Tag: emergency preparedness
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Thanksgiving weekend (and early voting!) forecast.
Friday Perfect and Sunny! Go Vote if you already know who you want to vote for. It’s not only the start of the Thanksgiving weekend, it’s the first day of early/advance voting for the October 21 federal election! I’ve posted info for voting on my blog. It will be sunny all day today. A beautiful…
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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…