2009年11月17日星期二

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Olympic weather woes



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New words: Bull's eye


Flood woes, power outages and dangerous driving conditions warnings of bad weather are sweeping sudden in British Columbia tonight. Is it the start of warm, wet winter that could mess up the Olympics? Chris Brown has the details in Vancouver.


It would be new if it didn’t rain in November in BC, but every so often it over the top and this is one of those times. A big blast of warm air noticed as pineapple express has roared off the pacific, creating a mass of problem. Vancouver Island got saturated by up to a hundred of fifty millimeters of rain, leaving parts of Comox under water and under a state of the emergency.

“These streets are all flooding. So some people is taking a risk going through here. They are not paying attention of the signs of the roads even closed.”

“It turns out that Vancouver island was smacked the bull’s eye .They got hit pretty hard. All schools in the area long with many roads were closed and some fifty-four families ordered from their homes. The worst may still be declumed. Over the Vancouver side, it blow hard too. Just days after opening to skier. Grouse mountain has to haul it’s Gandulas.

“Pretty high winds and with the rain fall as well. It has put damp on things.”

Now the rivers are raising fast and anxious John frances knows if it comes up to another foot two. It’s a bad news for its house.

“Definitely, if this continues soon much more beyond tomorrow. I think that it will be cost for worry.”

So far as, it’s not the river approving deadly, it’s the roads. Two pedestrian in strenken killed in separate instance over the weekend. Police say the wind and lousy visibility were affect.



With the winter Olympic closing in. Every big weather event seems take on extra meaning. After the skiing season got to early start, organizers were founding pretty pleased. Now they hope that a lot of that snow hasn’t been washed away and it’s get cold again and stays that way.

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