Month: August 2008

  • Hurricane Gustav

    I’m not a religious person… but if I was, I’d be praying for the people of Cuba right now, and praying that Gustav doesn’t do too much damage to Louisiana and Mississippi. It is already a Category 4, 150mph winds at the eyewall, 240km/h There will be hurricane force winds reaching into Havana tonight. I…

  • Wow! New RainRate Record!

    Wow… we had quite the cloudburst Monday Afternoon. Recorded a rainrate of over 93mm/hr. Should be drier tomorrow with another band of rain coming through tomorrow night and Wednesday. If you’re looking for more exciting weather, check out Jeff Masters Wunderblog where he talks Hurricanes. http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html

  • Unusual Autumn Storm in August

    Winds hit over 100km/hr on the West Coast yesterday and we got almost 20mm of rain. Listening to CKNW on the way in and Mark Madryga mentioned that the weather was not normal for this time of year.

  • Highlight that 35!

    Yowza… they’re calling for 35 on Friday! I didn’t have the website coded to highlight 35… you might want to get out the kiddie pool and just start lying it now so that you’re prepared for the weekend. UPDATE: Oh.. now they’re only talking 34… phew… 😉 UPDATE 2: Oh, nevermind, they changed their minds…

  • 100,000 visits!

    Thank you! In 3 years and 9 months I’ve already reached 100,000 visits from people in Port Alberni, on the Island and around the world! I’ve been very happy that so many people keep coming back. It’s been a great success so far and I have plans to make it better! Thank you! Update: Perseids…