It happened about 5:30 Friday afternoon, and saw 3543 megawatts used. And it's not really a surprise, given the recent influx of people and businesses in the province. In fact, SaskPower officials fully expect more records will be set once winter really gets rolling on the 21st.
Provincial gas company SaskEnergy is also reporting record consumption last week of 1.24 petajoules in a 24 hour span. Whatever that means.
And while we've been dealing with bitter cold temperatures in the Yorkton area recently, our temperatures are practically tropical compared with new numbers from Antarctica. True, the readings were taken in the winter of 2010, but made public just recently.
How does -93.2 c grab you? On the old Fahrenheit scale, that's 136 below zero. The readings were taken in several different locations between Dome Argus and Dome Fuji, two summits on the East Antarctic Plateau.
One scientist says that's 50 degrees F colder than any place in Alaska. Another said if someone were to take off their glove and touch the snow, it'd be like grabbing a piece of dry ice. Not advisable.
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