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Post-Cyclone

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Here in the interior of British Columbia we didn’t experience much effect from the cyclone that hit a substantial part of the Pacific coast from California to Alaska. We had quite a lot of overcast and a slow, steady rain but no wind and no flooding.

As you can see we had considerable cloud cover …

… but this was mitigated a bit by some dark greens and a few leftover leaves.

Thankfully, we didn’t get the power outages or the major winds gusting to 170 km (106 miles) that walloped the B.C. and Washington state coasts. There are downed trees everywhere as well as some structural damage in places, too.

Unfortunately there is another cyclone due to arrive by Friday or Saturday, but it’s supposed to be weaker than the last one. Let’s hope so.

Happy Thursday.

35 thoughts on “Post-Cyclone”

    1. Thank you, Stuart, much appreciated. We’re not expecting much here except more rain and overcast, and there are a couple of mountain ranges between us and the coast which act as a buffer. The rain isn’t a problem either since we’re coming out of such a long drought. Cheers.

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  3. I hope the next cyclone skips you by too.
    Keep warm and safe.

    Snow is pedicted here by the weekend in my area again. I am hoping it’s a dusting or none at all. I am happy to not have it.
    The previous that turned to slush is ice. I pulled a muscle from slipping yesterday on the way back from work. And ot was still bad in areas today. So I have hated it.

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    1. Thank you very much for your kind comment, Liz.

      That’s awful! I hope you’re recovering well from that. Having lived in the subarctic I know about ice, and I have to say that the slushy snow or ice is much worse than the very solidly frozen ice of the north. The slush can be lurking anywhere and even a tiny amount can cause a fall. I hope you feel better soon. 🌼

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    1. Thank you very much. I love the lake reflection; it was so calm. I can’t help laughing at that name either, Linda. The media isn’t trying to make hay at all, is it? 😉 I’m refusing to use the word “bomb,” just “cyclone” which is a description of what it is. We really didn’t get much effect here except rain and overcast, and the rain is a good thing. Cheers.

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    1. Thank you very much, Maggie. We really didn’t get much of anything except rain and cloud. Apparently the ski hills around here are doing very well. Big White is opening tomorrow since they’ve had such good snow. Nearby Apex is opening Dec 7. It’s so great that the ski resorts are going to get a good season after a string of poor ones. Cheers.

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    1. Thank you, Allan. The lake was such a flat calm and reflecting the mountains so beautifully but yes, these are definitely early winter photos! Glad to hear that you weren’t too affected by the storm. Cheers.

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  8. Vancouver Island nearly blew away in the windstorm a couple of days ago, and yet, by some miracle, two hummingbirds appeared at my feeder the next morning, anxious for a drink of their sugar water. I was so happy (and surprised) that they had survived.

    Your lake pictures look so calm, but I’m sure the water can get a bit rough at times there too.

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    1. I’ve been thinking about you a lot Anneli and wondering how you were doing, especially after seeing all the damage in your area. I’m so happy to hear about the hummingbirds! They must have found a protected spot to wait out the storm, but yes, they would have become really hungry.

      We have had a tremendous amount of overcast and slow rain, but very little wind. The lake has been such a beautiful flat calm. Yes, it can definitely get rough, particularly in the winter.

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    1. Thank you very much, Belinda. 😊 Okanagan Lake has been like a mirror. We didn’t get much cyclone effect here other than rain and overcast and it’s unlikely the next storm will do more than that either, thankfully.

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  11. The wind and rain continued all the next day too and we lost power for about four or five hours, but it has finally settled down to the usual. So far, most of November has been wind and rain, except when it switched to rain and wind.

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    1. Oh boy, Anneli. You haven’t had much of a good month, have you? Ugh. We’ve had a lot of rain here but not much wind, thankfully. The next storm is supposed to be less intense. Fingers crossed it passes you by this time.

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  12. Such a contrast: all that fury out on Vancouver Island, and here in downtown Vancouver… nothing. I hadn’t realized another storm is expected by weekend. I hope you’re right, and it proves pretty well a non-event for everyone.

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    1. The Vancouver airport got some incredible wind gusts but yes, you otherwise escaped this one! Vancouver Island really got a shellacking. Agreed, I hope the next storm is a non-event.

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    1. It seems that Vancouver Island took the brunt of it, especially the west coast of the island as expected. Lots of downed trees, rain and spotty power outages, but no flooding. I think this next storm is supposed to be more northerly, slower and more prone to dissipation, so I hope it just wears out and dies out.

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    1. Thank you very much, Barbara. I appreciate that. 💛 In the end, it was much ado about nothing for us here in the interior. Vancouver Island really got walloped though, trees falling through the roofs of houses, for instance. No one was hurt, fortunately.

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