Year: 2012
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Back to cool and dry but foggy
Not too much to report on the weather front for the coming days. We are back into the pattern we had in December of cool and dry weather. This is really starting to turn into a remarkably dry and snow-less winter which could cause problems for some areas (East island and Victoria) that depend on…
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Happy Birthday Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking, one of the leading scientists, of our time turns 70 today. He has always tackled the biggest questions. (Can you get much bigger than how the Universe was created?) He also has a sense of humour, dark as it may be. Here is a short excerpt of an interview from 2008. The question,…
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Another one bites the dust
Well it looks like I’ve destroyed another digital camera. 🙁 You may have noticed the image go black on Thursday. After some investigation, it looks like the shutter is dead on it. I managed to revive it, but it ain’t pretty. I will have to try again if I want an HD quality web camera….…
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Final totals from the storm – UPDATED
(EC has posted the values for the 3rd for Tofino see below) You may have already read some of this in the AVTimes today, but here it is in full. Unofficially, the rain for the 3rd is in record territory for Environment Canada in the Alberni Valley but not an all time for the month…
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90mm and counting. Will end this evening
The heavy rainfall warning continues. We can expect another 20-30mm through the day today. Weve already received 30mm since midnight and 90mm since midnight Tuesday. The rain is finally starting to abate in Tofino. They received an incredible 230mm (9 inches) yesterday and are near 260 total (10 inches). That has to be near a…