Month: October 2010

  • Make it an early evening, or get wet.

    UPDATE: Good to see Environment Canada came around 😉 Get those kids out early… it’s gonna be a grad and dash halloween! Oh, and sorry Eve, looks like they’re getting wind over on the East Coast right now, but none here. Might be the same tomorrow. The EnvCanada forecast is currently calling for a not…

  • Halloween Forecast… get out while it’s dry

    So a brief update on what we can expect for this weekend. Basically we are looking at another wet one, though perhaps not as windy as last weekend, it should be just as wet. The key for all the trick-or-treaters or bonfire seekers will be timing. Here are a couple images from the amazing weatheronline.co.uk…

  • Big Wind Saturday Night?

    We’re looking down the barrel at quite the powerful little system coming at us tonight. Saturday afternoon and evening should be the worst of it. There are already warnings flying for the East, West, and South Coast of Vancouver Island as well as the Sunshine Coast. What I find most interesting though is where there…

  • Wet Weekend ahead

    This weekend, especially Saturday night and into Sunday, is going to be very wet. The models are currently predicting up to 120mm by the end of Monday. You can expect the first bout of showers to starting this evening. Then there should be a bit of a break on Friday before the main system comes…

  • The Solar Panel Works!! Tested, Verified, so when will it pay for itself?

    So yesterday morning (Saturday) I finally had a chance to verify my solar panel installation. I had completed the wiring a couple weeks ago to my shed and with some very much appreciated help from my parents the trench got all filled in and other bits and pieces squared away. So it was *finally* time…