Boombardier. The news filtered up the coast pretty fast [the old way], two snowmobiles had burst into flames in 24 hours in Rigolet. One man was burnt on the right leg, no casualties with the second.
Both machines were different year models of the Bombardier Skandic super wide track [SWT] with 800cc four stroke engines.
The injured man was very lucky, CBC picked up on the story quickly and reported that; after the machine exploded his entire snowmobile suit was covered in flames, his wife heard shouting and came out of their house and told the guy to hit the ground, this he did and flames were extinguished.
The other machine exploded while the owner was inside his house waiting for the engine to warm up.
Warming up snowmobile engines is a normal practice in extreme cold, you let it idle [after what some times can be an arduous job getting it started] before riding off into the frozen tundra. CBC Here & Now had photos of the two burnt out machines taken by the RCMP, the first one was just a black gray shell, the second was not as extensively burnt.
K to 3 classes are closed here today. I have been up since 2 and buggering around a bit, mainly surfing, the thermometer is on the desk just above eye level and it has been going back and forth between -29 and -31.8 all morning. Funny bones at the weather office is saying extreme wind chills of -47 today and cold wind chills of -43 tonight. Clear all through till Sunday with possible warming up to a low of- 22, looking forward to that sure.
Both machines were different year models of the Bombardier Skandic super wide track [SWT] with 800cc four stroke engines.
The injured man was very lucky, CBC picked up on the story quickly and reported that; after the machine exploded his entire snowmobile suit was covered in flames, his wife heard shouting and came out of their house and told the guy to hit the ground, this he did and flames were extinguished.
The other machine exploded while the owner was inside his house waiting for the engine to warm up.
Warming up snowmobile engines is a normal practice in extreme cold, you let it idle [after what some times can be an arduous job getting it started] before riding off into the frozen tundra. CBC Here & Now had photos of the two burnt out machines taken by the RCMP, the first one was just a black gray shell, the second was not as extensively burnt.
K to 3 classes are closed here today. I have been up since 2 and buggering around a bit, mainly surfing, the thermometer is on the desk just above eye level and it has been going back and forth between -29 and -31.8 all morning. Funny bones at the weather office is saying extreme wind chills of -47 today and cold wind chills of -43 tonight. Clear all through till Sunday with possible warming up to a low of- 22, looking forward to that sure.
I know there are some positive happy things going out there some place, please feel free to let me know of them anyone. Just kidding, about me not knowing of any that is, but they take research to do correctly and time is an issue.
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