Month: March 2019
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55 years since a 14 foot, $41 Million, “cheap lesson” swept through Port Alberni. New report has good suggestions.
Just after midnight on March 28, 1964 a 2.5 metre (8ft) wave rushed up the “Alberni Canal”, surprising mill workers and waking residents. Ninety minutes later it was followed by a 4 metre, (14ft) “wall of water” barreling in at 400km/hr, smashing structures, throwing logs and debris everywhere, and carrying homes off their foundations. The…
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Showers Tuesday then dry until rainy stretch to begin April.
We received a nice bit of rain over the past couple days. You can see it on the 7 day graphs page. The station is still underreporting rain by about 15-20% so I would estimate total rainfall over the past two days at about 10mm. There will be some lingering showers on Tuesday before things…
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Showers coming Friday late afternoon and evening. Nice Weekend (but normal temperatures)
The clouds have begun to roll in and by late this afternoon the rain will begin. Below is the picture for 2PM this afternoon. The models predict the rain to be begin to impact the West Coast between 2 and 3. Showers will spread across the Island by 5PM but they will be light everywhere…
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First Day of Spring! Sun continues to Friday. Sea Ice disappearing in Bering Sea – And a huge Meteorite explodes.
The moon was super bright in the sky this morning! The equinox occurs today at 2:58PM. Hello Spring! We have broken or come near to breaking records for all the warmth in the past 3 days. The sun will continue Wednesday and Thursday but we should not reach over 20°C as have the past two…
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Pleasant Wednesday. Risk of showers Thursday. Then spring heat??
The week after the time change marches on and I don’t feel any more rested than I did Monday morning. The dog is still looking at me with half closed eyes when I get up at 4:30 (to her brain) wondering why the heck I am up an hour earlier and is she supposed to…