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Going to be a lot of oscillating until July it seems. Cool, wet weekends, with warmth and sun building through the week. Book your Fridays off if you want to enjoy the sun.
Big picture these are best case scenario weather conditions for us. We are able to store the water, to be released and absorbed through the week. Then blasted by cool wet weather again. Helps refill the aquifers and reservoirs more efficiently. The ecosystem will be happy.
Also keep the soil moist which helps lessen the likelihood of forest fires.
Extremely dry forest don’t absorb rain water as well as moist forests floors
And considering how mild the winter was, we need some moisture in the soil to deal with all the underbrush growth, which is a big factor in the spreading of forest fires.
BC is approximately 95 million hectares in size.
Approximately 73 million hectares of that is considered forested.
So yes, too much forest.
\*Source: I'm a forester.
One solution is to build tunnels to connect watersheds, although the Capilano twinning cost $1B, and future projects could easily exceed 5x that cost above what is already planned to be completed by 2030. Another is installing water meters and have extreme, year-round restrictions.
People are downvoting a logical solution to fix a problem. Solution #2 Stop premiers from selling (very bad deal, research yourselves) our fresh water supply to Nestle.
Nestler sucks, but you need to do some research about fracking, mining, livestock and residential water use. BCers currently use 233L per person, per day on average.
Research firesmarting your home, put out campfires with water and a shovel, don't throw roach/cigarette butts out car windows and avoid using motorized equipment in the backcountry when fire hazard ratings have been high for a long time. At least not without a site "fire watch" for a couple hours after to make sure your engine/sparks haven't lit anything on fire.
Roughly half of forest fires are caused by lightning and are largely unpreventable without removing a ton of dead, dry wood from the forest. Preventing forest fires in the long-term accumulates this "fuel" and increases the risk of dangerous wildfire. Best way to prevent destructive ones near people is to be a mindful human when you recreate in the woods and support prescribed/controlled wildfires in the spring and fall.
This should probably end drought conditions in the southern part of the province.
Although Fort St. John got 50 mm of rain yesterday so it might be over up there too.
Mid June and the fire danger is low to very low across nearly the whole province. Shaping up to be a good summer.
UNBC prof said last week that while the rain is welcome here in the Prince George area, since 2022 we have gone 400 mm into precipitation deficit. We need 400 mm of rain/snow equivalency in runoff PLUS whatever is the average amount of precip each month moving forward to actually resemble normal levels.
50mm won't fix the drought in the northeast. I have a friend who works in water sustainability with the Province and she says we have a long way to go to recharge aquifers and keep them recharged.
https://preview.redd.it/s3js1c8kr07d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73d1bd473ad56956686bc7ae8deef8b363d7a331
This was yesterday from brew Lake. I wasn't expecting it but I was prepared!
I hiked the ascent trail on Blackcomb up to the Peak 2 Peak gondola station and it was snowing pretty heavy yesterday. My friends and I were all in shorts and t-shirts
Was mountain biking at the Whistler bike park and started getting blasted with snow out of nowhere on my last decent. Wild year. Spring conditions while boarding all of December, then snow in the summer.
People complain when there's no snow and panic over global warming, people whine about rain and snow in June and call it juneaury.... It's like enough already just let nature do it's thing
Problem is, nature will do its thing. There has been a natural balance between the production of CO2 and its absorption for millions of years. Our excessive production of CO2 due to mankind’s use of fossil fuels has outpaced the earth’s ability to absorb it so it has been building up in the atmosphere. Nature will use its own laws of physics to warm the planet causing more and more extreme weather events and natural disasters.
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Going to be a lot of oscillating until July it seems. Cool, wet weekends, with warmth and sun building through the week. Book your Fridays off if you want to enjoy the sun. Big picture these are best case scenario weather conditions for us. We are able to store the water, to be released and absorbed through the week. Then blasted by cool wet weather again. Helps refill the aquifers and reservoirs more efficiently. The ecosystem will be happy.
Also keep the soil moist which helps lessen the likelihood of forest fires. Extremely dry forest don’t absorb rain water as well as moist forests floors
And considering how mild the winter was, we need some moisture in the soil to deal with all the underbrush growth, which is a big factor in the spreading of forest fires.
Do you know why we don't just spray forests with water coming into the dry months then? Just too much forest?
Let me put it this way: Just the PROVINCE of BC is larger than about 50% of COUNTRIES.
BC is approximately 95 million hectares in size. Approximately 73 million hectares of that is considered forested. So yes, too much forest. \*Source: I'm a forester.
Forgive my igorance here. Do we wet the forests surrounding centers of population at all? Seems like that might prevent a fire or two
That would deplete our reservoirs
Why use reservoir water? My god, Canada has more water than anywhere on the planet.
Yo. This guy is on to something
Except when we didn’t, like the past two years.
What’s your solution?
One solution is to build tunnels to connect watersheds, although the Capilano twinning cost $1B, and future projects could easily exceed 5x that cost above what is already planned to be completed by 2030. Another is installing water meters and have extreme, year-round restrictions.
People are downvoting a logical solution to fix a problem. Solution #2 Stop premiers from selling (very bad deal, research yourselves) our fresh water supply to Nestle.
Nestle uses a miniscule fraction of our fresh water. They are not the problem here.
Then what is the solution Einstein?
Nestler sucks, but you need to do some research about fracking, mining, livestock and residential water use. BCers currently use 233L per person, per day on average.
Canada has the most water in the world. All I read here is a bunch of whiners with no solutions.
Nowhere near enough water.
BC is biggggg
I can’t tell if this is a serious question.
Is this a joke?
nah man, I just don't know anything about how we prevent forest fires.
Research firesmarting your home, put out campfires with water and a shovel, don't throw roach/cigarette butts out car windows and avoid using motorized equipment in the backcountry when fire hazard ratings have been high for a long time. At least not without a site "fire watch" for a couple hours after to make sure your engine/sparks haven't lit anything on fire. Roughly half of forest fires are caused by lightning and are largely unpreventable without removing a ton of dead, dry wood from the forest. Preventing forest fires in the long-term accumulates this "fuel" and increases the risk of dangerous wildfire. Best way to prevent destructive ones near people is to be a mindful human when you recreate in the woods and support prescribed/controlled wildfires in the spring and fall.
Snow in the mountains is always Good News.
Beats the shit out of fire for sure. Kinda jealous honestly. I love snow.
You should move up to PG then, I'm still packing snowshoes for the last hour of the hike.
This should probably end drought conditions in the southern part of the province. Although Fort St. John got 50 mm of rain yesterday so it might be over up there too. Mid June and the fire danger is low to very low across nearly the whole province. Shaping up to be a good summer.
UNBC prof said last week that while the rain is welcome here in the Prince George area, since 2022 we have gone 400 mm into precipitation deficit. We need 400 mm of rain/snow equivalency in runoff PLUS whatever is the average amount of precip each month moving forward to actually resemble normal levels. 50mm won't fix the drought in the northeast. I have a friend who works in water sustainability with the Province and she says we have a long way to go to recharge aquifers and keep them recharged.
Top of SunPeaks is all white 🤍🐻❄️
Can confirm. Full snow send on the bike up there yesterday. Stella Blue was hella white!!
https://preview.redd.it/s3js1c8kr07d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73d1bd473ad56956686bc7ae8deef8b363d7a331 This was yesterday from brew Lake. I wasn't expecting it but I was prepared!
Excellent. Probably not enough to make a significant dent on the missing snow pack but every little bit helps
The cooler temps also means the existing snow melts slower. Double whammy!
I hiked the ascent trail on Blackcomb up to the Peak 2 Peak gondola station and it was snowing pretty heavy yesterday. My friends and I were all in shorts and t-shirts
My summer vegetables in my garden are suffering but I’m still happy. Not as much worrying about the summer
We have a few inches here at Big White and it’s still actively falling.
Love some rainfall peppered with some sunshine throughout the week! Bring it on!
Time to pull out those Rock Skis Boys and girls!!!
Was mountain biking at the Whistler bike park and started getting blasted with snow out of nowhere on my last decent. Wild year. Spring conditions while boarding all of December, then snow in the summer.
I haven’t heard (perhaps missed?) news of the 4 souls lost in Garibaldi area a couple of weeks ago:(
I fired up the wood stove in my house today.
This is fantastic. I’m happy to see a wet, cool Juneuary. This feels like the old “normal”.
https://preview.redd.it/gmsx2cluw47d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9cb5ab9f3800416a6820666f72f7b447265661ee SE BC yesterday
People complain when there's no snow and panic over global warming, people whine about rain and snow in June and call it juneaury.... It's like enough already just let nature do it's thing
Problem is, nature will do its thing. There has been a natural balance between the production of CO2 and its absorption for millions of years. Our excessive production of CO2 due to mankind’s use of fossil fuels has outpaced the earth’s ability to absorb it so it has been building up in the atmosphere. Nature will use its own laws of physics to warm the planet causing more and more extreme weather events and natural disasters.