October Already
Still feels like Summer Mon Oct 3rd Sunset over Van Island - still warm enough to eat outside Message from the editor: Technical glitches in the last blog update email, lost the formatting and didn’t save the changes after the typos were corrected. Guardian readers may not have noticed. The forecast rain reported in the last blog never arrived, water restrictions remain in place and the Sunshine Coast Regional District has convened their Emergency Committee. Although it’s cooler at either end of the day, temperatures have been in the mid twenties which is 6c - 10c above average for this time of year. The rain forecast set to swamp the Public Holiday next weekend (Monday Oct 10th is Thanksgiving in Canada) is also looking less likely, maybe a few showers. The coast has gone 80 days without any significant rainfall. Some are speculating it may lose its status as a temperate rain forest. Canadian Thanksgiving is a celebration of th...