Bad Halloween weather: some suburbs respond
A few suburbs are responding to forecasts of high winds and rain for Thursday evening by decreeing that trick-or-treating should be moved to Friday.
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Kevin 16:34 on 2019-10-30 Permalink
Not just suburbs – Val Plante is asking people to stay home Thursday too.
The forecast is for rain, with heavier rain overnight Thursday, along with strong winds overnight and all day Friday.
walkerp 17:06 on 2019-10-30 Permalink
This is either a conspiracy by Halloween haters to get it cancelled altogether (because Friday is going to be a lot colder than Thursday and windy) or by the children themselves to get two nights of Halloween. Either way I am taking the fundamentally reactionary position and going out tomorrow.
Kate 19:10 on 2019-10-30 Permalink
Yup, it’s all over Twitter and elsewhere – the mayor says trick-or-treating will be on Friday night.
Chris 20:35 on 2019-10-30 Permalink
haha, like the mayor gets to decide. She gonna send the cops to ticket tomorrow’s trick or treaters?
Mark Côté 20:55 on 2019-10-30 Permalink
The mayor isn’t “deciding” anything; she’s recommending/urging kids go out Friday instead. 6 degrees (forecast for Friday) is not uncommon for Halloween. 50 mm of rain on Halloween has literally never occurred in Montreal’s recorded history; the record was 22.4 mm in 2013. We got that much a few weeks ago and if you went out for more than a few minutes you were totally drenched, and umbrellas are going to be useless in that wind.
That said it’s pretty much going to be two days of Halloween, as I’m positive some people will go out tomorrow and some will be giving candy out.
Michael Black 05:13 on 2019-10-31 Permalink
I think if it’s heavy rain,maybe if it’s even light rain, parents will decide to keep their kids home. I vaguely remember kind of cold Halloweens where we had to wear heavier clothes underneath, but none where it was so bad we stayed in. Rain is different, being wet is more immediately uncomfortable, and will bother the costumes.
The only thing “moving Halloween” does is give kids hope when their parents say it’s too wet to go out. And it may ensure houses are waiting for them on Friday.
But yes, I expect some kids to be out on Thursday, which does mean two nights of Halloween.
Michael