Month: January 2012
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Another one bites the dust
Well it looks like I’ve destroyed another digital camera. 🙁 You may have noticed the image go black on Thursday. After some investigation, it looks like the shutter is dead on it. I managed to revive it, but it ain’t pretty. I will have to try again if I want an HD quality web camera….…
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Final totals from the storm – UPDATED
(EC has posted the values for the 3rd for Tofino see below) You may have already read some of this in the AVTimes today, but here it is in full. Unofficially, the rain for the 3rd is in record territory for Environment Canada in the Alberni Valley but not an all time for the month…
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90mm and counting. Will end this evening
The heavy rainfall warning continues. We can expect another 20-30mm through the day today. Weve already received 30mm since midnight and 90mm since midnight Tuesday. The rain is finally starting to abate in Tofino. They received an incredible 230mm (9 inches) yesterday and are near 260 total (10 inches). That has to be near a…
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50mm and counting in Port Alberni … 200mm in Tofino!
Wow. You think it’s been raining hard in Port Alberni today… how about getting 3 times that in Tofino! You can check out the full stats for the station at Wickaninnish School in Tofino here. Here are the two stations: Tofino rainfall Alberniweather Rainfall It seems the same… until you look at the scale on…
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Rainfall Warning Issued – up to 100mm expected
It’s officially official. We have a heavy rainfall warning for Tuesday. We had our first shot through the day today. These systems have been coming a little early from when the model above has had them. So I would expect the heaviest rain to happen midday tomorrow. That will be the majority of the rain.…