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VIDEO: Storm surge closes Greater Victoria roads, trails, breakwater

Gale-force winds, storm surge and seasonably high tides fling waves on shore

A storm watcher’s paradise landed at the shores of Greater Victoria Tuesday morning.

Karen Link and Martin Davis, with a golden retriever in tow, took in the storm along Dallas Road mid-morning on Jan. 9.

It’s the strongest storm Link has seen in two years of living here.

“It’s a storm, are you kidding me, it’s amazing,” she said when asked why they came to watch.

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