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Did you see the Meteor?
Did you? I totally missed it but it sounds like if you were outside last night around 10:10PM you would have seen one heck of a lightshow. (Note: the image in the post is just a generic image, not an image of the meteor last night). Twitter and Facebook predictably exploded with sightings from Alberni,…
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Not too Shabby week in store
We should be on track for a very pleasant week. For those of you still on vacation, or who work outside or at least with a window in your office, you should be pretty pleased. The Models have no chance of rain before Saturday! There is a big high out in the Pacific that appears…
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Few Showers today – then Warming back up.
If you were at the movie on Wednesday night and managed to stick it out through the rain shower, congratulations! Not everyone did. We managed to huddle under our umbrella and soldier on. Friday: Most of the rain that will fall has already done so. We’ve received 4.8mm this morning. Normal for the month is…
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The Lightning Storm No One Predicted – 135 strikes – fires – loggers – seagulls
(Todays, tentative, forecast is at the bottom of this post) Remember 24 hours ago when we all thought it was going to be another beautiful “mainly sunny” day with highs up to 30ºC? Well, that fantasy didn’t last past 11AM. Port Alberni was assaulted with what I can only call from my time growing up…
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UPDATING – Lightning brings Power Outages – Fire at Mill and Arbutus Ridge
Update 3:21PM – Apparently the fire in Dry Creek was human caused, but still waiting to hear a definitive answer. In the meantime, thanks Nikki for submitting a great video of todays thunder! Update 2:50PM – Now reports of a fire in Dry Creek Area. PAFD are responding. If you have any updates or pictures…
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