When the Sky Opens Up: Vancouver’s Atmospheric River Rolls In

 🌧️💙 When the Sky Opens Up: Vancouver’s Atmospheric River Rolls In 💙🌧️

By Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Rain has a personality here in Vancouver. A bold one. It shows up uninvited, dripping all over the place, and stays longer than the guest who “just popped by.” This week, we welcome a full-on Atmospheric River… a sky-river pouring straight from the Pacific like someone tilted the ocean a little too far 😅🌊.

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💦 What’s Happening Up There?

A massive band of moisture is racing thousands of kilometres toward us. Once it smashes into our mountains, boom… the sky gets leaky.
Rain.
More rain.
Even more rain.
Wet socks for days 🧦😭

This isn’t just drizzle. This is the kind of rain that makes umbrellas question their life purpose ☂️🤯

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💙 Beauty + Vulnerability Under the Clouds

☁️ Rain gives life to our forests
💧 Refills reservoirs
🌱 Feeds everything green

Still…

⚠️ Not everyone has a warm place to wait out a storm
⚠️ Flooding exposes where infrastructure falls short
⚠️ Workers and families feel every delay and detour

Storms tell the truth.
Who is protected… and who is left out in the cold?

🏚️💔

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✅ Stay Safe & Be Kind Tips

✅ Walk gently and drive slower 🛣️
✅ Clear leaves from drains by your home 🍂
✅ Check on neighbours needing support 💞
✅ Wear bright clothes so the world sees your sparkle 🌈
✅ Hot drinks cure 87% of rainy grumpiness ☕😉

A small act can be a lifeline in weather like this.

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🎨 Storm Art & Rainy Reflections

I’ll have 📸 my camera ready.
The world gets shiny when it rains.

Puddles become portals to upside-down cities.
Streetlights glow like tiny moons. 🌕
Leaves swirl like dancers practicing chaos choreography 💃🍁

Even the hard moments glisten.

A storm can flood our streets…
and sometimes
flood our hearts with compassion too 💗🌧️

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🌀 Reflective Question

How does extreme weather reveal which parts of our community are protected… and which are left out in the cold? 💭💙

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📌 Share your rainy photos with me — let’s show the beauty, the courage, and the truth of these sky-rivers together 🌧️✨
#Zipolita #VancouverWeather #AtmosphericRiver #RainCityCare

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