Vancouver’s Record Cold (please don’t laugh at us, Calgary and Winnipeg)
Here in relatively balmy Vancouver, we have no right to complain about cold weather. Vancouver has the mildest climate of any city in Canada, except…
Weather & Climate Change
Emigrant Lake – Then and Now
Above is how Emigrant Lake near Ashland, Oregon looks today. But Back in October 2015, I visited the drought-stricken lake after two years of minimal…
Vancouver Sets Records in Late February Storm
The late winter storm that hit the south coast of British Columbia set a couple of daily snowfall records in Vancouver. Snow began falling the…
Wickiup Reservoir is Full Again
Compare the above photo of Oregon's Wickiup Reservoir, taken in June 2017, with the photo below taken in September 2015, when we reported on the…
Lake Abert Recovers
As you can see from the above photo, taken in February 2017 (posted here courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management), Lake Abert in southern…
So Far, El Niño Acting More Like “El No-No” in the Pacific Northwest
Earlier this fall, there was a lot of media hand wringing about the extreme El Niño forecast for the winter of 2015-2016. Certainly El Niño made…
Not Much Left of Emigrant Lake in Southern Oregon’s Drought
By October of every year, Emigrant Lake near Ashland, Oregon is usually quite low. Irrigators have spent six or more months drawing water, while the…
Drought Leaves Prineville Reservoir at Less than 30% Capacity
A popular boating, water skiing and fishing destination, Central Oregon's Prineville Reservoir was offering little of any such activity in October. The lake's water depth…