Meteorology's Maytag Repairmen?

[quasigeostrophy]

Environment Canada: Canadian Hurricane Center

Except for the recent current Hurricane Kyle and providing general info for travelers on other ones, I suppose, it never occurred to me that Environment Canada would even have a Hurricane Center. :-)

Comments

[ms-interpret.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they aren't too common up here. But Hurricane Juan did a LOT of damage a few years back. Halifax was hit hard by that one. Ugly.

[ms-interpret.livejournal.com]

Oh, and come on, it's Environment Canada. I'm sure they have a least a gazillion overpriced bureaucrats there, and it's probably located here on the West Coast. :)

(My husband is an overpaid government "scientist" *snicker* I'm allowed. :) Scientist in quotes because he's actually a software developer, but for some reason, he's classified as a physical scientist.)

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Actually, the Hurricane Center I believe is in Dartmouth, NS. :-)

[ms-interpret.livejournal.com]

Wow! Sensibility from the government? Will wonders never cease? :)

[windsea.livejournal.com]

Take a look at the annual lists of Canadian hurricane statements and you'll see why we have one:

http://www.atl.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/bulletins_e.html

They're usually a category 1 or a tropical storm by the time we arrive, but Halifax usually gets about four a year. We had Kyle yesterday - winds were gusting to about 110 km/hr in the harbour, about 90 in the city centre - and we were outside the main track. Yarmouth and Shelburne had full-fledged Cat 1.