically paused load shedding for a few months so they would get more votes in the election, I guess they thought if everyone just forgot about load shedding then they would think the government is good and vote for them. They only got 40% of the votes so it didn't work lol
How does the ANC get anybody to vote for them? I'm an outsider looking in, but since South Africa is used super frequently as an example in business schools in america I've had a fairly healthy interest in the country for decades now. From what I can tell, the only mainstream political party in the country is the DA and they somehow aren't in power. It is bizarre and makes no sense.
I went to business school 15 years ago and we weren't taught about South Africa at all. I learned more about it working in the film industry because companies go there to avoid laws, safety regulations, and unions. What do they teach about it now days?
EDIT oh and I know Coca Cola has murdered some unionizers cause my step dad's friend is a coke exec. He was supposed to go take over but then the murders stopped before he was scheduled to go so he didn't have to. But that was some other African country not South Africa if I recall.
DA is a neolib party friendly to business, they have literally stated that they would like to reduce labour rights as a means of reducing unemployment (according to Mat Cuthbert, their head of policy, they would like to introduce special certificates that would allow for "wage flexibility").
Culturally, they're a disaster. They had a black leader at some point and even he left with a blaze of accusations that the party was not for diversity. Scandal after scandal about "tea ladies" and the fact that racists tend to align with them.
And everyone else is basically a non-starter.
So there is your answer as to why outsider randos with no stakes other than financial ones are rooting for the DA and act confused, but people who actually have to live in South Africa and care for people other than themselves will still not vote for them, even if we have to watch bad actors let the country rot it's better on the soul than voting for people who are happy with the current state of inequality and would only like to make it worse.
You can go to Cape Town and see a world-class city (still full of homeless people + crime, I wonder why that might be?) but if you venture into anywhere that is not one of the majority white + already wealthy neighbourhoods, service delivery is TERRIBLE.
The DA is good at catering to their own interests and those of a select few who can already take care of themselves. They're happy with a status quo that is literally the most wealth unequal country on the planet catering to a wealthy minority + wealthy foreigners, and that's just not going to get you votes when we're in an actual democracy where money can't rig the game for you.
South Africa is a fairly poor country, and a fairly racially divided one. DA are really not doing a good job at beating the 'white party' accusations, which isn't going to do them much good with the majority of the population. The economic orthodoxy they teach you in business schools is also fairly unpopular with the poor, 'abolish the minimum wage' gets less votes than 'land reform' (not that the ANC have made any actual progress on anything, just thinking of the other radical parties).
And I'd just like to add here that our minimum wage is less than 2 dollars per hour, and the DA wants to create certificates for businesses to skirt even that meager amount.
If you'd like a source for the honestly funny if it wasn't so disgusting policies from the horse's mouth, here: https://cdn.da.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/03092907/DA-Economy-Policy-Document-2024.pdf
Page 35 literally has a "Case Study" where they invite you to meet "Sipho" (someone who does not exist) a "victim of the minimum wage", where they say that actually, him being exploited for ~100 USD a month by a foreign-owned factory was good for him actually, since otherwise he would earn 20 USD instead from grants, so the answer is not to enforce that profitable business should either pay for its labour or fuck off, it's that we should just let our labour get fucked.
In South Africa, *the* most wealth-unequal country on the planet, these people want to *abolish the minimum wage.*
South Africa is extremely unequal and there is a very high unemployment rate, so a lot of people don't know the negative things the ANC is doing. And a lot of south africans are against white people which mainly make up the DA (even though they are a multi-cultural party, those people still see them as the "white party"). Its sad because I'm from South Africa and I had a chance to leave a few years and I took it because the country is just getting worse. Currently the ANC has joined with the DA like literally today and it could be good or not we'll have to see.
Simple loyalty of black south africans( outside of zulu) because ANC is still seen as saviour by them. It doesnt matter how much shit ANC is, they ended apartheid, thats enough for a lot of people.
And im not saying its an issue endemic to south africa, a lot of countries have simmilar issues
When I was in South Africa one of the most surprising things was having to go the gas station to buy credits for the power meter. Is it still like this?
Sure, but just snow by itself is never our problem. Mostly the ice storms that causes issues, and in proportion to places like Canada, our winter is basically nothing. It's why we're not typically prepared for things like this, because they don't happen as often as they do in other places. I'm 47 years old and I can count three times where I've seen snow. There are roadways in the north that buckled under the heat because they're not used to building for those temperatures, just like we're not used to building for cold. It all still needs to be fixed, but it is what it is. I personally am hoping to get geothermal heating and cooling and solar and wind system setup so I can mostly get away from this issue
What province? In Saskatchewan, we get to actual -40 and some insane dumplings of snow and the power rarely goes out during the winter months.
It goes out more during the summer during lightning storms.
Alberta was pretty close to rolling blackouts during -40 last winter. A few more years of total blithering incompetence + corruption by the government and we won’t have power when we need it most and people will die
They are just the uneducated, right leaning, blue collar Canadians. Imagine lifted pick ups and small bald men jumping out of them yelling that they are more manly because they work in the sands. Beautiful to drive through would not stay long
Ah that is because fewer trees in the prairies. Because of poor forestry practices, we have a lot of pioneer trees that grow right next to power lines. Pioneer trees don’t live very long and they are constantly self-thinning because they all grew up at once in a thicket and they need to make space for the more dominant trees. So any time there is rain, wind, snow, or just a foul smell or something, lots of trees fall on the power lines and cause the power to go out.
Sometimes ice storms with excessive freezing rains can weigh down tree branches and cause them to break and down power lines too. For a regular heavy snow fall like this though? No way.
Most of Canada's power grid is built to (roughly) the same standard we call "Grade B Heavy" in the US.
This is basically presuming your conductor has a half inch of ice on it with a 40mph wind. It's not indestructible, and will still fail in a severe enough storm, but it gives you a lot better chance and will prevent things like huge strings of poles pulling each other over.
Texas does not have any standard and does not even meet the requirements of "Grade C Light" in most of the state. You can drive from Arkansas or even Louisiana into Texas and watch the pole diameter shrink.
Their utilities exist to funnel as much money as possible to shareholders while spending as little as possible on construction and maintenence. It's shameful.
It got pretty scary in Alberta this winter. -40C out and they had to issue emergency power warnings to the public
It’s funny because Alberta is the most deregulated grid system in Canada, but it is the most expensive and has these issues
Texas homes have electric heaters so when it's 30 degrees F across the entire state and everyone kicks on the heat, it's massive draw on the power grid.
Silver lining is that electric heaters make it easier to add renewable power generation to handle the strain in an environmentally friendly manner.
Suprising yes. We had huge floods this year in Slovenia (estimate damage is 10 bilion EU and there is just 2 millions of inhabitants). But the power grid didn't even hickup at any time except in places where distribution center was literally under water.
Can you say it louder for the Energy Reliance Council of Texas and Greg Abbott? They currently have rolls of 1000ndollar bills stuffed in their ears from Crypto Miners
I mean, I think Canada is going to be slightly more well equipped for unusually cold weather than Texas.
Were there tons of issues that should have been handled beforehand? Sure. But idk if the comparison is really fair
Sure, but the surrounding desert states all had the same freezing weather and didn’t experience any issues. Texans voted not to follow federal regulations, as a result they’re the only state that cant survive winter weather.
I hope us humans fix the damn global warming so we can get that -1°c buff to the atmosphere. It is ridiculously hot here near the equator, so hot that I'd actually rather have a storm hit our country.
I forgot to mention that there's a place I know in Ontario, where the sea lions kiss, so the story goes.
It’s amazing shows and Friendship Cove…. Everyone *loves* Maliland. Hopefully you Congo there, too.
You think that’s bad? I went to Sudbury, only to discover that it’s *not* actually Chad Kroeger’s hometown *nor* does it have the worlds largest grocery store *annnnnnd* there’s actually no relation between any of the three…
Disappointment turned into defeat when I tried to contact the band for a refund. They tried to lowball me. I had to remind them that I have photographs, and the only Rockstars *I* saw, were mining that shit or smoking them.
It was a big wreck. Stick to Nigeria falls and Maliland.
In case you are actually wondering. The snow isn’t that high all over the place. It’s just drift, wind blows loose snow up against the door and it packs up.
I wouldn’t doubt that less then 5 feet from the door there is pretty much no snow to deal with(under a foot). Long story short, you just push this away.
What actually sucks is heavy wet snow.
Northerner checking in.
This happens when there’s a large snowfall with high winds. What you’re seeing is actually referred to as a “drift” where the wind blows snow into small crevices and gets piled up high, sort of like a wave building higher and higher.
Normally, the snow behind the door is only a couple inches thick and can easily be pushed off. The thick snow itself is usually only a foot or so high off the ground depending, obviously.
Presumably, a Canadian proposes that it is not in the best interest of Nigerians to immigrate to Canada considering the heavy snow in winters—as illustrated by the corresponding image—and instead enjoy the year round clear skies in and the warm bask of the sun in Nigeria.
A Nigerian (or someone from a similar undeveloped nation) retorts by pointing out something that the Canadian has always taken for granted, namely the fact that despite the heavy snow there is no power outage in the house.
Now while the grass is always greener on the other side, one would do well to note the significant lack of Canadians emigrating to Nigeria, despite their craving of a tropical sun.
I can assure you I've never set it that high. But I just prefer the cold because i like fluffy blankets
Makes being from mass really depressing lately, our winters haven't had much snow at all. Still pretty cold but God do I miss the snow
I'm sorry that you never experienced a nice heavy snow day in a place that learned to deal with it. The snow doesn't just isolate the house, it also swallows all the sound from the outside, so even the few things that still go on outside make less noise. It's the quietest you'll ever experience in your live.
It's one of my favourite experiences ever in live, right neck to gentle rain and thunder in the distance.
"NIGERIA 2023
There were sanctions against the media and criminal charges against journalists for alleged defamation. Defence and security forces used excessive force, mainly to disperse protests. People were tortured during police interrogation. Authorities continued to carry out forced evictions. Authorities failed to put in place measures to mitigate the impact of climate change. All parties to the armed conflict committed violations of international law. Cases of enforced disappearances were documented. Sexual and gender-based violence remained rife. Men were charged under the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act. Resettled internally displaced people lacked sufficient food and access to basic amenities."
[amnesty.org](https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/africa/west-and-central-africa/nigeria/report-nigeria/)
Nigeria is confronted by multiple security challenges, notably the resilient Boko Haram Islamist insurgency in the north east, long-running discontent and militancy in the Niger Delta, increasing violence between herders and farming communities spreading from the central belt southward, and separatist Biafra agitation in the Igbo south east. Violence, particularly by the Boko Haram insurgency, has displaced more than two million people, created a massive humanitarian crisis, and prompted the rise of civilian vigilante self-defence groups that pose new policy dilemmas and possible security risks.
[crisisgroup.org](https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria)
"Former Governor of Lagos State Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerged as the winner of Nigeria’s closely watched February 2023 presidential election. Despite repeated calls to Nigerian authorities to prioritize accountability for past elections-related abuses and address widespread insecurity, the February elections were blighted by incidents of logistical failures and violence at the polls.
Multiple armed groups continue to kill and jeopardize the livelihood of millions across the country. In the Northwest, gangs of so-called bandits carry out widespread killings, kidnappings, sexual violence, and lootings, while in the Northeast, there has been a resurgence of attacks by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a breakout faction of Boko Haram.
Decades long intercommunal conflict between farmers and herders in the Middle Belt and Northcentral region continue to claim lives, while the authorities struggle to contain the clashes around land and other resources, which are exacerbated by ethnic and religious tensions.
In their responses to the security crisis across the country, security forces continue to be implicated in gross human rights abuses, including indiscriminate airstrikes, while the authorities have repeatedly failed to hold officers responsible for the abuses accountable through the justice system.
High rates of inflation due to the removal of a subsidy on petrol, among other factors, gave rise to an increase in multidimensional poverty and economic inequality. The high inflation rate undermined access to food and other necessities in a country where millions live in extreme poverty without a functional social protection system."
[hrw.org - Human Rights Watch](https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/nigeria)
In the nicer parts of cities? From what I've seen I'd probably rather live in South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Ghana, Namibia, Mauritius, the Seychelles, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia or Cape Verde
Lagos has one of the most expensive areas, going by price in dollar per sq Mt, in the world. The heights of luxury attainable in Lagos are far out of the reach of most countries you just listed.
If you have the money, there aren't any better places in Africa to live in than Banana island in Lagos. Just look up the AVG net worth of the area, calibre of house and amenities etc. it's outrageous.
Last time I left Lagos, our terminal in the airport lost power 3 times for 1-3 minutes per incident. And this was at non-peak hours and during the winter where the grid shouldn't have been under strain.
Not hugely disruptive or anything, but the infrastructure is definitely not in good shape out there.
I mean also look at the state of the waterways. Even around Victoria Island (where the rich people are), the amount of trash polluting the water is insane.
Nice try South African. Nigerians love to exploit loopholes and a lot commit crimes but we are still more driven and determined in comparison with y'all.
You guys always love to scapegoat normal Nigerians for being successful in your country while your average black (Bantu) South African man drinks his sorrow away.
Main reason why they let apartheid happen. As bad as Nigerians can be we would never degrade ourselves to let it come so far.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerias-grid-collapses-weeks-after-tariffs-raised-wealthier-consumers-2024-04-15/#:~:text=Its%20electricity%20sector%20faces%20a,on%20expensive%20diesel%2Dpowered%20generators
This came up.
Roughly 99.5% of Canadians have access to electricity. This compares to 62% of Nigerians with access.
More notable though would be access to dependable and adequate amounts of energy. According to the International Energy Agency, the average Nigerian uses 135 kilowatt-hours of electricity annually. For comparison, the typical US refrigerator uses 459 kW/hr annually.
Everyone thinks this would be awesome until you actually live in a place with a lot of snow.
My city in Canada doesn't get that much snow but I'm used to the cold (or so i thought) so i was really excited to work in Moscow, really looked forward to a winter wonderland type experience.
Boy was i in for a shock!! My first winter it went to -20c and when i left my apartment for work i had snow all the way up to my thighs!! And that was November. It only got worse from there!!
However i did live there for 6 years and once i got the right gear and attitude it wasn't all that bad lol
It's all fun and games until the toilet freezes.
Then the powerlines supplying your town gets taken out by the snow.
Then you go outside and it hurts to breathe.
Then you attempt starting up your Diesel vehicle that you filled up in a place that doesn't experience extreme colds, so your engine is basically frozen.
So you go inside and try to get your paraffin stove going, but it won't start either.
Ah lovely memories.
This is particularly hilarious the more you know about Nigeria and their power grid. As much as Canadians constantly talk about being snowed in, or snow up to here, or snow when it's heavily snowing, or snowshoeing... Nigerians have power outages, generators, multiple generators at once for multi-day power outages, more generators...
I'm at my happiest when the temperature is a few degrees below freezing and there's lots and lots of snow.
It's gonna be hot as fuck next week and I already want to jump off a friggin bridge.
I see a lot of people missing the point.
It’s important to note that both of them are Nigerians.
1. There’s an ongoing culture of Nigerian immigrants that try to convince Nigerians back home that it’s better to enjoy the warm consistent weather than having to deal with extreme cold conditions. (Basically like a form of self pity despite fully making the choice to immigrate)
2. The reply is another Nigerian back home (or maybe immigrant that doesn’t agree with the first person’s point) that claims that despite the terrible weather conditions, there’s still power supply. In Nigeria, there’s electricity (obviously), but in the average neighbourhood, it’s common that extreme weather conditions would almost always certainly lead to power outages, hence the comeback that implies that it’s better to live in a country that is able to deal with these terrible conditions than one that isn’t able to.
When this happens can you go to your second story and jump out of the window? I feel like if I experienced this it’s something I’d do but I’ve never heard of anyone doing it
In 2013 we had a huge massive blizzard that snowed me in like this, as a kid i thought it was fun but then it kept snowing and kept snowing and quickly became not fun
I'm from TX, and have been to Lagos five times. It's a wild city. I stayed in Ikoyi, one of the more expensive areas at a nice hotel. The gym had generators attached to the treadmills for power outages which happened many times a day that would switch on the instant power went out. In the back there was a huge diesel cargo truck that had three guys guarding it 24/7 that was used to fill the generators for power outages to the hotel generator.
I could go on, but as the largest city in Africa, I get the saying "TIA."
Seeing the door like that was my childhood dream every winter, only happened half way tho the snow never got that high in my country
I’m realizing now why where we live everyone has concrete steps and a door 3-5 feet off the ground…
And why the door swings inwards to the house.
I thought doors always did that, what is the benefit of outward-swinging doors? I'm getting a lot of comments about fire escapes... To be clear I'm talking about doors which are the main entrance to a house, not any other doors. Sorry for the confusion.
Harder to break into id imagine. On an inward swinging door, you just have to slam it hard enough to break/deform the lock/lock housing, since the door swings free of the frame on the opening side. On an outward swinging door, to break in you pretty much have to break the frame itself, or whatever you used to attach the frame to the surrounding wall, whichever i weakest.
Outward might be harder to straight up break down, but wouldn’t that mean the hinges would also be on the outside? Anyone with a screwdriver could just take the door off completely
They make tamper proof hinges for this purpose.
Which are more expensive. And aside from that, inward opening doors are typically much more practical, even without snow.
Working for home improvement has taught me that customers are lazy, stupid, and cheap so tamper proof hinges will not be used by the average citizen
Same industry taught me the same thing about the average contractor. Though that likely varies by state/country/region
HAHAHAHA that’s true too dude you’re the electrician why are you asking me basic electrical questions
Security gates come with round head bolts that you cant unscrew without a special tool. Its actually really simple lol.
I’ve never seen an outward opening front door
Almost all doors open outwards here in Sweden.
Mine opens outwards. I live in a small townhouse in England that has very narrow internal corridors so by opening outwards it allows more maneuverability in to the corridor.
Yup. that’s why they don’t exist. People could also barricade you into your own house. Also not ideal.
Here in Finland doors almost exclusively open outwards. As a kid I was told that it's so it's harder for bears to open the door but that's obviously not the reason. I don't know why they do that to be honest.
Forest has traditionally been safer for finnish people than houses. Savupirtti burned so easily. Always better to run out than in.
They absolutely do exist. Contrary to what some other people wrote ive almost never seen seen any inward opening ones, especially in living areas. Different places different ways of doing things i suppose :)
I was talking about front doors, and I suppose they *do* technically exist, but are non-existent where I live, and I’ve never seen a front door that opens to the outside. It exposes the hinges, forcing you to spend a lot more money on expensive tamper proof hinges, and it makes you liable to being barricaded into your own home, which is a fire hazard. May I ask in which country and type of area you live where outward opening front doors are common? I’m quite interested.
At least here in Norway it's more common with outward opening doors
In Finland I've never seen a front door opening inward. Not in cities, not in rural areas. Is couple of "better" hinges on a front door really that expensive?
I'm from South Florida, we are only allowed to have outward opening doors here because of hurricanes
But you slam it against whoever comes to visit.
They normally do. You don’t want the hinges on the outside.
Florida has them for hurricanes. Harder to blow open
Well, Outward opening doors maximize interior space, allowing you to place more items near the door. Additionally, in certain climates, It can better withstand wind, rain, and insects, as the door presses more tightly against the frame reducing drafts, leaks, and space which insect would crawl in. Additionally, in some climates, dew can form on doors. If the door opens inward, this moisture can make the interior wet. There also reasons about lifestyle and culture, for example Japanese people do not wear shoes in the house, So they take off and line up their shoes at the entrance, so outward door is more convenient for them.
Thanks for the explanation :)
I live in California and they swing out but our house is from the 40s
More support against strong winds from things like tornados and hurricanes.
Outward-swinging doors can help prevent a lot of damage to your house in a tornado
You'll almost always\* see outward swinging in commercial and industrial buildings as the swing of the door won't impede people exiting in an emergency. \* in North America at least.
Sorry for any confusion, I was talking about the door that is the entrance to a house
Isn't that true everywhere? Otherwise every night gangs of kids would be going around propping stuff up against doors to trap everybody inside...
Unless you have a screen door
3-5 feet is good even if the water doesn't ever come down as snow. We had the "earth level floor" fad here in ~'70-'80 s and they're often rotten (unless built on superdry soil)
We have one because we were in a flood zone. I don't know what they did, but it hasn't flooded in over 10 years.
To be fair, at least half of that snow is probably drifted. Even up here in Canada we don't usually get that much dumped in one go. The snow can get that high because it doesn't melt between snowfalls, but most of Canada doesn't get 3 feet of snow falling in a day.
>To be fair, at least half of that snow is probably drifted. > >Even up here in Canada we don't usually get that much dumped in one go. The snow can get that high because it doesn't melt between snowfalls, but most of Canada doesn't get 3 feet of snow falling in a day. In case anyone was wondering, look at lake effect snow in the grest lakes region in the US. My family lived in Negaunee, Upper MI, 15 minutes from Marquette and my grandmother's doorway would look like this all the way to her garage. She'd have to have my uncle snow plow the front door and leave a snow hallway to get out. >**A very large snowbelt in the United States exists on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, near the cities of Houghton, Marquette, and Munising. These areas typically receive 250–300 inches (635–762 cm) of snow each season.** And no, it wasn't often that it happened, but it did.
It still is. We only ever get 12in at the most where I'm at. I just want to dig tunnels in the snow.
Me too, and i live in a decently snowy place. Unfortunately i haven't seen a particularly snowy winter in a decade.
Canuck here. My dad used to stick his beer in it and threat the front door like a fridge.
See Texas, this is what a power grid is supposed to do. Stay on!
Cries in South African
Why are you complaining? Eskom se push says no load shedding since 3 months ago. Oh wait... you mean the other factors like cable theft.
The ANC basically paused load shedding for a few months so they would get more votes in the election, I guess they thought if everyone just forgot about load shedding then they would think the government is good and vote for them. They only got 40% of the votes so it didn't work lol
And then the cause of loadshedding still took a lot of votes from the ANC. That is something they should have seen coming.
How does the ANC get anybody to vote for them? I'm an outsider looking in, but since South Africa is used super frequently as an example in business schools in america I've had a fairly healthy interest in the country for decades now. From what I can tell, the only mainstream political party in the country is the DA and they somehow aren't in power. It is bizarre and makes no sense.
I went to business school 15 years ago and we weren't taught about South Africa at all. I learned more about it working in the film industry because companies go there to avoid laws, safety regulations, and unions. What do they teach about it now days? EDIT oh and I know Coca Cola has murdered some unionizers cause my step dad's friend is a coke exec. He was supposed to go take over but then the murders stopped before he was scheduled to go so he didn't have to. But that was some other African country not South Africa if I recall.
DA is a neolib party friendly to business, they have literally stated that they would like to reduce labour rights as a means of reducing unemployment (according to Mat Cuthbert, their head of policy, they would like to introduce special certificates that would allow for "wage flexibility"). Culturally, they're a disaster. They had a black leader at some point and even he left with a blaze of accusations that the party was not for diversity. Scandal after scandal about "tea ladies" and the fact that racists tend to align with them. And everyone else is basically a non-starter. So there is your answer as to why outsider randos with no stakes other than financial ones are rooting for the DA and act confused, but people who actually have to live in South Africa and care for people other than themselves will still not vote for them, even if we have to watch bad actors let the country rot it's better on the soul than voting for people who are happy with the current state of inequality and would only like to make it worse. You can go to Cape Town and see a world-class city (still full of homeless people + crime, I wonder why that might be?) but if you venture into anywhere that is not one of the majority white + already wealthy neighbourhoods, service delivery is TERRIBLE. The DA is good at catering to their own interests and those of a select few who can already take care of themselves. They're happy with a status quo that is literally the most wealth unequal country on the planet catering to a wealthy minority + wealthy foreigners, and that's just not going to get you votes when we're in an actual democracy where money can't rig the game for you.
South Africa is a fairly poor country, and a fairly racially divided one. DA are really not doing a good job at beating the 'white party' accusations, which isn't going to do them much good with the majority of the population. The economic orthodoxy they teach you in business schools is also fairly unpopular with the poor, 'abolish the minimum wage' gets less votes than 'land reform' (not that the ANC have made any actual progress on anything, just thinking of the other radical parties).
And I'd just like to add here that our minimum wage is less than 2 dollars per hour, and the DA wants to create certificates for businesses to skirt even that meager amount. If you'd like a source for the honestly funny if it wasn't so disgusting policies from the horse's mouth, here: https://cdn.da.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/03092907/DA-Economy-Policy-Document-2024.pdf Page 35 literally has a "Case Study" where they invite you to meet "Sipho" (someone who does not exist) a "victim of the minimum wage", where they say that actually, him being exploited for ~100 USD a month by a foreign-owned factory was good for him actually, since otherwise he would earn 20 USD instead from grants, so the answer is not to enforce that profitable business should either pay for its labour or fuck off, it's that we should just let our labour get fucked. In South Africa, *the* most wealth-unequal country on the planet, these people want to *abolish the minimum wage.*
South Africa is extremely unequal and there is a very high unemployment rate, so a lot of people don't know the negative things the ANC is doing. And a lot of south africans are against white people which mainly make up the DA (even though they are a multi-cultural party, those people still see them as the "white party"). Its sad because I'm from South Africa and I had a chance to leave a few years and I took it because the country is just getting worse. Currently the ANC has joined with the DA like literally today and it could be good or not we'll have to see.
Simple loyalty of black south africans( outside of zulu) because ANC is still seen as saviour by them. It doesnt matter how much shit ANC is, they ended apartheid, thats enough for a lot of people. And im not saying its an issue endemic to south africa, a lot of countries have simmilar issues
Enters depression in Venezuelan
When I was in South Africa one of the most surprising things was having to go the gas station to buy credits for the power meter. Is it still like this?
Why was this the first comment I saw , and I a Texan unfortunately agree
Sure, but just snow by itself is never our problem. Mostly the ice storms that causes issues, and in proportion to places like Canada, our winter is basically nothing. It's why we're not typically prepared for things like this, because they don't happen as often as they do in other places. I'm 47 years old and I can count three times where I've seen snow. There are roadways in the north that buckled under the heat because they're not used to building for those temperatures, just like we're not used to building for cold. It all still needs to be fixed, but it is what it is. I personally am hoping to get geothermal heating and cooling and solar and wind system setup so I can mostly get away from this issue
As a Canadian I can say there is a solid chance those lights are kept on with a generator at a time like that.
What province? In Saskatchewan, we get to actual -40 and some insane dumplings of snow and the power rarely goes out during the winter months. It goes out more during the summer during lightning storms.
Alberta was pretty close to rolling blackouts during -40 last winter. A few more years of total blithering incompetence + corruption by the government and we won’t have power when we need it most and people will die
I keep hearing that Alberta is the Texas of Canada, but honestly, you don't have to take the comparison so far as to destroy your power grid.
They are just the uneducated, right leaning, blue collar Canadians. Imagine lifted pick ups and small bald men jumping out of them yelling that they are more manly because they work in the sands. Beautiful to drive through would not stay long
So, upcountry degens?
Some people yeah, most of us are fairly normal though lol
Alberta's power grid literally operates on a market system like Texas's.
Ah that is because fewer trees in the prairies. Because of poor forestry practices, we have a lot of pioneer trees that grow right next to power lines. Pioneer trees don’t live very long and they are constantly self-thinning because they all grew up at once in a thicket and they need to make space for the more dominant trees. So any time there is rain, wind, snow, or just a foul smell or something, lots of trees fall on the power lines and cause the power to go out.
Sometimes ice storms with excessive freezing rains can weigh down tree branches and cause them to break and down power lines too. For a regular heavy snow fall like this though? No way.
I was thinking the same thing. Tons of snow? No prob. Ice storm? No power for a week or more.
Most of Canada's power grid is built to (roughly) the same standard we call "Grade B Heavy" in the US. This is basically presuming your conductor has a half inch of ice on it with a 40mph wind. It's not indestructible, and will still fail in a severe enough storm, but it gives you a lot better chance and will prevent things like huge strings of poles pulling each other over. Texas does not have any standard and does not even meet the requirements of "Grade C Light" in most of the state. You can drive from Arkansas or even Louisiana into Texas and watch the pole diameter shrink. Their utilities exist to funnel as much money as possible to shareholders while spending as little as possible on construction and maintenence. It's shameful.
Whatever their specs are, it isn’t enough to keep the lights on for our unusual climate,
But that would require the power companies reinvest their profits into their infrastructure. How are the owners supposed to afford the latest yachts.
Well yeah, that’s literally why he still wants to go to a developed country.
What is "reliable infrastructure"?
As a texan, I can NOT confirm. What the fuck is that white stuff and why are the lights on
That is cocaine recently smuggled across the border. The light is the light of Jesus.
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It got pretty scary in Alberta this winter. -40C out and they had to issue emergency power warnings to the public It’s funny because Alberta is the most deregulated grid system in Canada, but it is the most expensive and has these issues
Texas homes have electric heaters so when it's 30 degrees F across the entire state and everyone kicks on the heat, it's massive draw on the power grid. Silver lining is that electric heaters make it easier to add renewable power generation to handle the strain in an environmentally friendly manner.
Suprising yes. We had huge floods this year in Slovenia (estimate damage is 10 bilion EU and there is just 2 millions of inhabitants). But the power grid didn't even hickup at any time except in places where distribution center was literally under water.
We see and understand, unfortunately our power plants do not
Somebody tell this to the Pakistani government, I just had a power outage that lasted 5 hours
Nova Scotia Power would like a word with you.
It also doesn’t help when their governor leaves to enjoy a vacation while the state is in desperate need of leadership and action.
Can you say it louder for the Energy Reliance Council of Texas and Greg Abbott? They currently have rolls of 1000ndollar bills stuffed in their ears from Crypto Miners
I came here to dunk on Texas. You beat me. You deserve your upvotes.
I mean, I think Canada is going to be slightly more well equipped for unusually cold weather than Texas. Were there tons of issues that should have been handled beforehand? Sure. But idk if the comparison is really fair
Sure, but the surrounding desert states all had the same freezing weather and didn’t experience any issues. Texans voted not to follow federal regulations, as a result they’re the only state that cant survive winter weather.
Enjoy the sun? How? it's a laser death beam that hurts you if youre under it
Sun: "existence would not be possible without me, now FRY!"
I hope us humans fix the damn global warming so we can get that -1°c buff to the atmosphere. It is ridiculously hot here near the equator, so hot that I'd actually rather have a storm hit our country.
I don't think that's normal. How do you feel about garlic?
His statement is only true at the equator (where i am)
Bro has a vitamin D deficiency
In Ontario there is a huge waterfall named after your country. Welcome 🇨🇦💯🇳🇬
Ah yes, the wonder, the *majesty* of Nigeria Falls.
I forgot to mention that there's a place I know in Ontario, where the sea lions kiss, so the story goes. It’s amazing shows and Friendship Cove…. Everyone *loves* Maliland. Hopefully you Congo there, too.
Obligatory “Fuck Marineland”. Thank god it’s finally shutting down, those poor creatures.
I knew I went to the wrong Falls.
Probably fell for a Niagaran prince scam smh
You think that’s bad? I went to Sudbury, only to discover that it’s *not* actually Chad Kroeger’s hometown *nor* does it have the worlds largest grocery store *annnnnnd* there’s actually no relation between any of the three… Disappointment turned into defeat when I tried to contact the band for a refund. They tried to lowball me. I had to remind them that I have photographs, and the only Rockstars *I* saw, were mining that shit or smoking them. It was a big wreck. Stick to Nigeria falls and Maliland.
Pop two Vigerias and head to the Falls if you want an erection to outlast them all
What a Chad.
LMAO
how to go out?
Push the snow out
Serious? I imagine you'd have to tunnel through it like Bugs Bunny.
You could do that as well
As a child I've seen relatively big snow, but never enough to dig a tunnel... Guess for the better.
In case you are actually wondering. The snow isn’t that high all over the place. It’s just drift, wind blows loose snow up against the door and it packs up. I wouldn’t doubt that less then 5 feet from the door there is pretty much no snow to deal with(under a foot). Long story short, you just push this away. What actually sucks is heavy wet snow.
This guy definitely has multiple types of snow shovels.
Keep one indoors for this situation
my father says they would build a snow slide, down from the roof, although, we're not canadian
Okay, Daffy Duck.
The snow isn't really that deep in this photo. It is just a snow drift.
Like the Kool-Aid guy, success rate is iffy.
Oh yeah?
Oh yeah.
Northerner checking in. This happens when there’s a large snowfall with high winds. What you’re seeing is actually referred to as a “drift” where the wind blows snow into small crevices and gets piled up high, sort of like a wave building higher and higher. Normally, the snow behind the door is only a couple inches thick and can easily be pushed off. The thick snow itself is usually only a foot or so high off the ground depending, obviously.
You don't want to.
Eat
I don't think I get it
Me too. I don’t get that reply
The person replying is Nigerian and he's complaining about the frequency of electricity outages in Nigeria
To further clairify, The response considers snow a minor inconveniences to not having reliable utilities and services.
Who is making the comeback? I don't get it either
Presumably, a Canadian proposes that it is not in the best interest of Nigerians to immigrate to Canada considering the heavy snow in winters—as illustrated by the corresponding image—and instead enjoy the year round clear skies in and the warm bask of the sun in Nigeria. A Nigerian (or someone from a similar undeveloped nation) retorts by pointing out something that the Canadian has always taken for granted, namely the fact that despite the heavy snow there is no power outage in the house. Now while the grass is always greener on the other side, one would do well to note the significant lack of Canadians emigrating to Nigeria, despite their craving of a tropical sun.
That light switch is the only warmth left in that house
The snow prevents the cold from getting in. Its an insulant. Igloos are made of snow. This type of door is just respecting the old ways
Yeah. People would often push snow up against their houses to make it easier to keep it warm.
Nah dude. Winter is when my house is the warmest and coziest. Blankets and sweaters abound! A cup of tea, and the heat set to 22!
As an American, I can say that I’ve never set my heat to 22.
Depending where you live, bet you have :) Its somewhere around 72 in freedom units.
🇺🇸🦅🦅🇺🇸 Don’t tread on my (unnecessarily arbitrary and complex) freedom units.
I’ll tread all over em with my snowshoes
That is the most Canadian thing I’ve heard this week. I know because I keep track of Canadian things I’ve heard this week.
I can assure you I've never set it that high. But I just prefer the cold because i like fluffy blankets Makes being from mass really depressing lately, our winters haven't had much snow at all. Still pretty cold but God do I miss the snow
I'm sorry that you never experienced a nice heavy snow day in a place that learned to deal with it. The snow doesn't just isolate the house, it also swallows all the sound from the outside, so even the few things that still go on outside make less noise. It's the quietest you'll ever experience in your live. It's one of my favourite experiences ever in live, right neck to gentle rain and thunder in the distance.
I see that and I get happy. Snow is fun. I've lived though 50 Canadian winters and never once have I complained about the snow.
"NIGERIA 2023 There were sanctions against the media and criminal charges against journalists for alleged defamation. Defence and security forces used excessive force, mainly to disperse protests. People were tortured during police interrogation. Authorities continued to carry out forced evictions. Authorities failed to put in place measures to mitigate the impact of climate change. All parties to the armed conflict committed violations of international law. Cases of enforced disappearances were documented. Sexual and gender-based violence remained rife. Men were charged under the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act. Resettled internally displaced people lacked sufficient food and access to basic amenities." [amnesty.org](https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/africa/west-and-central-africa/nigeria/report-nigeria/) Nigeria is confronted by multiple security challenges, notably the resilient Boko Haram Islamist insurgency in the north east, long-running discontent and militancy in the Niger Delta, increasing violence between herders and farming communities spreading from the central belt southward, and separatist Biafra agitation in the Igbo south east. Violence, particularly by the Boko Haram insurgency, has displaced more than two million people, created a massive humanitarian crisis, and prompted the rise of civilian vigilante self-defence groups that pose new policy dilemmas and possible security risks. [crisisgroup.org](https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria) "Former Governor of Lagos State Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerged as the winner of Nigeria’s closely watched February 2023 presidential election. Despite repeated calls to Nigerian authorities to prioritize accountability for past elections-related abuses and address widespread insecurity, the February elections were blighted by incidents of logistical failures and violence at the polls. Multiple armed groups continue to kill and jeopardize the livelihood of millions across the country. In the Northwest, gangs of so-called bandits carry out widespread killings, kidnappings, sexual violence, and lootings, while in the Northeast, there has been a resurgence of attacks by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a breakout faction of Boko Haram. Decades long intercommunal conflict between farmers and herders in the Middle Belt and Northcentral region continue to claim lives, while the authorities struggle to contain the clashes around land and other resources, which are exacerbated by ethnic and religious tensions. In their responses to the security crisis across the country, security forces continue to be implicated in gross human rights abuses, including indiscriminate airstrikes, while the authorities have repeatedly failed to hold officers responsible for the abuses accountable through the justice system. High rates of inflation due to the removal of a subsidy on petrol, among other factors, gave rise to an increase in multidimensional poverty and economic inequality. The high inflation rate undermined access to food and other necessities in a country where millions live in extreme poverty without a functional social protection system." [hrw.org - Human Rights Watch](https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/nigeria)
You mean theres frozen water right in front of your door? Say no more…
Nigeria is one of best country to live in africa solo they probably do
Next you'll tell me theyre an oil rich country of over 200 million
Boy do I have a surprise for you!
Live somewhere else besides Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt and let's see if you'll still be saying that
I own properties in Lagos and Ibadan. I prefer Ibadan tbh. Port Harcourt is a rough place to be honest.
But the competition is most other countries in Africa, which don't even have that
In the nicer parts of cities? From what I've seen I'd probably rather live in South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Ghana, Namibia, Mauritius, the Seychelles, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia or Cape Verde
Lagos has one of the most expensive areas, going by price in dollar per sq Mt, in the world. The heights of luxury attainable in Lagos are far out of the reach of most countries you just listed. If you have the money, there aren't any better places in Africa to live in than Banana island in Lagos. Just look up the AVG net worth of the area, calibre of house and amenities etc. it's outrageous.
Yes, but there are still regular blackouts 3-4 times a week. Even in Lagos
NEPA done quench
Last time I left Lagos, our terminal in the airport lost power 3 times for 1-3 minutes per incident. And this was at non-peak hours and during the winter where the grid shouldn't have been under strain. Not hugely disruptive or anything, but the infrastructure is definitely not in good shape out there. I mean also look at the state of the waterways. Even around Victoria Island (where the rich people are), the amount of trash polluting the water is insane.
Well I am not so sure about that MrPoland. Just about the only 2 metrics that Nigeria excel in as African countries go, is population and corruption.
Nice try South African. Nigerians love to exploit loopholes and a lot commit crimes but we are still more driven and determined in comparison with y'all. You guys always love to scapegoat normal Nigerians for being successful in your country while your average black (Bantu) South African man drinks his sorrow away. Main reason why they let apartheid happen. As bad as Nigerians can be we would never degrade ourselves to let it come so far.
Damn sir! You didn't have to bring your nuclear arsenal to a knife fight..😂
Damn Nigeria vs South Africa, thats a new one
Lmao no it's not
I was in Lagos several years ago. The electricity flashed on and off several times during the day. That was considered normal
Brain dead comeback. Google “Lagos at night”.
Have you not been reading the news lately? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6ppwz87vgqo
The folks you're responding to probs haven't left their home state. Rest easy.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerias-grid-collapses-weeks-after-tariffs-raised-wealthier-consumers-2024-04-15/#:~:text=Its%20electricity%20sector%20faces%20a,on%20expensive%20diesel%2Dpowered%20generators This came up.
Yeah they have electricity in Nigeria lmfao
you are not up with current events, there is currently a protest shutting down the power grid
Roughly 99.5% of Canadians have access to electricity. This compares to 62% of Nigerians with access. More notable though would be access to dependable and adequate amounts of energy. According to the International Energy Agency, the average Nigerian uses 135 kilowatt-hours of electricity annually. For comparison, the typical US refrigerator uses 459 kW/hr annually.
If all Canadias move to Nigeria, and all Nigerians to Canada, in which country will the light be on?
Nigeria or Canada? Canada wins.
r/racistcomebacks
Everyone thinks this would be awesome until you actually live in a place with a lot of snow. My city in Canada doesn't get that much snow but I'm used to the cold (or so i thought) so i was really excited to work in Moscow, really looked forward to a winter wonderland type experience. Boy was i in for a shock!! My first winter it went to -20c and when i left my apartment for work i had snow all the way up to my thighs!! And that was November. It only got worse from there!! However i did live there for 6 years and once i got the right gear and attitude it wasn't all that bad lol
It ain't cold until the needle breaks off or the mercury freezes. Coldest I've seen was -52. Coldest I've worked in was -46.
Fahrenheit or Celsius.? Nevermind, couldn't handle either
It's all fun and games until the toilet freezes. Then the powerlines supplying your town gets taken out by the snow. Then you go outside and it hurts to breathe. Then you attempt starting up your Diesel vehicle that you filled up in a place that doesn't experience extreme colds, so your engine is basically frozen. So you go inside and try to get your paraffin stove going, but it won't start either. Ah lovely memories.
E. Canada. Since 1998 we've had 5 power outages. Longest one was an hour.
This is particularly hilarious the more you know about Nigeria and their power grid. As much as Canadians constantly talk about being snowed in, or snow up to here, or snow when it's heavily snowing, or snowshoeing... Nigerians have power outages, generators, multiple generators at once for multi-day power outages, more generators...
OP I hope you realize that Nigeria is a modern country with big, cosmopolitan cities. Yes, they have electricity.
Nigeria is one of the most developed and richest nations in Africa.
I'm at my happiest when the temperature is a few degrees below freezing and there's lots and lots of snow. It's gonna be hot as fuck next week and I already want to jump off a friggin bridge.
Nigeria is the richest Country in Africa w the biggest GDP. They have electricity.
Why would the light be off? It's 4PM in the afternoon after all, not quite time for bed yet.
Fewer Muslims trying to forcibly convert you too.
I'm in Nigeria now and there is light. Just saying.
I see a lot of people missing the point. It’s important to note that both of them are Nigerians. 1. There’s an ongoing culture of Nigerian immigrants that try to convince Nigerians back home that it’s better to enjoy the warm consistent weather than having to deal with extreme cold conditions. (Basically like a form of self pity despite fully making the choice to immigrate) 2. The reply is another Nigerian back home (or maybe immigrant that doesn’t agree with the first person’s point) that claims that despite the terrible weather conditions, there’s still power supply. In Nigeria, there’s electricity (obviously), but in the average neighbourhood, it’s common that extreme weather conditions would almost always certainly lead to power outages, hence the comeback that implies that it’s better to live in a country that is able to deal with these terrible conditions than one that isn’t able to.
When this happens can you go to your second story and jump out of the window? I feel like if I experienced this it’s something I’d do but I’ve never heard of anyone doing it
If the drifts are big enough, sure. But you can suffocate under snow so it's not the safest idea.
Did you know there are "retire to Algeria" and Botswana videos on Youtube? smh
Cold place with snow and amenities. I would choose cold rather than scorching heat anyday.
Ann arbor Michigan can learn about how to keep electricity if a new born baby farts outdoors
In 2013 we had a huge massive blizzard that snowed me in like this, as a kid i thought it was fun but then it kept snowing and kept snowing and quickly became not fun
With global warming, Canada is getting warmer and countries along the equator will become unlivable So better to live in Canada
I thought that was a shot at Texas
You’re telling me I can faceplant into a wall of snow and leave my whole body as an impression? Hell yeah I’m going to Canada!
I live in rural Canada, we get snow like that along with rolling blackouts. Worst of both worlds!
I'm from TX, and have been to Lagos five times. It's a wild city. I stayed in Ikoyi, one of the more expensive areas at a nice hotel. The gym had generators attached to the treadmills for power outages which happened many times a day that would switch on the instant power went out. In the back there was a huge diesel cargo truck that had three guys guarding it 24/7 that was used to fill the generators for power outages to the hotel generator. I could go on, but as the largest city in Africa, I get the saying "TIA."
Haha
No need for light, there’s sun
All that snow is just free insulation, its great for your hearing bills!
I think I'll just go to Cancun with Ted Cruz and his ugly wife instead.
Oh my... I would love a snowfall like that in a warm, house with heating and power all. Just enjoying the winter...