It is, as the national newspapers have noted, rather weathery on the West Coast this winter. According to the Environment Canada website, 351 cm precipitation (239% of the norms established between 1971-2000) including 40 cm snow (1212% of the norms) fell during November at the Victoria International airport, setting a record for the month. December has so far been marked by gales (125 kph the night before last), and prolonged power-outages on the Island and Mainland. One long-held ambition of secular society has been achieved, if the correspondence on the Globe and Mail website is any indication: we can at last blame the weather on the government. “They” are not doing enough about global warming.