To the seasons of life
There can be up to 3 Fridays the 13th in a calendar year, 2018 has two one in April (today) and one in July.
Moon has sharp lower crescent, File Photo KDG ,March 13th 2013
Friday the 13th is selected once a year as Accident Awareness Day in Finland.
Some studies show that about 20 million North Americans have mild fear enough to change behavior over moon and Friday the thirteenth events.
On this Day: April 13th 1742
Handles Messiah makes its world debut in Dublin Ireland.
The sun west of Merritt, Red from smoke, of the 2017 fire season in the Sothern interior of BC File Photo KDG
A book reading in part at he Merritt Public Library today was given by Geoff Strong, A retired meteorologist form Environment Canada. Geoff a person with a desire to keep the earth for his 7 granddaughters and future great grandchildren wrote a fictional novel about the pending release of a large amount of methane from a oil field development in a fictional land characterized as a middle eastern nation.
Fictional murder and plotting with intrigue is married to the state of the earth by global warming.
Geoff took questions about his understandings on climate change as developed with his career in government. ” I am free to talk now, he said in respect to the controls on him as an employee of a federal agency.
Fictional novel aside Geoff said that he has confidence in the earths magnetosphere to keep us from radiation and atmosphere loss to space. However at sometime in the future “a shift in magnetic poles may cause an extinction event.”
Geoff is writing a new novel based on the Merritt BC area, he fictional novel will be set water and the environment.
On this Day: April 10th 1970
Paul McCartney leaves the Beatles for stated personal reasons.
The Nicola naturalists will have Jo Anne Hales on April 19th to present Habitat Selection of the Spade Foot toad.
Jo-Anne Hales is a professional agrologist and the Environmental Specialist for the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc. She is also completing a Master of Science degree in Environmental Science at Thompson Rivers University studying the Great Basin Spadefoot (an amphibian species at risk) on the New Gold – New Afton Mine site. Come and hear about these charismatic little critters. Her talk was postponed in May 2017 due to the floods – catch it in 2018.
Meeting time is 7PM all welcome, membership or donation requested, top of the hill Belshaw Avenue in Merritt. Free parking , no food or drink in the lecture theater.
On this Day: March 28th 1979
A reactor on Pensylvania’s Three Mile Island has a partial meltdown.
Drilling equipment for dewatering Photo KDG
The tripling of transport capacity from the oil sands via the Trans Mountain expansion to its Burnaby terminal and tank farm is a serious decision made. It goes back decades to when permits to explore were let in good faith and standards for development were in place. Global concerns have made standards different now however good faith remains a valuable key to function in life.
Norm Hanson a registered professional forester (retired) said that there were 700 streams to cross. And some of note at Burnaby : Eagle Creek, Silver Creek, Stony Creek and others all have tributaries potently effected by a pipeline.
Trans Mountain has identified more than 1,000 potential watercourses along the Project footprint between Edmonton and Burnaby. Trans Mountain’s Environment Team has investigated every one to collect data, with the exception of a few locations where the team did not have access to the immediate site. source Trans Mountain Today
There is also the issue of water usage in the production of bitumen at source, some thing talked about in terms of a standard that can be civil.
To be frank the use of the term Warrior up by a prepared First Nations youth, at the UN diminishes the credibility of some of the arguments for the protection of the resource rather then enhancing it.
We are glad to see the concerns of the people and the expression of concerns by them, that is their right. The amount of diligence being applied and published seems overwhelming and we hope that a broad agreement including living with, on all sides, can be somehow be settled with out one side or an another dominating.
Good luck in all your views , don’t hurt anyone.KDG
On this Day: March 27th 1980
Silver Thursday sees the silver market collapse after the failure of the Texas based Hunt brothers to corner the market.
The Province of BC is seeking input on Cyanobacterial Toxins in Water.
View points on assessing for a protocol on managing cyanobacterial toxins in B.C. drinking water and recreational water. This protocol is intended to provide strategies and resources to assist local governments, health authorities, and water system operators to assess and manage risks related to cyanobacterial bloom formations. Source UBCM
Pipe being placed Voght park Merritt BC, for UV treatment loop . File Photo KDG
Feedback can be sent to the ministry of health, health protection branch by April 23rd 2018.
The development of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in eutrophic lakes, reservoirs and ponds has become a global water quality issue. Researchers are particularly interested in why cyanobacteria can exclusively dominate the plankton community during warm seasons. Source: Yoshmasa Yamamoto Kyoto University Japan
Editors note : the proprietor review does not represent any ministry only reports from sources.
On this Day: March 21st 1871
Stanley a British journalist begins his search for David Livingston in darkest Africa.
A move to the right shows level of water tables, .File Photo KDG
Geoff Strong is coming to do a reading from his novel ” Convenient Mistruths” on April 10th at the Merritt Public Library at 11:AM. promising the inside scoop on Global Warming, he will read from a selection of the intrigue, danger and providing discussion on his next book. Free admission 1691Garcia Street Merritt BC.
broken sign no contract….
File Photo KDG
On this Day: March 20th 1985
Rick Hansen begins his world wide wheelchair trip for spinal cord research.
Moon rising File photo KDG
The spring equinox is coming on Tuesday next week. Twelve hrs of light against 12 hrs of dark in the northern hemisphere will start the march to the 23 degree tilt of the summer solstice in June.
March 20th 2018, 9:15 pacific time in British Columbia is the crossover.
Astronomically speaking, the first day of spring is marked by the spring equinox, which falls on March 19, 20, or 21 every year. The equinox happens at the same moment worldwide, though our clock times reflect a different time zone. And, as mentioned above, this date only signals spring’s beginning in the Northern Hemisphere; it announces fall’s arrival in the Southern Hemisphere. Source Old Farmers Almanac.
On this Day: March 16th 2014
Crimea has a referendum to succeed from Ukraine.
The Nicola Naturalists are having their monthly meeting on Thursday March 15th at 7PM. The meeting is in the NVIT lecture theater, top of the hill on Belshaw avenue in Merritt and features Don Gayton with a presentation Fire Ecology in the Southern Interior.
Don is a well-known ecologist who has worked on the roles that fire (accidental and intentional) has played in shaping our environment over the past centuries. How did Indigenous people work with fire before the arrival of Europeans? Why was 2017 such a bad year for wildfires? Don has explanations for these and many other questions about wildfires in our area. Not to be missed.
On this Day: March 7th 2007
The British House of lords in parliament becomes 100 percent elected.
Shortly after 2AM this morning an emergency alert was broadcast on Global BC telling people of a Tsunami and to go inland, this was all down the BC coast including Vancouver. Over time and expecting waves to reach lower BC by about 5 AM the alert was lifted before the expected time arrived.
The recently restored, agency NOAA National, Oceanic and Atmospheric administration US (after the US Government shut down) reported that there was no longer a danger.
Wave warnings on the coast are still in effect from tidal and wind actions.
On this Day: January 23rd 1846
Tunisia outlaws slavery.
Rip Rap installed at Central park File:Photo KDG
Between January and March 2018 there is a review team in BC meeting with community members in regard to the response to recent wildfire and flood events.
The independent review was commissioned by the Province to examine government plans for, and responses to, flood and wildfire events, with a focus on the 2017 season. It will examine the implementation of both provincial and local government emergency management systems to determine how the Province can improve its governance systems, statutes, regulations, policy, and leadership practices to benefit responses to future emergency events
Between January and March 2018, the review team will meet with community members, regional and local stakeholders, and government and First Nations leaders and officials – all of whom will help shape recommendations on how to better plan for and respond to flood and wildfire events in the future: source UBCM
On this day: January 17th 1773
Captain James Cook leads the first sailing beyond the Antarctic circle.
The UBCM has a link on it to a ” farmers market” for carbon. Registration is available for buyers, sellers, and or local government. They are selling C3s or carbon credits.
Use our Carbon Footprint Calculator to calculate the carbon footprint of your organization or your recent activity such as a recent flight somewhere. You may then choose to invest in the community carbon credits to not only reduce your carbon footprint but also support the inspiring GHG reductions initiatives of your liking. You can do so by signing up and creating your profile to pick through the growing list local reduction initiatives.
The credits can be sold to local governments looking to meet there carbon commitments to such things as the Climate Action Charter.
The Union of British Columbia Municipalities is a forum for local governments to agree on action.
On this Day: January 3rd 1938
The March of Dimes against polio is initiated.
broken sign no contract…. File Photo KDG
The price of gasoline is down at the Corner of Nicola and Highway 5A, that’s 4 cents from earlier in the week, 9 cents over the provincial low at Costco in Prince George.
The country average is $1. 15.9, trending by 11 cents this week, from last years average in August.
On this Day: December 21st 1923
Nepal and the UK become friends by treaty.
Hey Merit what do you say?
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