Monthly Archives: December, 2013
Avalanche!
The season is here again, when the local news gives a tragic story of another death from an avalanche. As I write this, the hourly news from my trusty radio just reported two deaths in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Avalanches kill more than 150 people throughout the world every year. Here in British Columbia, the toll averages 11 deaths annually. The 2008-09 winter was especially tragic, with […]
Back to the Future – An EMP
Recently, the first winter blast along the Canadian west coast resulted in a power outage for about an hour. Some folk pulled out flashlights and candles; intersections were on 4-way stop procedures; and, heaven forbid, internet connections were cut due to a lack of electricity to routers and local servers. This small inconvenience reminded me […]
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