Tens of thousands without power, ferries cancelled after 'bomb cyclone' batters B.C. coast
"Gusts up to 170 km/h recorded off Vancouver Island
As of 11 a.m. PT on Wednesday, around 80,000 B.C. Hydro customers on Vancouver Island were still without power. That number was as high as 150,000 on Tuesday.
Most ferry routes, including major routes between Vancouver and the Island — have cancelled their first round trips on Wednesday, said Jeff Groot with B.C. Ferries. "
#News #BC #Weather #Canada #VancouverIsland
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in reply to SnowshadowII • • •OMG, how awful!
Are you and yours safe, my friend?
SnowshadowII
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in reply to SnowshadowII • • •HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •How is a #BombCyclone different from a "standard" one.
Has this happened before in #Canada?
SnowshadowII
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This might answer your questions:
theweathernetwork.com/en/news/…
'Weather bombs': Explosive storms that create ferocious conditions
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in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •On the west coast yes.
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to SnowshadowII • • •I see.
Thought so.
So many, more frequent #ExtremeWeatherEvents every (still other?) globaly seem to be pointing in the same direction: #ClimateChange is, indeed,, still accelerating:
mastodon.online/@tinoeberl/111…
mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1107…
Tino Eberl (@tinoeberl@mastodon.online)
MastodonSnowshadowII
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 • • •It is indeed accelerating!! And fossil fuels are being pumped out of the ground more than ever!!☹️ Part of my country is hell bent on increasing supply of the dirtiest oil in the world!!.
Thanks to the Alberta government! /s
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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to SnowshadowII • • •s/ :...and now the #USA has a new #ChiefDrillOfficer who doesn't tire saying, #DrillBabyDrill.
The best thing is, @andrewdessler made his forecast in 2023, before knowing that Trump would be re-elected.
What could possibly go wrong?/s
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