Since 1988 today has been computer security day. Recommended day for updating malware etc.
On this Day: November 30th 1886
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Category: Public safety
New Buses local transit. File Photo KDG
Except for Vancouver to Seattle Greyhound service in the west is ended.
Service from the iconic Greyhounds are a thing of the past in BC today. The routes however have a number of private servers taking them up and for those that are not the province is intervening:
BC Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Claire Trevena, indicated that the Province is continuing to work with communities and private operators to find new carriers for the remaining 17% of the routes left without service. BC’s independent tribunal, the Passenger Transportation Board, has been actively soliciting applications for new service providers to fill the gap left by Greyhound. In addition to the expected new private service providers, the Province announced earlier this summer, BC Bus North, a publicly funded, base level, interim service to cover the majority of northern BC routes previously covered by Greyhound.
Service between Vancouver and Victoria has been offered by Wilsons Transportation service Bus tickets between some select sailings can be had through BC Ferries.
The Sunshine Coast, Powel River and Bowen Island are all bus serviced by namesake transit. Blue Bus can take you from West Vancouver to Horseshoe Bay.
The province estimates that 83 percent of routes will be taken up by private carriers.
On this Day: November 1st 1968
General, Mature, Restricted and X rated become the film rating used by the American Motion Picture Association.
Moon Photo KDG
October 24th will see the Moon in full and will be called a hunters Moon. Cloudy skies are possible for the 23 and 24th in Merritt however Lethbridge Alberta is clear and cool. Hunting should be good however remember moon light or not it is not legal to use a firearm a 1 hour before sunset and one hour sunrise.
Some creatures can be taken after dark including deer, by bow, local conditions and regulations apply. BC guide
If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, look for the moon to be bright and full-looking for several nights beginning around October 23 or 24. Around all of these nights, you’ll see a bright round moon in your sky, rising around the time of sunset, highest in the middle of the night. source Earth Sky News
On this Day: October 18th 1954
The first transistor radio is announced.
Model plane stuck in power line File Photo KDG
We lost another hydro pole on Merritt avenue recently> On September 30th around 9:30 a fire on the top of a pole near the corner of Garcia and Merritt Avenue was called in by a concerned neighbour. The fire had developed of the top insulator of the same pole in the picture above. However the model plane from the past probably had nothing to do with it.
The hydro crew replace the pole in the pouring rain and had power back on at 3AM. This is one of 5 incidences in the past few years in this area.
John Paul a retired lineman said that if there is dust in the air with rain it can increase the connectivity of the lines to the ground and can sometimes heat to a fire.
At this writing there are 22 outages around the province, outage report .
Outages are common and are responded to in a professional way:
How power is restored
- We repair damage to power plants and high-voltage lines and substations.
- Next, we restore power to critical services, like hospitals, fire and water systems.
- We make repairs that will return service to large neighbourhoods, then smaller neighbourhoods and individual customers.
We can all take steps to prepare for an outage when we know it’s going to happen, but most often, power outages are caused by factors beyond our control – wind, lightning, motor vehicle accidents, animals, etc. – and can happen at any moment. It’s important to ensure you are prepared for an outage year-round. Source BC Hydro
Do not try to dislodge a toy your self…
On this Day: October 9th 1604
The most recent Super Nova in the Galaxy appears.
Kevin Griffiths
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