Year: 2015
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Ministry Declares Level 4 Drought on VI – East and South VI River fishing Banned – Water Conservation Urged
Update 12:45PM: Due to the high or extreme fire dangers across the province, the BC Wildfire Management Branch has now imposed a campfire, open burning, and firework ban for the entire province. The only exception is the ‘fog zone’ on the West coast of VI and all of Haida Gwaii. _______________________ The following is the press…
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Serious Wildfire near Nanaimo Airport – Updating with Info
Update 7AM: The Coastal Fire Centre has update their info for the fire and put the size at 18 Hectares. Have not yet heard about the state of the fire this morning. I will be on CBC Radio Victoria this morning at 7:10 talking heat. Tune in! 🙂 Update 10PM OK… one more: Coastal Fire…
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June 2015 Summary – Incredible Consistent Highs – Airport Station Creates 11 Records
May was just 4º C above normal for highs… thought that was a lot? Well, June highs beat it at 4.8ºC at the Airport. Speaking of the Airport, it set 11 new records for high and low temperatures, including one all-time high, and one high rainfall even though we only received 22% of our normal precipitation.…
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Happy Canada Day! UWash models cooler than EC. Parade at 10
A very happy Canada Day to you! Just a quick forecast. The UWash models are 2-5° C cooler than the Environment Canada models for today and the next bunch of days. It does not predict anything more than 32°C for a high through the weekend. Here are the next few day highs according UWash. None go…
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Cool Space Stuff! Check out live telescope stream
This is really cool! A resident, Ryan Wong in Port Alberni has posted on facebook that they are going to make a live stream available straight from their telescope tonight. http://www.twitch.tv/kanadian_kerbal He will be pointing his telescope to the sky after sundown (after 10PM) and streaming the view to anyone who tunes in. Isn’t that…