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Look.
It was pretty darned windy last night as, as Keith noted, the barometric pressure changed abruptly.
Trees did come down and power was lost.
But why, suddenly, must we all become 'fraidy cats because of something dubbed by the hype-makers as a 'bomb cyclone'.
After all, wasn't this really just a pretty good winter storm that, as of the moment (i.e. Wednesday lunchtime), has pretty much blown itself out?
Heckfire.
Even the BBC had to go all the way to Seattle to find a tragic fatality. Although, to be fair, we're not sure if they also went to Nanaimo to check on the status of e.a.f.'s roof.
Meanwhile...
As can be seen in the image above, it appears that GarFish got to the power line trail before me this morning and used the mechanical scissors on his E-bike to clear the way.
Selah.
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Selah.
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Power’s been out in our little corner of Tsawwassen since last night. Huge tree took out the power lines halfway up English Bluff. Luckily before we let the dog out into the back yard this morning we noticed a large section of our six-foot cedar fence had morphed into kindling, otherwise the great escape would have been on.
Due to the lack of power, I spent the day sawing with my old hand saw to effect repairs, thinking about all the houses, barns and fences built before the advent of power saws. Hope the power is on at the physiotherapist’s. I may need some work on my arm.
Don’t know about cyclone bombs, but have to admit there were a few “F” bombs heard around here today.
Lew--
The BBC should have gone to Tsawwassen!
I guess our source in South Surrey, e.a.f. escaped the power outage over that way on that side of the Fraser.
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A comparison of longevity, baby boomers to those trees, .... there's not much difference
Husqvarna Prime isn't normally for trail clearing, but that road rager who took exception to me taking the lane this morning because of all the debris on the roads?... Well, he was literally beside himself!
The news reported winds in Nanaimo were only 70K an hr. The roof will be fine and the developers cleared all the trees out before they started building. Comox was hit > I'll have to check with friends who live on the ocean. Their front lawn usually disappears when there are storms and king tides.
The press does hype these storms because its easy for them to cover. Not much work is required to fill up the time
Amazing how weather reporting has become a blood sport to rile up the troops. Lashings of hyperbole, personification, jargon, and possessives (on "our" Thursday, "I took it to a high of 13" and the like). The Weather is worse than the sports, and the repeat reports on both sides of the Salish Sea mean that one newscast is about all anyone can stand, and when I misbehave, my wife makes me watch Question Period on CBCNN. Glad I have lots of engaging reading material around the house. We were, by the way, out of power for a couple of short stints and a twirling ornament was blown of its hanger. Being a sometime musician paid off because we have LED stand lights that were fully charged, so could read. Otherwise, standard winter storm prep was more than adequate.
Heat dome, atmospheric river, bomb cyclone...these are terms for really hot, really rainy, and really windy. Those terms provide drama for the media.
Thanks All--
Glad everybody and their stuff are reasonably OK - except for Lew's fence and, maybe, his triceps lateralis!
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Hey!! it was a bad storm, worst ever, my chimney cap blew off!
Made good news for the advertisers though!!
TB
TB--
Hmmmm...
Is it possible that the storm was brought to us by big chimney cap?
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