Tag: Hurricanes

  • Tens of thousands still in dark after massive B.C. storm

    From the CBC: Winds that peaked at 157 kilometres an hour knocked out power to a widespread area, including Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, the Lower Mainland and the Fraser Valley. Vancouver, North Vancouver, Burnaby and Victoria were the hardest-hit communities. Some perspective: that’s stronger than anything Sarasota has experienced in the past four years,…

  • Ooh, Alberrrto

    Posted: June 12, 2006 11:20 AM And thus with Tropical Storm Alberto begins the 2006 hurricane season. Read up at CNN. I live at that little indentation near the bottom the red line, which is the current hurricane warning area. You can track Alberto’s progress at the National Hurricane Center.

  • On Columbus, Hurricane Wilma, Pumpkin Carving, 2005 UPA Club Championships

    Well… so much has happened in the last week or so it’s all kind of piled up on top of each other. Two Saturdays ago I went to the beach and dinner with Cam’s family; Sunday I spent with Hugo and Patrícia; Monday Hurricane Wilma did its thing (thankfully not here, though I should note…