Category: Public safety


Hunter Moon coming…

Filed under: Environment, First Nations People, Hunting, Public safety by Kevin Griffiths — Leave a comment
October 18, 2018
Beautiful harvest moon.

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.

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Power poles

Filed under: Public safety by Kevin Griffiths — Leave a comment
October 9, 2018
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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

  1. We repair damage to power plants and high-voltage lines and substations.
  2. Next, we restore power to critical services, like hospitals, fire and water systems.
  3. 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.

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