Subj : Re: we are here and they are To : Maurice Kinal From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Jan 25 2018 18:25:50 -=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to John McCoy on 20-Jan-2018 01:16 <=- JM>> Heat drives the weather, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that we JM>> see more extremes when the average is unusually high. MK> We definetly got extremes which they (weather people) are calling that MK> the new normal. As for hot weather, July and August were above MK> average temps and definetly dry, although the resevoirs were higher MK> than usual, which was of little to no consequence to the record forest MK> fire season in the interior of BC. All the excess water was in the MK> 'wrong' place to do much good as far as forest fires were concerned. Not so easy to truck or airlift the water to where it was needed, after all... We didn't hear so much about your fires.... mostly all our news was about the ones in Southern California.... And, speaking of weather, were you affected by the recent earthquake in Alaska and the tsunami warnings down the coast....? ttyl neb .... "Pay no attention to the gecko behind the curtain!" --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (1:229/452) .