Well happy birthday to me....
no driving according to environment canada....
Worst storm of the season is expected tonight.
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Showing posts with label wild weather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wild weather. Show all posts
14.12.06
15.11.06
More Craziness
Unbelievably, 135mm (over 5 inches) of rain fell in Port Alberni today.
Along the highway in and out of Port Alberni, trees fell everywhere.
Now these are not just __any__trees. These are old growth giants.
A short while ago, one of these trees came down by the parking lot in Cathedral Grove.
It squashed a car seriously injuring the occupants. They got off lucky. Last year a couple were killed the same way.
Can you imagine?
The same things happened in Vancouver today with old growth trees in West Vancouver taking out homes. This is crazy weather.
Living here all my life I can say with confidence there has never been weather like this.
It is warm and wet and wild. In November.
We expect another storm on Sunday.
God help us all.
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One Mother of a Crazy Day!
I woke up to a Tsunami warning....
Going out to my car, which is parked in front of my home on a level spot, I stepped into a 4 inch puddle. On a flat surface. --meh--
and it went downhill from there.
The winds and the rain were hurricane force at times and roads were closed, wires were down, trees littering the highways and NO-ONE but NO-ONE out unless they had to be.
I had to be.
One of my visits was to a nice condominium complex right near the downtown of the little Village.
The power went out five minutes into my visit. Then an eerie silence.
We looked out the back window to the cute little patio garden snug and protected from the wind by the other, higher buildings and landscaping. and *snap* just like that! out of nowhere a freak wind came from the southeast and blew the fence over. And the huge rhododendron aside it. And several planters.
The whole work day was like that! Power on. Power off. flicker flicker bang.
I am hugely happy to be home.
This is what the weather network has to say about British Columbia today!
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“Prayers go up and blessings come down”
Going out to my car, which is parked in front of my home on a level spot, I stepped into a 4 inch puddle. On a flat surface. --meh--
and it went downhill from there.
The winds and the rain were hurricane force at times and roads were closed, wires were down, trees littering the highways and NO-ONE but NO-ONE out unless they had to be.
I had to be.
One of my visits was to a nice condominium complex right near the downtown of the little Village.
The power went out five minutes into my visit. Then an eerie silence.
We looked out the back window to the cute little patio garden snug and protected from the wind by the other, higher buildings and landscaping. and *snap* just like that! out of nowhere a freak wind came from the southeast and blew the fence over. And the huge rhododendron aside it. And several planters.
The whole work day was like that! Power on. Power off. flicker flicker bang.
I am hugely happy to be home.
This is what the weather network has to say about British Columbia today!
- Rainfall warning for Central Coast-Coastal
- Snowfall warning for Central Coast-Inland
- Wind warning for East Vancouver Island
- Rainfall warning for East Vancouver Island
- Wind warning for Fraser Canyon
- Rainfall warning for Fraser Canyon
- Wind warning for Greater Vancouver
- Rainfall warning for Greater Vancouver
- Wind warning for Greater Victoria
- Wind warning for Fraser Valley
- Rainfall warning for Fraser Valley
- Snowfall warning for McGregor
- Rainfall warning for North Vancouver Island
- Wind warning for Okanagan
- Wind warning for South Thompson
- Wind warning for Howe Sound
- Rainfall warning for Howe Sound
- Wind warning for Sunshine Coast
- Rainfall warning for Sunshine Coast
- Rainfall warning for West Kootenay
- Wind warning for West Vancouver Island
- Rainfall warning for West Vancouver Island
- Wind warning for Inland Vancouver Island
- Rainfall warning for Inland Vancouver Island
- Snowfall warning for Williston
- Snowfall warning for Yellowhead
- Wind warning for Southern Gulf Islands
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“Prayers go up and blessings come down”
12.11.06
Braving the wild winds sweeping down the coast, I drove home from the family domicile to my own cosy condo. It was dark as well as gusty, with clouds in hues deep purple and black speeding past the ascending moon. It was so much more impressive a few mornings ago when it was setting at 11 am, fat and full in the western skies.
It was another good day. I am pleased that I did not immediatly go to bed after work, unlike yesterday where all day all I could think about was getting home and into bed. Not even a boyfriend about! Where would I put one if I had one?
One of my bathtime rituals is the reading of Vanity Fair magazine cover to cover. It was the November issue's term tonight. Something Princess Leia, Carrie Fisher said rang true.
When asked by that rapscallion George Wayne if she ever has a (prescription) drug-free day. she wisely answered:
"No. I am a mental diabetic."
Well said indeed.
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It was another good day. I am pleased that I did not immediatly go to bed after work, unlike yesterday where all day all I could think about was getting home and into bed. Not even a boyfriend about! Where would I put one if I had one?
One of my bathtime rituals is the reading of Vanity Fair magazine cover to cover. It was the November issue's term tonight. Something Princess Leia, Carrie Fisher said rang true.
When asked by that rapscallion George Wayne if she ever has a (prescription) drug-free day. she wisely answered:
"No. I am a mental diabetic."
Well said indeed.
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