Well- google finally released blogger app for iOS. iPhone only version so fall.
There was a E^6.5 earthquake today off west coast of vancouver island near Nootka island.
Amber alert update: bcferries has kept ship in dock, perhaps Sparwood's Keenan is on board!
2 days to go until tenth anniversary of September 11th attacks...
Friday, September 09, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
LiveSmarties BC
Via Flickr:
The sweetest climate action there is
Well blog fans... fans.. fans.
whoa, is there really that bad an echo in here?
Well - I probably deserve that, given that I never seem to blog anymore...
I've become more interested in tweeting, and hooting to facebook, etc.
I do write blogs for work... well, anyways.
..speaking of work - here is a little fun something I dreamt up this evening after a nice $90 meal for two (AFTER groupon) where we forgo'd (forwent?) dessert for some dollarstore candies instead...
you know, milk chocolates with hard candy shells... do you eat the red ones last?
#LiveSmart #ClimateAction BC.
Learn more about British Columbia climate policy and climate action at
http://www.livesmartbc.ca/
Monday, April 04, 2011
Monday, December 20, 2010
Happy Solstice Eclipse Yule King Tide
Sometimes infrequent events happen naturally – such as a lunar eclipse coinciding with the Winter Solstice for the first time in 372 years.
Interesting in itself, this event also results in another fascinating phenomena: especially high King Tides.
Tides and tidal events occur naturally: caused by the moon and the sun’s gravity. The greatest gravitational forces take place during eclipse conditions (a full or new moon), and especially during a solstice (when the sun is nearest to the earth) and/or a perigee (when the moon is nearest to the earth).
To add to the high water levels – this winter’s King Tides are also taking place during a La Niña winter: especially cold and stormy weather systems.
As a result, the opportunity for Storm Surges (which raise the sea surface water level) to occur during King Tides is increased – and therefore so too is the risk for flooding.
These are all natural phenomena – the cycles of which are well known. The fact they are all coinciding this week may be considered random luck.
Random luck... but also an incredible opportunity...
You see, there are other – unnatural – things happening to our planet as well... due to Climate Change and Global Warming.
Namely, Sea Level is Rising. In fact, global sea levels are expected to rise by over a metre in the next century.
So, this season’s King Tides are in fact a glimpse of what sea level will look like far more frequently in the future.
The BC Government’s Climate Action Secretariat is currently promoting an initiative:
The King Tide Photo Initiative invites British Columbians with cameras to go out and photograph these King Tides.
King Tide photos can be submitted online by joining the LiveSmartBC King Tide group on Flickr.
Rising Sea levels is happening. It’s due to polar ice melt on account of rising temperatures.
Temperatures have been rising at the same time as has the emission and concentration of greenhouse gases – especially Carbon Dioxide (CO2).
So, we can’t stop the inevitable effects of anthropogenic activities. But we can reduce those activities in order to ‘stem the tide’ of these tendencies from increasing even further.
Happy Holidays – maybe I’ll see you out there near the high water with our cameras.
~T~
DATES:
Daily: High Tides
Semi-monthly: Spring Tides (full/new moons, potential eclipses)
Monthly: Lunar Perigee
Quarterly: Solstices & Equinoxes (higher eclipse probability)
2007-2011: La Niña
2010:
December 20: Full Moon
December 20: Total Lunar Eclipse
December 21: Winter Solstice
Yuletide: Storm Surges??
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Interesting in itself, this event also results in another fascinating phenomena: especially high King Tides.
Tides and tidal events occur naturally: caused by the moon and the sun’s gravity. The greatest gravitational forces take place during eclipse conditions (a full or new moon), and especially during a solstice (when the sun is nearest to the earth) and/or a perigee (when the moon is nearest to the earth).
To add to the high water levels – this winter’s King Tides are also taking place during a La Niña winter: especially cold and stormy weather systems.
As a result, the opportunity for Storm Surges (which raise the sea surface water level) to occur during King Tides is increased – and therefore so too is the risk for flooding.
These are all natural phenomena – the cycles of which are well known. The fact they are all coinciding this week may be considered random luck.
Random luck... but also an incredible opportunity...
You see, there are other – unnatural – things happening to our planet as well... due to Climate Change and Global Warming.
Namely, Sea Level is Rising. In fact, global sea levels are expected to rise by over a metre in the next century.
So, this season’s King Tides are in fact a glimpse of what sea level will look like far more frequently in the future.
The BC Government’s Climate Action Secretariat is currently promoting an initiative:
The King Tide Photo Initiative invites British Columbians with cameras to go out and photograph these King Tides.
King Tide photos can be submitted online by joining the LiveSmartBC King Tide group on Flickr.
Rising Sea levels is happening. It’s due to polar ice melt on account of rising temperatures.
Temperatures have been rising at the same time as has the emission and concentration of greenhouse gases – especially Carbon Dioxide (CO2).
So, we can’t stop the inevitable effects of anthropogenic activities. But we can reduce those activities in order to ‘stem the tide’ of these tendencies from increasing even further.
Happy Holidays – maybe I’ll see you out there near the high water with our cameras.
~T~
DATES:
Daily: High Tides
Semi-monthly: Spring Tides (full/new moons, potential eclipses)
Monthly: Lunar Perigee
Quarterly: Solstices & Equinoxes (higher eclipse probability)
2007-2011: La Niña
2010:
December 20: Full Moon
December 20: Total Lunar Eclipse
December 21: Winter Solstice
Yuletide: Storm Surges??
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Location:Waterfront Crescent,Victoria,Canada
Monday, February 15, 2010
Sunrise on Day 4
Jazzy_T has arrived!
Landing in Tsawassen 730am this morning. Here's a look at the sun rising above Mount Baker an across the west coast.
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Landing in Tsawassen 730am this morning. Here's a look at the sun rising above Mount Baker an across the west coast.
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Location:Point Roberts,United States
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Freestyle: Alexandre Bilodeau wins moguls, Canada's First Gold
We did it!!! GOOOLLD!
(and a North-Shore boy in Australia's silver Dale Begg-Smith to boot!)
Finally! And now all the Jen Heils and Kristina Groves and all the rest of us Canadians can simply enjoy every performance and every medal, regardless of colour (how Canadian indeed-- with the exception of our hockey teams perhaps)...
Clara, et al... Thanks so much and for everything to come.
There will be plenty of golden moments ahead of us, I can't wait.
Heading over to Vancouver tomorrow...
~T~
http://jazzy-2010.blogspot.com/
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(and a North-Shore boy in Australia's silver Dale Begg-Smith to boot!)
Finally! And now all the Jen Heils and Kristina Groves and all the rest of us Canadians can simply enjoy every performance and every medal, regardless of colour (how Canadian indeed-- with the exception of our hockey teams perhaps)...
Clara, et al... Thanks so much and for everything to come.
There will be plenty of golden moments ahead of us, I can't wait.
Heading over to Vancouver tomorrow...
~T~
http://jazzy-2010.blogspot.com/
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Location:Huxley St,Saanich,Canada
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Shot skis
Here's my "motley crew" mentioned below. Doing the "shot ski"
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Location:Comox-Strathcona C,Canada
Jen Heil... So close; silver lining
Well, she didn't quite repeat her golden performance from Turino and bring us our first Olympic Gold on home soil... But Jen Heil brought us an amazing first medal.
Miss Kearney, congratulations! And to the rest of the athletes: Canadian, American, Japanese and everybody else... You mogul freestylers made us all (incl a motley crew of weekend warriors at Mount Washington Alpine on Vancouver Island this weekend) VERY VERY excited.
Thanks. O Canada. I believe!
Do you believe?
...catch Jazzy_T starting Tuesday around Vancouver, the guy with the saxophone, playing your songs!
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Miss Kearney, congratulations! And to the rest of the athletes: Canadian, American, Japanese and everybody else... You mogul freestylers made us all (incl a motley crew of weekend warriors at Mount Washington Alpine on Vancouver Island this weekend) VERY VERY excited.
Thanks. O Canada. I believe!
Do you believe?
...catch Jazzy_T starting Tuesday around Vancouver, the guy with the saxophone, playing your songs!
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Location:Comox-Strathcona C,Canada
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