Category: Fire
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Exercise Coastal Response starts today!
Over the next four days you may hear anything from Tsunami sirens to Fire trucks, search and rescue aircraft to heavy machinery. This is all in support of the million dollar full scall earthquake and tsunami simulation happening from June 7 to June 10. Here is the Alberni Clayoquot Regional District message on their website: Exercise Coastal Response will…
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QUAKE Cottage! And Level 3 Drought declared. Forests dry.
The Quake Cottage is in Port Alberni! Check it out today! It will be at Echo Centre today from 10AM to 4PM! It’s fun, AND educational! I experienced it last Friday at VIU, check out the craziness: For a slightly (ok a lot) more entertaining look… check out Joan Rivers trying it out! OK, so it’s…
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Warm Start, Cool middle, Hot end to week – Plus some Aerial Firefighting details
It is shaping up to be a very pleasant week to end May and start June. Monday should be mostly sunny. The high should get to 22°C. On Tuesday it will be a little warmer with highs reaching between 24-27°C according to UWash. On Wednesday, June 1 we will have some very light showers might push through…
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Variable week – Thursday Thunder – The Arctic Breaks up Fast and Early
It will be mostly cloudy and dry this week but it should stay pleasantly warm. We should get some sunny breaks this afternoon and then back to cloud Wednesday. On Thursday things get a little more interesting as there appears to be a chance for some thunderstorms in the afternoon. The first indication is afternoon…
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Wildfire centre bans all fires larger than campfires starting at Noon
The BC Wildfire Service announced a ban on all Category 2 fires starting at noon Friday. See the image below to see their categories. This means anything larger than a campfire is restricted in the Coastal fire centre except the Fog Zone on the West Coast (purple below). This is the same type of ban as is…