You are presumed to be honest and responsible without evidence to the contrary beyond a reasonable doubt… on the balance of probablilties you are justified by 51 % likelyhood.
The forecast for todays rain is up to 1 millimeter from trace. Last night there was heavy black cloud and it spit a few drops of rain about 8 PM.
There is also a 40 percent chance on next Tuesday. But it remains a little amount, none of the cloud bursts we are used to after a hot spell. However there has been no thunder or lightning at this writing 1:50 PM.
Yesterday the provincial government extended the state of emergency for two weeks. at this writing there is no smoke in the Nicola Valley.
From time to time we get coastal weather here it brings gulls from the ocean as these ones above that were in Voght park after a weather wet front passed through from the coast.
On this Day: July 20th 2015
The US and Cuba resume diplomatic relations without reservation.
The Regional District had a booth at the spring festival last week, it was about invasive weed and plant control.
Herbicide free options include insect introduction to deal with :
Diffuse Knapweed
Spotted Knapweed
Dalmatian toadflax
Hounds Tongue
Leafy spurge
St. Johns Wort
Thistles ( select species)
Merritt is circled by a large rural population of land holders, maybe you might not be using insects to control weeds but your friends may want to . Also in the city there are bylaws against bad weeds over a certain height and they need to be removed by cutting if necessary. To that end the TNRD is having a long term strategy to control select invasive species with insects.
An assessment of your property is available by contacting the TNRD They say that free insects are on a first come first serve basis.
The weekend saw snow come with April. The Snow is gone now and hydro crews working in Central park on Monday said that the water has broken through the ground where they had been waiting for frost to go out so they could landscape ground around the burial cable they installed in the fall.
The tulips are pushing up ,some are 6 inchs tall never seems to change for Easter as it is coordinated by the last full moon of March.
Tulips
On this Day: April 5th 2010
Twenty nine coal miners die in an explosion in West Virginia.
Today is World Water Day, and its been that way since 1933. Fresh water accounts for a few percent of the water on earth but is crucial to our existence, aqueducts, dams, ditching, wells, reservoirs, plumbing, pools. ponds, (had to throw in an alliteration), troughs, tubs, tanks it goes on like a modern calculus equation. The point is when we pew in our water or worse we better have a way of dealing with it before it comes back to haunt us.
Water is life and life is water your life and mine…
And where would we be without ice?
On this Day: March 22 1894
Ice hockey’s Stanley Cup is first played for.
The Cold water river, Merritt BC mid July/15 File;Photo KDG
100 puzzle pieces, one hundred bird extinctions since 1600 What’s the circumference of this circle, you Pie guys… File Photo KDG
Pi Day the mathematical equation for circles Pi r squared is a fascination of many math observers. A day of observance was supported by the Us congress in 2009 making March 14th an annual event.
Pi Day has been observed in many ways, including eating pie, throwing pies and discussing the significance of the number π, due to a pun based on the words “pi” and “pie” being homophones in English. source Wikipedia
On this Day: March 14th 1592
Ultimate Pi Day gives the biggest Julian calendar correlation of Pi since adoption.
The forecast is calling for a 50% chance of serious snowfall starting this morning. Warmer temperatures will revert to near double digits minus C by Saturday.
Comments by people range from distaste for winter to its ok I was in Mexico for a month.
Check the weather as directly as you can before engaging .
The temperature in Merritt ( 700 meters above sea level) is -7 Celsius. However there must be some warm upper level trough as freezing rain is spitting on the ground. A traveler at Starbucks said that the freeway to Hope is closed till at least 2PM this afternoon. Unconfirmed: he saw a half dozen vehicles in the ditch after having difficulty with freezing rain.
The freeways have video cams at the summit, and once again we recommend that you do not do unnecessary driving when winter conditions are in effect. The Coquihalla highway to the Okanagan was designated as a road way subject to quick on set of unfavorable conditions.
That said it is about an hour under best conditions from Hope to Merritt.
One of 8 volumes of the environmental assessment. for the Lower Mainland 500 KV line. Hard copy at Public library. File Photo :KDG
The completed work saw a 3rd lower mainland 500 KV line go through Merritt on its way to the Lower Mainland from Revelstoke. The project had rigorous permitting process and is complete since last year including a new substation here in Merritt .
The local 200 million dollar Green energy project is delayed opening until next fall a full year past the expected time. Something a private operation trys to avoid.
At this writing a small piece of the 138 KV line at central park is going underground. the poles it will be replacing were placed next to a housing walled community and a golf course.
On this Day: January 26th 1992
Russia announces that they are no longer targeting the west with missiles.
The Canadian Energy Pipeline Assc. has been working to see better conditions for pipeline activities. The self governing body has as a member the Trans Mountain pipeline group and they have reported on successful lobbying to provide assurance to concerned people that delivery of oil from Alberta is well regulated and safe.Yesterday the CBC reported that BC is satisfied with the environmental provisions of the approved expansion.
The international pipeline conference.
Pipeline professionals, engineers and scientists gathered to talk about leadership and innovation and to share insights into the future of the industry. Among other things, we saw that the importance of communication and sustainability is a key focus for our industry.
The CEPA has also been involved in local fire chief certification and the using their members mandate to get legislation that makes polluter pay the law on right of way properties along pipelines.
Its been four and a half decades since we first saw locals here in the interior of BC take up jobs exploring for tar sands in northern Alberta some of them have passed on after spending a good part of their life in the exploration and development of a resource for future generations. Companies like Tonto Drilling and Connors Drilling, and the engineering supervision that gave that first drive for a better life have been absorbed and fractured into a different lifestyle today.
Wages for a stand up citizenry were more the focus then . A global corporate structure demands more today.It is still desirable that a big share go to the individuals that command a wage reflecting the status of working people who will live here and contribute time and talent to the future of the community.
January 10th, 7pm shows snow accumulated, Merritt BC Photo KDG
We have had snow on the ground here in South Central British Columbia, at 700 meters elevation, for about a month. The fist time in decades that snow lasted more then a week. The accumulation is forcast for clear skies and at this writing there are heavy skies with moderately low ceiling.
This gives a feeling of normal to local long timers.
On this day: January 10th 49 BC
Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon River with his legions.
Nicola River. Merritt BC…
Rain…
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