So today the family went out to celebrate the largest flying boats in the world. The Martin Mars Water Bombers. Here are some pictures of the event, which marked the purchase of the two bombers by a local forest company after much handwringing and worrying that the Alberni Valley and City of Port Alberni might …
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Another Run-of-River Hydro on Vancouver Island
The flood gates seem to be opening to independant power producers here in BC. And while i don’t like that BC Hydro isn’t doing the dirty work, clean power is still the most important thing in the long. I saw the notice of purchase of Crown Land today in the Alberni Valley Times. The application …
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Long Term effects of Storms and Bad Forest Practices
Long time no blog again, mainly due to work, and, oddly, The Weather!. The last few weeks have been wild out here on the West Coast. We’ve had winds reaching 175kph, Category 2 Hurricane Force. We’ve also had torrentional rain, and a good dump of snow. All of which has made the ground fragile and …
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