• No Tsunami threat from strong Earthquake.

    We had a strong earthquake 6.6 (now downgraded from 6.7) in the waters near Vancouver Island 40km West Port Alice. There have also been two relatively strong aftershocks, 5.0 and 4.2. It has been widely felt but it doesn’t sound like any damage is being reported and there is no Tsunami Warning or Watch at…

  • A new chapter… I’m going to run for Council

    We interrupt this regularly scheduled weather broadcast for a brief announcement. I’m going to run for Councillor in Port Alberni in November. I love this town – my town – and have loved serving it in a small way through this website. I have great concerns for the future that I believe must be addressed…

  • An off again on again week – Happy Earth Day!

    After a pretty soggy long weekend, it was a gorgeous sunset last night. That has led to a beautiful morning this morning. We are only supposed to get 4mm between this morning and Wednesday morning and 8mm between Wednesday and Thursday morning. So in all. Not too bad. It looks a little wetter through the…

  • Rain through Thursday – Easter Egg Hunt Forecast

    Spring showers are back and that’s not a bad thing. I’ve turned off the spigots on my water barrels so that instead of acting as flood and runoff mitigators (which they do very well) they will now actually collect water in preparation for the dry season. I think it takes about 50mm of rain to…

  • Patience rewarded! Blood Moon captured on webcam, Timelapse Included

    Updated: Timelapse now included! (Make sure you set it to HD quality, makes a huge difference… use the little gear icon to change it) It was a tough road last night… And I’m working on only about 4.5 hours sleep, so if this post is a little incoherent, blame it on the Moon. 🙂 It…