State of emergency declared, evacuations ordered amid central B.C. wildfire

petros

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I don't think we've had rain in a month on the island. Grass is already brown.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-flood-freshet-1.5090082
Snow pack at 20% plus below normal.
People are going to die this summer.
The Pacific Northwest is the last 2% of the US with drought fears.

Federal meteorologists say this winter was America's wettest on record. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says that from December to February, what it calls winter, the Lower 48 states got 9.01 inches of rain and snow, which is 2.22 inches more than the 20th century normal.Mar 6, 2019

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-sloshed-wettest-winter.html

Also the coldest in 107yrs

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The Pacific Northwest is the last 2% of the US with drought fears.

Federal meteorologists say this winter was America's wettest on record. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says that from December to February, what it calls winter, the Lower 48 states got 9.01 inches of rain and snow, which is 2.22 inches more than the 20th century normal.Mar 6, 2019

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-sloshed-wettest-winter.html

Also the coldest in 107yrs

Welcome to the GSM!
I heard on the Weather Channel that 2018 was the warmest year on record and 2019 is looking to be worse . Oh who to believe ?
 

petros

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I heard on the Weather Channel that 2018 was the warmest year on record and 2019 is looking to be worse . Oh who to believe ?
For me and most of West Can winter started on Sept 12

Rain and snow is the planet shedding mass amounts of energy.

There are no sunspots to replace the losses anytime into the near future.
 

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For me and most of West Can winter started on Sept 12

Rain and snow is the planet shedding mass amounts of energy.

There are no sunspots to replace the losses anytime into the near future.
Yes and I was still seeing snow falling on the high mountain passes in May .