Driving in a Canadian Blizzard, March 29, 2015

Recorded on Sunday, March 29, 2015. Driven in a 2004 Volvo XC70. This drive covers the North End and downtown of Halifax, Nova Scotia. I had to pull over a few times to get the ice off my wipers. A few times the camera went out of focus for a few minutes, so I cut those parts of the video.
This was filmed at the same time Air Canada 624 crashed at Halifax International Airport. Investigators are apparently confused how it happened. This gives you an idea of what the weather was like at the time, which, to me, makes it kind of obvious....

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  • @larryfriday5597
    @larryfriday55976 жыл бұрын

    finally a blizzard vid recorded during an actual blizzard. thank you I enjoyed it.

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you did, too :)

  • @mknechtel7

    @mknechtel7

    6 жыл бұрын

    Wait. You call this a blizzard? This is a light snow storm where I am from.

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    6 жыл бұрын

    I didn't invent and define the term "blizzard," if that's what you're asking.

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    6 жыл бұрын

    It is a blizzard, actually. If you don't like the definition of a blizzard, that's nobody's problem but yours.

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    6 жыл бұрын

    Wow. You are truly an example of Canada's worst. Environment Canada classifies a blizzard as any storm that has snow that reduces visibility to less than 1km for 6 hours with winds up to 40kmh. It's not my fault you're an embarrassing, ignorant moron. You saying that this isn't a real blizzard is like saying that a magnitude 5 earthquake isn't really an earthquake because there a stronger earthquakes.

  • @BrianSmith-lj6ug
    @BrianSmith-lj6ug4 жыл бұрын

    This is by far the best driving video i have watched on youtube.And your a great driver dealing with them conditions.

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks :D Glad you enjoyed.

  • @KamrynSayWhaaattt

    @KamrynSayWhaaattt

    Жыл бұрын

    you're* I'm glad*

  • @cipher2
    @cipher23 жыл бұрын

    been coming back to this video for years now, a certified classic!!!

  • @eternalwarrior-yp2qx
    @eternalwarrior-yp2qx5 ай бұрын

    Please do more of this. It's so calming.

  • @cdrawn
    @cdrawn9 жыл бұрын

    Love this weather

  • @Starrynigh88

    @Starrynigh88

    7 жыл бұрын

    cdrawn really ?

  • @WasephWastar

    @WasephWastar

    6 жыл бұрын

    I like it too

  • @dinakogan9888

    @dinakogan9888

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @TJNightTrain

    @TJNightTrain

    4 жыл бұрын

    fuck you asshole.

  • @zoey2216

    @zoey2216

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TJNightTrain Why so mad lmao

  • @robertahughes-craft8674
    @robertahughes-craft86743 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the ride! I never get to ride in these conditions in real life, thank goodness, but I love winter & the snow.

  • @heinzbreuer2674
    @heinzbreuer26744 жыл бұрын

    Sehr gute Aufnahmen Danke für die schöne bilder. I Love the Winter Impressionen 🏅

  • @marynichols438
    @marynichols4385 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the ride along. This reminds me of winter in Cleveland, Ohio.

  • @Mspoor70
    @Mspoor704 жыл бұрын

    Love this, thanks so much.Appreciated 👏🏼

  • @NAJLEPSZEDISCOPOLOLIVE357
    @NAJLEPSZEDISCOPOLOLIVE3578 ай бұрын

    «Каждый раз, когда мне становится скучно, я возвращаюсь к этому видео, чтобы снова обрести радость и покой. Вы сделали мой день особенным. Большое вам спасибо!»

  • @joelwalden5504
    @joelwalden55046 жыл бұрын

    Really great video. Pretty area!

  • @StarStruckFilms101
    @StarStruckFilms1019 жыл бұрын

    Wow, i can't believe how much snow there has been in NS this winter, really crazy. Great video man! also i think you meant to say March 29th ;)

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    9 жыл бұрын

    LOL Yes. Yes I did :P

  • @BB02XX
    @BB02XX7 жыл бұрын

    I'm getting sick of the constant boring good weather in SoCal. I've gotta get me some of this Canuk weather

  • @harshadsoman4848
    @harshadsoman48484 жыл бұрын

    Which car were you driving?

  • @andrewmastrandonas5123
    @andrewmastrandonas51234 жыл бұрын

    Love this video!

  • @samirayes2922
    @samirayes29227 жыл бұрын

    I gotta move my ass to canada ASAP I hated these 100 degree always sunny and warm weather :/ canada I love you

  • @azera55555

    @azera55555

    5 жыл бұрын

    me too. It's late September and it's still 90-93 here in Alabama, it SUCKS, and it doesn't snow or last very long at all

  • @Spicygo4tCh33se

    @Spicygo4tCh33se

    5 жыл бұрын

    You will regret driving in snowy the first time you experience it. It's scary if you travelling on desolate roads at night.

  • @niccolehoody7317

    @niccolehoody7317

    5 жыл бұрын

    We didn't get much snow here in Norristown Pa. When snow came rain came right behind taking it away ,dogs was piss looking at me like I had something to do with

  • @JB91710
    @JB917104 жыл бұрын

    Thankfully you didn't have your radio on or constantly talk .

  • @RockCrushing777
    @RockCrushing7773 жыл бұрын

    this is a good view of a far off city in winter time...thanks...good driving

  • @peterlubos
    @peterlubos6 жыл бұрын

    I do remember worse in northen Ontario , there was no visibiliety , we were 5 guy's in the pick-up , one had to walk in front of it , to loced the boundries of the road , that was about 1987 ?!

  • @community1949
    @community19496 жыл бұрын

    That's a little more snow than you like to see but snow is normal in winter and down in the Midwest we've hardly gotten any snow at all in the last 2 years. That's NOT normal. This year 2017 we are supposed to get a wet mild winter for 2017 -2018 - I hate it - it will be wet, swishy, muddy, and ugly instead of white and frozen the way it should be.

  • @BigfootCountry
    @BigfootCountry9 жыл бұрын

    Great video I live in western Canada I work out doors so I check the weather network before going to work NS got pounded with snow this winter Must have ben hell

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    9 жыл бұрын

    Bill Parker Hey thanks, Bill. Yeah we got a ton this year!

  • @danperez3970
    @danperez39702 жыл бұрын

    Almost 7yrs late to the party lol. But if you dont mind me asking, what type of vehicle were you driving and did you have AWD, 4X4 ,Front wheel drive or maybe some studded tires to maneuver so well?

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    2 жыл бұрын

    2004 Volvo XC70, AWD, with Goodyear Nordic Winter tires, not studded.

  • @sexymilo83
    @sexymilo837 жыл бұрын

    What's wrong with me i watched the whole Thing Reason; i have never seen Snow

  • @TJNightTrain

    @TJNightTrain

    4 жыл бұрын

    NO ONE CARES. STFU

  • @Nitronomic

    @Nitronomic

    3 жыл бұрын

    We rarely get any snow and I wish we got some more often.

  • @williamvangorden44
    @williamvangorden444 жыл бұрын

    O remember 2012 you know the snow storm that closed down in New Jersey for 3 days.i was out in that it was a strange sight to see cars buried in snow up to the roof.had a bronco ln at driving around I wish I had a winch straps that was a little unprepared for that.

  • @Beyondact
    @Beyondact9 жыл бұрын

    And it didn't say sorry once.... so much for the rumor of canadians.

  • @raincoast2396

    @raincoast2396

    7 жыл бұрын

    So sorry we didn't say sorry!

  • @ephraimboateng5239

    @ephraimboateng5239

    7 жыл бұрын

    yeah were sorry

  • @cindyturpitz3256
    @cindyturpitz32565 жыл бұрын

    Great Video

  • @chilllbro8782
    @chilllbro87822 жыл бұрын

    Perfect blunt cruising weather 😎

  • @TazR6
    @TazR66 жыл бұрын

    Where is the Blizzard part?

  • @TazR6

    @TazR6

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Draggy654 I know, that is why asked where the blizzard part is. I am from Winnipeg, so know very well what blizzard conditions are :-)

  • @jayjayKolokoy
    @jayjayKolokoy4 жыл бұрын

    It was relaxing and sleepy when I watched it

  • @nutflixserver9146
    @nutflixserver91464 жыл бұрын

    What model camera is this, nice colour,

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Canon Vixia HF R800

  • @II-ug3uo
    @II-ug3uo3 жыл бұрын

    Lovely video

  • @Glockenstein0869
    @Glockenstein08694 жыл бұрын

    Air Canada Flight 624, not 629.

  • @billysmith5721
    @billysmith57214 жыл бұрын

    upstate ny. use wintermax tires. drove mine for 5 seasons. i like to drive the mass turnpike in a snowstorm

  • @russianmixmusic
    @russianmixmusic8 ай бұрын

    «Я чувствую себя полным энергии и оптимизма, когда слушаю эту песню».

  • @someoneelse7629
    @someoneelse76293 жыл бұрын

    That's everyday winter weather where I am from, we drive in those conditions or worse all winter... I need to move to southern California...

  • @niccolehoody7317
    @niccolehoody73175 жыл бұрын

    Ok someone need better windshield wipers 🙄😥

  • @andrewmeekens1778
    @andrewmeekens17786 жыл бұрын

    what are you driving in the snow ?????

  • @wainerguerra435

    @wainerguerra435

    6 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Meekins you are right!

  • @Jaden_Iarusso

    @Jaden_Iarusso

    5 жыл бұрын

    It also Canada remember that!

  • @andrewmeekens1778

    @andrewmeekens1778

    5 жыл бұрын

    what auto you driving in the snow ?????????

  • @BAN1102
    @BAN11026 жыл бұрын

    This was ajoy to watch. Love blizzards.. :)

  • @MaxHeimst
    @MaxHeimst4 жыл бұрын

    There must have been another blizzard before this one, given that the old snow is looking through in several places.

  • @Queltzer

    @Queltzer

    4 жыл бұрын

    Halifax commonly has thaw and refreezes that can layer ice over old snow but this winter was the worst in a good while for it, about 75cm of old snow was insulated under ice with new snow on top. The sidewalks were just meter tall ice mounds that were way above the street that year

  • @josephlalonde33
    @josephlalonde337 жыл бұрын

    love it

  • @ryans413
    @ryans4134 жыл бұрын

    Welcome to Canada where the snow drifts are four feet high

  • @markmd9
    @markmd92 жыл бұрын

    Is the car 4WD?

  • @BlackDragonDM
    @BlackDragonDM9 жыл бұрын

    "Where we're going, we won't be able to see the roads" (BTTF since because March not April) Glad I missed this nastiness.

  • @archsimpson4511
    @archsimpson45112 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful drive, but I guess my question is why would you be out in such a storm?

  • @NolzySZN

    @NolzySZN

    8 ай бұрын

    just a normal winter day for many canadians

  • @jacksonhartley9275
    @jacksonhartley92754 жыл бұрын

    Through the blizzard, it wasn't just snowing. It was also raining.

  • @tonylang7526
    @tonylang75264 жыл бұрын

    I GREW UP IN ERIE, PA, WITH LAKE-EFFECT SNOW MAKING THIS VID SETTING COMMON. LV THIS WINTER AMBIENCE AND THE CHALLENGE TO SET UP A LOW POWER, LOW TORQUE CAR WITH OVERSIZED SNOW TIRES AND STUDS , REAL WHEEL DRIVE, AND A SET OF EASY-ON STRAP CHAINS FOR INTENSE ICY CONDITIONS, TO GET YOU OUT AND BACK W/O FEAR!! SLOW AND EASY DOES IT.

  • @Starrynigh88
    @Starrynigh887 жыл бұрын

    Question ! But how and why ? Isn't this dangerous for tyre skidding over ice ?

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's okay if you have the right tires and know what you're doing. I have good snow tires and take my time :)

  • @Starrynigh88

    @Starrynigh88

    7 жыл бұрын

    CptSchmidt why we never see your face ?

  • @kevinwehrer874
    @kevinwehrer8746 жыл бұрын

    I thought cars in Canada had square wheels on their cars

  • @khulagukhan
    @khulagukhan5 жыл бұрын

    I have a dream a dream that living on that land.

  • @mickowen568
    @mickowen5685 жыл бұрын

    r u going somewhere or just driving about

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just driving around :)

  • @mickowen568

    @mickowen568

    5 жыл бұрын

    fine ,drive safe lol

  • @DashcamStockholm
    @DashcamStockholm9 жыл бұрын

    April and there's coming even more snow? When is it ever going to melt? At this rate it'll be gone in July :)

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    9 жыл бұрын

    There's another big one forecasted for April 6th, too :'(

  • @fterrysmith6753
    @fterrysmith67536 жыл бұрын

    Good video, but is driving in circles in a blizzard a thing or what?

  • @franklinbolander1916
    @franklinbolander19163 жыл бұрын

    WHAT CITY ??

  • @foxfire54

    @foxfire54

    3 жыл бұрын

    Looks like Halifax, NS.

  • @soullessone4681
    @soullessone46815 жыл бұрын

    I love the snow

  • @4WDIESEL1
    @4WDIESEL16 жыл бұрын

    wow

  • @THE_USER86
    @THE_USER864 жыл бұрын

    Вот она зима моего региона.Точно такая же а в этом году мало снега

  • @BryanLChess
    @BryanLChess9 жыл бұрын

    car? snow tires?

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    9 жыл бұрын

    chesschamp1000 Volvo XC70 with Goodyear Nordics.

  • @BryanLChess

    @BryanLChess

    9 жыл бұрын

    CptSchmidt ok, thanks

  • @andy1307t

    @andy1307t

    7 жыл бұрын

    love those cars ;-)

  • @Ale92MilanoSpA
    @Ale92MilanoSpA9 жыл бұрын

    It is one experience I will like so much to do ;) nice viceo

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    9 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Maybe some day you will :)

  • @wowgt93
    @wowgt933 жыл бұрын

    this is a blizzard? this is light snowing in Norway

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @donniegray553
    @donniegray5534 жыл бұрын

    Okay, I'm only shy of four mins into this. I'm waiting for the blizzard to show up. Hell, here in eastern Kentucky, USA, we call this a normal snow day/night. Nothing to it.

  • @donniegray553

    @donniegray553

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's weird to reply to your own comment. I watched to the end and never did see a blizzard. The ice rain was pretty bad, but still no blizzard

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@donniegray553 Considering the video is 1:04:07 minutes long and you claimed to have watched four minutes at the time of your first comment, which was 18 minutes ago, that would mean that you could have only watched about 22 minutes of the video by the time you said you had "watched to the end"-not even a quarter of the video. I'm sorry that you don't agree with Environment Canada's definition of a blizzard, but this storm met all of the conditions for it to qualify as a blizzard. There was also no ice rain at any point in this video.

  • @butchharding2977
    @butchharding29774 жыл бұрын

    Weather is beautiful; Driving in it, not su much.

  • @negro722
    @negro7227 ай бұрын

    thats kinda messed up how you an ya boy just rolled up an robbed that ol man that had ran into the light pole -

  • @dinakogan9888
    @dinakogan98884 жыл бұрын

    Just my opinion but it seems like he's driving fast for this type of weather OTHERWISE GREAT VIDEO

  • @mightylonesome9426

    @mightylonesome9426

    4 жыл бұрын

    I made the same comment on different video. They claimed they were averaging 15-20mph, 25mph max. Sure looked a lot faster.

  • @cmeflywva

    @cmeflywva

    4 жыл бұрын

    They're used to these conditions.

  • @willwhite2449
    @willwhite24493 жыл бұрын

    Can't drive in this? Hold my timmies ill show you haha I lived in winnipeg for 10 years born in kenora I love this weather.

  • @willwhite2449
    @willwhite24493 жыл бұрын

    Looks like thunder bay

  • @karolbrozek239
    @karolbrozek2394 жыл бұрын

    Piękne miasto :)

  • @katy5678
    @katy56784 жыл бұрын

    Merci, pour la promenade en voiture dans la tempête, j'ai beaucoup aimé la visite ❣

  • @fultz64
    @fultz648 жыл бұрын

    Looks like a good time for me to park up at the truck stop

  • @iFulixzer

    @iFulixzer

    5 жыл бұрын

    Can't park it because of snow, would get fired over here.

  • @gullf1sk
    @gullf1sk6 жыл бұрын

    Blizzard.. isnt this just.. snowfall?

  • @adambolton6528
    @adambolton65282 жыл бұрын

    Bloody love snow

  • @karenvancehammond1583
    @karenvancehammond15834 жыл бұрын

    He needs rain-x for his windshield.

  • @andrewmastrandonas5123
    @andrewmastrandonas51234 жыл бұрын

    Over an hour of this? LOL.

  • @juncusbufonius
    @juncusbufonius6 жыл бұрын

    I was hoping to see a blizzard. But no just snowing.

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    6 жыл бұрын

    This was a blizzard. The definition of a blizzard is "6 or more hours with winds above 40 km/h, with visibility reduced to below 1 km by blowing or drifting snow, and with windchills over 1600 W/ m2 (watts per square metre)." This met all of those conditions.

  • @AnacesardaLuz26daLuz77
    @AnacesardaLuz26daLuz77 Жыл бұрын

    César 🌨️🌨️🌨️🌨️🌨️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️☃️🌬️

  • @MO-rd6kk
    @MO-rd6kk5 жыл бұрын

    💓💓💓💓💓💖💖💖💖👍👍👍👍

  • @miloe436
    @miloe4367 жыл бұрын

    Not really a blizzard, but nice watch.

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    7 жыл бұрын

    It was a blizzard. A blizzard occurs when it snows in combination with sustained winds of more than 40kmh and reduces visibility to less than one kilometer for at least six hours. This storm met all of those criteria.

  • @miloe436

    @miloe436

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sure, that is the definision of a Canadian blizzard. I just couldn't see much wind in your recording.

  • @kevinwehrer874

    @kevinwehrer874

    6 жыл бұрын

    that's not 40 kmh dude so no not a blizzard

  • @WasephWastar

    @WasephWastar

    6 жыл бұрын

    yes it's 40 kmh

  • @cmeflywva
    @cmeflywva4 жыл бұрын

    You can tell they are Canadians. They all got out to help. Not here in the US.

  • @markthompsoncpa
    @markthompsoncpa4 жыл бұрын

    Its bad but at least the roads are passible.

  • @brianjackson9237
    @brianjackson92372 жыл бұрын

    I bet I go right thou that with out a problem in a 2wd pickup truck

  • @surgicalinstrumentsmanufac5982
    @surgicalinstrumentsmanufac59826 жыл бұрын

    very bad weather

  • @KamrynSayWhaaattt
    @KamrynSayWhaaattt Жыл бұрын

    In A*

  • @tonys6450
    @tonys64506 жыл бұрын

    You call that a blizzard? Ha . Come visit my planet Pluto

  • @j062
    @j0626 жыл бұрын

    I hate living in Texas.

  • @smarthome2660

    @smarthome2660

    6 жыл бұрын

    John Stanly Enjoy it. I just shoved a 3 foot wide path so UPS could bring me food. My driveway is 100 feet long and the snow is over 12 inches deep. My cat was thinking about jumping off the path, thinking... Im freaking beat from shoveling. Oh, and it is 10 degrees. I lived in Katy/Houston TX in 1982

  • @sheilamillar6592
    @sheilamillar65923 жыл бұрын

    now watch one from the U.S

  • @smarthome2660
    @smarthome26606 жыл бұрын

    IDK how they can call this a blizzard when you can see 1/2 mile. LOL Riders on the storm is playing on internet radio. > www.classicrock109.com/site/index.html

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    6 жыл бұрын

    At no point in this video is the visibility more than 1km. It's mostly between 500-800m at most.

  • @smarthome2660

    @smarthome2660

    6 жыл бұрын

    wow, you say 800 meters? well that is .497 miles so I was closer when I said ONE HALF MILE not 1 mile. I counted the streetlights and rounded them down to 300 feet per block and guessed 1/2 mile which is about 800 meters. When we get a blizzard here in Michigan, I can't see 100 feet. BTW, this blizzard you show doesn't even have very much wind. Yea it is a fair amount of snowfall but blizzard, not. I have seen it snow 48 inches in 8 hours and that was just a lot of snow.

  • @CptSchmidt

    @CptSchmidt

    6 жыл бұрын

    Okay, but this storm fit the Canadian definition of a blizzard. Visibility must be less than 1km for at least three hours by snowfall/blowing snow. At times in this video, visibility is barely 100m. Just because sometimes it snows heavier than what you see here does not mean that this was not a blizzard.

  • @smarthome2660

    @smarthome2660

    6 жыл бұрын

    Alrighty then. Things are different depending on where you live. I agree that you had a blizzard then.

  • @vagasduke
    @vagasduke4 жыл бұрын

    come here looking for a blizzard and just found some flurry's

  • @joey4592

    @joey4592

    3 жыл бұрын

    Jxksj

  • @peterlubos
    @peterlubos6 жыл бұрын

    Turn the f...cking radio on !

  • @jedidiah5131
    @jedidiah51316 жыл бұрын

    It amazes me that Canadians don't carry mitts or toques in their vehicles in the winter time, let alone a shovel, stupidity...I know, I know most of them are now immigrants...

  • @rapman5363

    @rapman5363

    3 жыл бұрын

    Canadians aren’t known for being the most prepared bunch 😜😜. But hey at least they have free healthcare 🤣🤣😂😂

  • @nstark1066
    @nstark1066 Жыл бұрын

    Do so many people really need to be in this treacherous situation?

  • @LIGIADZIEZIC
    @LIGIADZIEZIC4 жыл бұрын

    NEXT time can you at least say something. . . ANYTHING !!!!

  • @healthyamerican
    @healthyamerican5 жыл бұрын

    can you imagine living in canada and having a leader that believes in global warming