The truckers shutting down Canada's capital

Re:The truckers shutting down Canada's capital by AstroJetson on Saturday January 29, 2022 @08:30PM (#30132770)

Estimates are 2,700 to 3,000 trucks. Most of them are not 18 wheelers but pick up style trucks. Most of the people are from the Ottawa area. According to the news reports they started coming into town and just parking in the middle of the streets.

Current temps are -10F going to 12F on Sunday. It will be interesting to see how long the protest lasts in that kind of weather.

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Re:The truckers shutting down Canada's capital by VancouverMan on Saturday January 29, 2022 @11:57PM (#30134174)

-10 °C isn't unusual for Ottawa and surrounding areas at this time of the year.

Even -25 °C is something most people who live in the region would be expecting and prepared to experience at various points throughout a typical winter.

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Re:The truckers shutting down Canada's capital by Rendello on Sunday January 30, 2022 @01:19AM (#30134589)

It's been an unusually chilly January: https://twitter.com/YOW_Weather

Which is surprising, as the Rideau Canal opened for skating quite late this year.

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Re:The truckers shutting down Canada's capital by ACalgaryMan on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @02:12PM (#30182447)

Was there perhaps a typo in this?

>-10 °C isn't unusual for Ottawa

The parent comment was measuring in Fahrenheit

>Current temps are -10 °F

Conversion for the metric people: -10 °F is -23 °C

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Re:The truckers shutting down Canada's capital by armagon on Sunday January 30, 2022 @12:47AM (#30134441)

I've heard reports of tens of thousands of trucks. It's a shame the highway cameras were turned off.

I see claimed that the Ontario Provincial Police say there are 100k to 130k trucks, but I can't see anything official to back that up -- nothing on their twitter feed or website. Maybe on the radio -- but not something I can easily check.

Here's someone on the ground who thinks there are 250k to 1 million people protesting in Ottawa right now. https://twitter.com/JuliusRuechel/status/1487570992356634625...

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Re:The truckers shutting down Canada's capital by somuchdata on Sunday January 30, 2022 @01:02AM (#30134520)

For the curious, this is a source with an obvious vested interest: “ My guestimate is upwards of 500k as of 4pm Sat, maybe as high as 1M.

It's the most beautiful thing I've seen. It has restored my faith in this country.

Let's keep this party going!”

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Re:The truckers shutting down Canada's capital by Rendello on Sunday January 30, 2022 @01:15AM (#30134565)

The population of Ottawa is 1 million. As someone in Ottawa, there are trucks blaring their horns downtown, but not a million protesters.

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Re:The truckers shutting down Canada's capital by fooster on Sunday January 30, 2022 @01:05AM (#30134526)

Lol. Opp reported 18 trailer trucks and about a total of 500 vehicles.

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Re:The truckers shutting down Canada's capital by moistly on Sunday January 30, 2022 @02:47AM (#30134936)

Those are absolutely delusional claims.

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