Calgary warned to brace for 35 cm of snow as storm alerts blanket southern Alberta

Most of southern Alberta is now under a winter storm warning after Environment Canada upgraded several areas from storm watches on Wednesday morning.

In the Calgary area, the agency is forecasting 25 to 35 centimetres of snow while some areas in the mountain parks and the Foothills could get as much as 50 cm.

The snowfall is expected to start on Wednesday and continue most of Thursday before gradually tapering off that evening.

The snow route parking ban that went into effect Monday in Calgary was lifted Wednesday at 7 a.m., but the city says drivers should be prepared as another parking ban could be issued with the coming snowfall.

Winter storm warnings have been issued for most parts of southern Alberta, with up to 50 centimetres of snow expected in some parts of the Rockies. (Environment Canada)

The storm warnings stretch from Hinton and Whitecourt in the north to the Crowsnest Pass and Cypress Hills in the south, and from Drumheller in the east to Jasper, Banff and Kananaskis-Country in the west.

“Consider postponing non-essential travel until conditions improve. Rapidly accumulating snow could make travel difficult over some locations,” Environment Canada said on its website.

“Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.”

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Video Of Donald Trump’s Hair Appears To Show The Emperor Is Kinda Bald

While boarding Air Force One last week, Trump was struck by a gust of wind — which finally exposed the president’s hair for what it is, or isn’t. The video of Trump’s hair in the wind was brought to public attention by reporter Ashley Feinberg, who wrote: “at first i didnt think this could possibly be real but…. i think it is?”

As with much of Trump’s public image, the president is notoriously vain about his hair. One of his former photographers told Newsweek: “He did say to me, ‘Everybody always talks about my hair. It’s not that strange, is it?’ He knows everyone knows his hair is strange. There’s a certain amount of vanity there.” (This was back in 2004, when Trump and everybody else probably had more hair.)

His well-established vanity is at odds with his remarks about women — whom he has consistently objectified throughout his career, apparently regarding them as little more than their looks. This Cosmopolitan quote by Michael Sebastian probably says it best:

As is clear by his tweets, President Trump has paid close attention to how the “fake news media” portrays him, equally aesthetically and in terms of his policies. Prior to taking office, Trump even complained to an NBC executive about the photos they used of him. From Politico:

The president is also famously driven to anger by comments on his “small hands” and other aspects of his appearance (I mean, who can forget “Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me ‘old,’ when I would NEVER call him ‘short and fat?’“).

The president has consistently defended his hair over the years, telling Rolling Stone: “I actually don’t have a bad hairline. When you think about it, it’s not bad. I mean, I get a lot of credit for comb-overs. But it’s not really a comb-over. It’s sort of a little bit forward and back.”

According to the president’s official medical report, he regularly takes finasteride, which is a drug to combat male-pattern baldness.

Does it matter whether Trump has the head of hair he pretends he does? No, not really. Has he lowered the office of the presidency to the point where journalists and citizens alike revel in exposing the flaws he denies having? Yes, unfortunately.

Trump has picked some of his most senior advisors based on his opinion of their appearance. He has repeatedly suggested that women are only as valuable as their youth and beauty. Much like the backlash against some of his policies, Trump will listen to nobody who tries to educate him otherwise — but he does pay attention when his ego is bruised.

In Michael Wolff’s Fire Fury, the writer claimed that even Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, makes fun of her dad’s hair:

The message from journalists and concerned citizens has been clear: We will continue to hold you to the standards that you insist on holding to all people, most often women. There are limited ways to get through to the president, particularly when he’s written off the opinions on the vast majority of the news media, but his vanity is a sure bet.

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