Extreme Weather Stories

It seems that the amount of extreme weather we and others are experiencing has been on the rise. Here in Chilliwack, it has been gloomy and cold and raining. Maybe I'm sensitive to this weather after living in LA for awhile. But I was talking with a friend this morning who grew up in this area, and even he is feeling the effects of the constant clouds, rain, wind and storms that have hit here this fall and winter.

There has been flooding, toppled trees and dumps of snow. You'd expect all this in a normal winter, but it seems this winter has been especially harsh. Even long standing icons of this area have been hit hard. BC Place has collapsed and Stanley Park has lost thousands of trees to wind storms.

Other bloggers have reported extreme weather too. Jordon blogged about the storm that hit Regina. He called it the worst storm in memory. Even Southern California has to bundle up. Mike tells of the cold weather in Mission Viejo and Mark talks about freezin' his hiney -- although Mark was Yucaipa, which should be cooler than Mission Viejo.

We had a great day on Sunday, however. It was sunny and the temperature was below freezing. All the rain we had filled fields with water and with the freezing temperatures, there were nice ponds to skate on. Reminded me of growing up in Terrace, where we'd often go to the lake to skate and play shinny hockey.

There was plenty of extreme weather in Terrace. Some winters we had to shovel snow off our roof for fear it would collapse from the weight. One winter we had storm after storm and the banks on the side of the house got so high, that we had to shove the snow off the roof up. No kidding.

Anyone else have extreme weather stories?