Category: Climate Change
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Slightly sunnier, showers Thursday night/Friday, warmest May.
The forecast has brightened a bit. It should be cooler but still pleasant today. We are still on track to get some rain showers Thursday night but not as much, it seems, as other areas of the Island (east and west coast). We will see if that even pans out. The weekend is looking nicer…
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Warm weekend coming, and so is El Niño
Update: Friday June 6: Just a quick update to say there chance of showers on Saturday evening has remained about the same in the forecast and a few very light showers have popped up on the West Coast for Sunday. Nothing serious though and still warm. With sun returning Monday. …………. Nothing to complain about…
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Dry for a while – open burning ban – CO2 limits imposed
There isn’t a drop of rain in the forecast for the next few days and only a slight chance of moisture over the weekend. That has prompted the BC Forest Service to issue their summertime open burning ban for our region which will last until October 15th. The current fire danger is high in the…
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Fun in the Sun and Cross-Post about Canal Beach
It’s going to be a bright beautiful day. In fact, it’s going to be a bright beautiful WEEK! This was how my morning started… looking up Redford Street toward Mt. Arrowsmith and the rising sun. Another beautiful start to the day. And while there might be a few thunderstorms popping up in the afternoon today,…
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“There is no equivocation, It is fundamentally the pace of observations of extreme weather that makes it clear it is not natural variability.”
Those are the words of the lead author of a study released today by the US Government (not the IPCC) on Climate Change. This is another in a long line of extremely important studies showing just how severe our climate crisis is becoming and how fast we must act in order to avoid devastating consequences.…