Big Blast This Afternoon

Wednesday, November 29, 2006 02:25 PM

Environment Canada Spokesman Jim Steele sums it up the best when talking about the weather in BC so far this winter. “ I never ever thought I could get stressed out doing the weather until I went through the events of this month , I have never issued more weather warnings in such a short period as I have this month."

Steele says "Get ready you are about to get another dump of snow on the PG region and so far we have been dead on in predicting the weather into the next two months. We are going to get more than usual snow fall and temperatures below normal from now until the end of January."

Pretty much what we have been getting.

Is Global warming the culprit? Steele, “I’m not an expert on climate change but you can’t pin a couple of storms as being the reason.”

What the experts are saying is this, "We will likely see more significant wide swings in the weather in general, on the other hand there is a camp of experts who say that the weather swings have no relationship."

Meantime Steele says we had better get the snow shovels ready this afternoon, because we are about to put them to good use later tonight.

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Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 02:25 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Runner46 on November 29 2006 4:38 PM

Oh goody.

Posted by: owl on November 29 2006 6:25 PM

And we had better clear it too in case the current 14 day forcast of above freezing temps for several days, along with rain, comes about. This stuff is nice and light now.

The again, around here, who knows. It was just last Friday that they forcast above freezing temps for tomorrow. Right now it does not look like that is going to happen. But then again, who knows. :-)

Posted by: Chester on November 29 2006 7:54 PM

Environment Canada must enjoy their jobs. They have history, they have barometric readings, they have more data to analyze, than time in a day, but they claim to not be experts in climate change. Yet, we tune in to them each day to hear their prognostications.

I choose to ignore all of them. I get up in the morning, I look at the chimineys of my neighbors and see which way the wind is blowing. If it's from the north, I grab my touque.

If the wind is from the south or the west, I check the actual temperature from the TV. Then I look to the west to see what is coming. It could be clear blue or could be black clouds. It just gives me a head start on how I should dress and whether I need snowshoes or an umbrella.

Why do we make it so complicated? Chester