Tag: fire
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UPDATE 2PM- Severe Thunderstorm Warning Ended – But lightning continues
Warning Rescinded – now a Watch The Warning has now been rescinded as the storm has weakened a little but a Watch remains in effect for both northern parts of Inland and East Vancouver Island. There is also fairly intense Lightning occurring south of Port Alberni near Nahmint Lake. Watch for fires, also hail and…
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Inlet winds clear the air
Just noticed the southerly winds up the Inlet have kicked in and dramatically improved the air quality and reduced the pm2.5 readings. We went from 40ug/m3 and an AQI of over 100 to 7ug/m3 and AQI below 30 in just the past hour. We are blessed by our geography! I would expect the Smoky Skies…
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Smoky Skies Bulletin Issued
Note: There looks to be a bug in the data software. It’s showing a blue ? for the image reading. The numbers are still correct though. The best place to see all current AQ readings in the Valley is on the Current Air Quality Readings Page. Smoke Source – Fraser Valley Canyon Fire Looking at…
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Fire near Alberni Landfill
BCWS and Valley Fire responding A quick note, unless you were in your basement, you probably noticed the airplane buzzing the City about an hour ago. That was a BC Wildfire Service Conair plane dumping retardant on a fire near the Alberni Landfill. Here is the BCWS page for the fire. It is listed as…
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Road Closed Again – Wind Closure Possible Thursday and Friday.
Highway 4 has been fully closed since noon on Tuesday due to high winds, and possibly (this is speculation on my part) the impacts of the first significant rainfall since the fire damaged the slope. I would imagine that they are doing assessments of the slope above the roadway. Anyone who has driven the road…