Month: December 2008

  • Special Weather Statement – POSSIBLE WINTER STORM

    I’ve gotten the following message for people in Nanaimo: Date: December 19th, 2009 To: The Media From: Karen Lindsay, Emergency Program Manager Re: Emergency Managers urge residents to prepare for another snowfall. With a recent snow event just behind us, road crews from the City of Nanaimo are gearing up for more after receiving weather…

  • Record Cold? And a Real Mess on the Weekend!

    It’s darn cold out there… be careful! The computer models are saying we could get up to 20cm of snow between Saturday evening and Monday Morning. So be prepared. The weather charts are a complete mess for that time. Low pressure systems all over the map on the West Coast. It’s like they missed us!…

  • Be Careful… Snow… then FREEZE!

    Careful out there today and tomorrow. This snow will continue for a few more hours and then the cold will be back. Don’t drive if you don’t have to. Stay home with hot chocolate and play in the snow with your kids (or without! 🙂 ). There is a Blizzard Warning for the Fraser Valley!…

  • And the Winner is: Mary!!

    So even though we only got a skiff of snow while Nanaimo and Whiskey Creek got 5cm… a winner was definitely declared today. Mary guess Today at 10:30AM and she got it almost bang on! So Mary, I have a Canadian Tire Snow Shovel waiting for you here! 😀 If you don’t see my email…

  • Not much snow?

    I just woke up and tucked my kidlet back in bed… looked at the satellite picture here… and I actually don’t think we’re going to get much of anything today. It looks like the body of moisture is getting shoved right down the coast and won’t come onshore until Southern Washington. What it *does* look…