Tag: General
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Our home is on fire
We have to reduce CO2 emissions I took these photos on the way to work this morning. The smoke is from fires in Washington State. Air Quality is poor across the Island including Port Alberni. I try to keep politics to a bare minimum here but it has to be said. We all just voted…
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First Day of Fall! – Back from a long vacation
Welcome back! It’s been too long since I last posted. We had a wonderful summer, and that includes me and my family getting out of town and heading all the way across Canada to PEI and back! It was super fun. We saw, and experienced, some crazy weather, and just generally saw a lot of…
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Rare May Storm incoming
Batten down the hatches It’s pretty unusual to have this kind of storm in May at all, let alone the week before the Long Weekend. But here we are. Get ready for what could be a significant wind, and rain event all across Vancouver Island. Here it comes This is the just released forecast for…
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Lunar Eclipse Tonight 9PM Pacific – It might be clear!
Moon will be in partial eclipse when it rises Feature image from the CBC. Tonight is the Lunar Eclipse! Believe it or not, this morning’s rain should pass through by this afternoon. We might even see some sun and cleaning skies and that might mean a view of the moon entering the Earth’s shadow as…
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Snow for Ground Hog Day? – Maybe Not for Port Alberni
After nearly a month without seeing snow, are we about to see some new white stuff fall from the sky? Unfortunately, snow lovers might be disappointed. The 24 hour snow accumulation pictured above shows very little snow south of Campbell River. It actually looks like Vancouver and the Fraser Valley will get some but the…