Month: October 2008

I hope not… but it kinda looks like we will be lucky to get the kids out and back dry. Too early to tell for sure right now so lets keep our fingers crossed that the low coming through on Friday saves its worst fury for the Day of the Dead instead of Hallows Eve!

My final post about this topic… that ship that was caught in the storm in Alaska… sounds like it lost its steering, foundered and took on water in 30ft waves, and eventually flipped over. 7 crew of 11 made it to a lifeboat, but at some point the raft was tossed and only 4 remained…

Looks like the nasty storm we’ve been watching up in the Aleutian Island has cause a cod fishing boat to capsize putting 11 crew in the water. At least 3 are confirmed dead, 4 survivors found. Four crew members of a fishing boat were plucked alive from a life raft in frigid, stormy seas in…

In the admittedly short time of this blog, don’t know if I’ve seen a forecast for winds this strong on the weather charts. Below is the current 48hr outlook (There is a larger version available through the Forecast Menu, Weather Charts, North Pacific). That flag right below the “L” is 50+10+10+10… 80knots. Its forecast is…

Getting down to 1C tonight on the forecast… beautiful clear sky for a sunset tonight. Gonna have to pick the rest of our carrots tomorrow before they turn to mush! 🙂