Month: June 2014
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Port Alberni? There’s an App for that! And… Signing off for a couple weeks.
I’m headed to Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario for a family reunion, my Grandma Neufeld’s 90th birthday, a brother-in-law’s wedding, and general fun times with kids and family. So while I’m away I won’t be able to post much, if at all. You’re on your own until I return July 11th! I’m thinking though that after this week,…
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Strong Earthquake rattles Alaska – No Tsunami message for Vancouver Island
Final Update 4:50PM PDT: No Advisory or Warnings for the BC Coast. Warnings in Alaska downgraded to Advisories. (#5). You can see the latest info here: http://wcatwc.qarh.noaa.gov Looks like the quake was very deep (more than 100km) we should be ok. MT @nwsanchorage: Amchitka, #Alaska reports a #Tsunami of 0.6 feet. Depth of quake will limit…
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Showers tonight/Tuesday. Want heat, head to the Arctic.
Summary: After a great first weekend of summer, the sun will take a little break today and tomorrow until it returns again on Wednesday. Details: Isolated showers could begin as soon as around 4PM this afternoon, however the main body of the system won’t reach us until around 8PM and the heaviest rain will occur…
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Final Day of Spring – Happy Summer Solstice
Today is the last full day of Spring. That means it will also be the longest day of the year. Sunrise (as you can see on the right of the page) was at 4:31AM and sunset will be at 10:21PM tonight. Summer solstice is officially at 3:51AM PDT Saturday June 21. As if to send…
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Vancouver Island, always on the move.
Ran across a pretty interesting article and mind boggling scientific paper today. The topic? “Slow Earthquakes”. Exciting Right!? So what is a slow earthquake? Well according to a previous study: It has been known for a long time that slip accompanying earthquakes accounts for only a fraction of plate tectonic displacements… So there is a…