Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Whereas in the UK it seems not to have stopped raining for weeks! Lots of floods... Frank D On 30 Jan, 2014, at 01:56, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> wrote: > That really looks terrible (not your pictures; they document the situation > well :-)). > > Here in South West BC we have had hardly any rain since last spring, and > it's worrisome. Usually we have trouble finding a single dry, clear day in > any month from November through March. This year we've had one day of a > few cm of snow and hardly any rain; at the moment we are just breaking a > record of 16 days with no rainfall in January. The local mountain here on > Vancouver Island has just thrown in the towel on this year's ski season. > If we get a lot of snow on the mountain (rain and fairly cold down here) > they might open again, but the odds aren't good. Reservoirs are low, and > we depend on them being overflowing by March and April to get us through > the summer, which rarely has much rain. > > Today was again sunny and about 10?, and it certainly won't freeze tonight. > > Henning > > > > On 2014-01-28, at 2:00 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> It is rainy season with no rain, Mormon Island Cemetary has become >> visible again after many submerged years....a crisis is now playing out >> here. >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2014/nolake2.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2014/nolake4.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2014/nolake7.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2014/whatlake2.jpg.html >> >> >> >> Leica Monochrom with the Sumicron 28mm f2 lens >> >> >> many thanks for looking and paying attention, >> >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > Henning Wulff > henningw at archiphoto.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information