I am adding this photo for the VFXY weekly theme of 'Sky'. I took this a few years ago when we were out to Long Beach for a car club event. There were about a dozen of us standing out on the deck of the Wickkaninish resturant shooting at this glorious sunset. I filled my card with shots in the half hour that the light show lasted. It was awesome.
Strong quakes roll off
From the Times Colonist
A series of strong earthquakes rumbled off the northern tip of
The two strongest quakes, both measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale, hit 225 kilometers west of Port Hardy within 45 minutes of each other at
A slightly smaller quake happened before the 6.5 tremors, with several smaller tremors afterwards, including some reported late last night.
No tsunami warnings were in effect as of last night and none was expected.
In Port Hardy, police said that there had been no apparent damage or injuries.
The quakes’ epicenter was in the same area, south of the
Some residents of Bella Bella reported feeling the quakes, as did residents of Port Hardy and Port McNeill.
The site and magnitude of the quakes was not unusual, said seismologist Stephane Mazzotti, with the Pacific Geoscience Centre in
If the quakes had occurred near a town, they could have caused considerable structural damage.
Of the top 10 biggest quakes in Canadian history, according to the government website, eight of them had a magnitude between seven and ten. The eighth and ninth each had magnitudes of 6.9 with one of those in B.C.
I finally finished my North Vancouver Island album and loaded it to my web page. More to be seen here=
I was having fits when I couldn't get my WS_FTP thing to work... first time I tried to use it since Trevor reloaded my PC. Finally got it. Here are a few of the photos from the album. I was using my old Canon Powershot A50.. not bad for the little point and shoot. I did not know much about file size then, either. I didn't know it shot in RAW or even what RAW was.
This little girl at the campsite at Port McNeil was making her cat smile for the camera. Too cute.
Flares that I might want to add to my Flickr account. 
We watched them unload this logging machine from a truck and start it working in the bush. This thing would do clear cut logging.
More flares... from the campsite at Port McNeil.
Some rust, from Kelsey Bay, I believe.
A retired logging truck seen at Winter Harbor. We must go back there, although its probably all changed by now, with all the new development happening up island.
The board walk at Winter Harbor.
Shot with my S3 IS on 11 Dec. 1/160 sec. F/2.7 -0.67 exposure compensation.
Friends were to visit for what is becoming our annual 'celebration' week. I am calling it eat week because it seems we had some pretty good meals this week. Dinner at my place (with Ruby and Steve) on the 10th, after seeing Urinetown at the Belfry. On the 11th we went up to Chemainus and could not get into the theatre. It was pouring rain, so we just had a coffee and went on. Stopped in Ladysmith for a look at the Christmas lights, then on up to Nanaimo and stayed at my favourite hotel, the Dorchester. Nice evening meal in the dining room. After breakfast in the morning we went on to Englishman River Falls. The park was closed due to all the storm damage. We walked in anyway and got a look at main big Falls. We did not walk around as it would have probably been too dangerous. The bridge was shaking, the waterfall was roaring, mist flying everywhere. Wow, what a sight! We walked back to the car and carried on to Coombs. It was closed, as the power was out. No shopping! The goats were not on the roof but down in their winter pasture. After lunch at Parksville White Spot, we drove home with a stop at Harry & Jimmy's shop. Guy stuff! The weather on this day - 12th was better, but not great. Home in the dark and stop at Romeo's for pizza for dinner. Continued on my next post.
