Voght street bridge, Merritt, BC Dec 12th 2016 Photo KDG

Voght street bridge, Nicola river Merritt, BC Dec 12th 2016
Photo KDG

Photo: KDG : eagle circling high after sudden onset cold and snow, Maybe looking for a slow to change rabbit. This bird nests near the Nicola river which is rapidly taking on ice.

Merritt British Columbia receives an average of 22 inches of snow per year, we got something approaching one quarter of that over the weekend. The 6 inches of snow saw numbers of plows back on the triage system for the first time in a while.

Tom at the corner of Merritt and Garcia said he was back to his complaint with the city over plowing in his driveway. Lower Nicola Resident Percy said that – Macdonald was out with a skiff ( eager)…

Eagle starved to death, a source says its worth 2000 dollars on black market. now in hands of CO

Eagle starved to death, a source says not allowed to have any part of it. The   in hands of CO file Photo KDG

Cold overnight lows this week will see snow sticking in our 700 meter elevation community. People have hope for a white Christmas…

The eagle on the left starved “they have a tough time this time of year ” late winter The bird was a Bald eagle under 5 years without the white head feathers of maturity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is a chart of the average snowy days (over 0.2 cm starting at January and ending with the yearly total. source Wikipedia.-Merritt BC

Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) 5.6 3.8 1.7 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 4.0 6.6 22.8 ( 12months from January and yearly average) Wikipedia

 

On this Day: December 13th 2002

The European union is expanded to include another eight countries including Cyprus , Malta and 6 eastern European nations.