Sunday, March 13, 2011

Spring forward

I don't like this short weekend stuff, I think we should start a movement to move the clocks ahead at 4pm on Friday afternoons. Sorry folks for the lack of posts, it has been a busy and short weekend. We moved our clocks ahead last night and enjoyed an extra hour of daylight this evening. The Vernal Equinox, AKA Spring, arrives on March 20, but the spring weather has arrived. After the snow and nonsense of last week, we have been above freezing since Thursday. We will cool tonight to -6C but it should be dry. Monday will be partly cloudy with temperatures slightly above freezing at 2C. The week looks very mild with temperatures above freezing and any precipitation falling as rain.

Japan quake
I can't put into words the devastation in Japan following the 8.9 quake on Friday. As if the quake was not enough the ensuing Tsunami wiped out an area along the northeast coast of Japan and up to 6 miles inland. The images are just heartbreaking. The power and destructive force of water is unbelievable. The image above is from a community right along the coast near Sendai. I have put a link to the Canadian Red Cross in the upper right corner. If you can help, please do so.

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