Tag Archives: emergency preparedness
Hurricane Season – Part 1
Although now living in British Columbia, some of you are aware that I grew up in South Carolina. The areas are as different as chalk and cheese. One of these is the weather and what influences it. Here we have the Japanese current, bringing relative warmth to our part of the southern Canadian Pacific coastline. […]
Wildfire Recovery
2018 has been another historic year in British Columbia for wildfires. I say another, because 2017 was an historic year, as mentioned in a blog last year. The number of wildfires this year has surpassed 2017, as well as the number of hectares burned. Admittedly, the fires have been generally smaller this year, as well […]
Heat Wave
It’s stealthy and quiet. It’s relentless. And can be deadly. It gets little recognition and deserves more. And we are having one here on Vancouver Island. A heat wave. Yes, it’s summer in North America, so expected to be warm or hot. But even by Canada standards, the heat for the last three weeks has […]
A Far-Away Summit That Will Impact Your Neighborhood
If you’re reading this blog, you probably stay somewhat knowledgeable of current events. And you’ve surely heard of the face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the US and North Korea now underway in mid-June 2018. It is of great importance, and why am I writing about it. So much of the media is scoffing about […]
Quality of Life
While shamelessly check off an increasing number of decades, I’ve had the privilege of residing in several locations. Populated and not so populated. Lovely and not quite so lovely. Urban and rural. In previous blogs, I’ve mentioned growing up on a small dairy in South Carolina. I moved to various towns to teach school, work […]
BC – A Most Beautiful Place on Earth
BC’s motto is “The most beautiful place on earth”. This could be argued, but clearly it is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Partly because of its natural setting. But this natural setting comes with a price. The 2017 summer drought in BC has finally been broken. We had measurable rainfall last week. […]
Continuation of a Long, Hot Summer
Records are being broken here in British Columbia. Records for dryness; lack of rainfall; hectares burned by wildfire. Here toward the end of August, the weather station keeps saying, “It’s not rained all summer.” More than 8 weeks. It’s wrecking havoc on the fruit and berry farm where I reside. Some of our fruit trees […]
Wildfires! Everywhere wildfires!
The wildfires are daily in the Canadian news. And this gets my ire up when I hear the ongoing news. It doesn’t have to happen this way. We cannot avoid lightning strikes that set some of the vast BC forest ablaze. This is nature. Maybe storms are more frequent or severe, but long term evidence […]
Beginning of a Long, Hot Summer
British Columbia is ablaze! As you may be aware, the province is blessed with enormous tracts of forest. This brings in the tourists, to see some amazing vistas. But, in June 2017, it has brought in the firefighters and water bombers. This is a cyclical, seasonal occurrence and some years are worse than others. This […]
A look back on 2015 — Human induced disasters
Human-induced, or man-made, disasters are the other major category, other than ‘natural’, in which we categorize disaster events. We looked at natural disasters last month. While focusing on human-induced tragedies, I’ve decided to concentrate on some of the violent attacks on ordinary citizens. They are not exactly disasters, but very much are events that impact lives. […]
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