broken sign no contract….
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Gasoline is selling at 103.9 a liter a broken sign at a local gas station makes for wishful dreaming.
On this day: February 10th 1870
The YMCA is founded in New York.
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The price of a liter of regular gasoline is at 95 cents a liter down another cent since last week. The driving season that usually starts in May will be interesting to see as if gasoline continues its decline through it we can attribute habits as being entrenched to some degree.
On this day: February 3rd 1947
Snag Yukon records the coldest North American temperture of 83 degrees F or 63.9 c.
A pole waits to be installed at the edge of the Extra foods parking lot,Merritt BC to bring co-gen power to the Highland valley.
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Merritt is in the middle of a co generation green energy project that is licensed by them and uses the transmission lines the they operate and maintain.A wood waste burner is being built to take 130 KV of power to the Highland Valley from the plant through a revamped Merritt substation that also gets power from other hydro sources.
On this day: February 4rth 2004
The social media site Facebook is created.
The psychological barrier of a dollar a liter was broken two weeks ago and the price of gas lingered at 99.9 for a time but now it has dropped another cent to 98.9 at he down town Petro Can.
The convenience store/gas station at the junction of highway 97c/8 and 5 also offers a loyalty program that gives 12 cents a liter discount to card holders. Shell and Chevron price are par with the Petro Can and there is no feeling of a price war.
Today in history: January 20th 1992
Inter air flight 148, an Airbus 320-111 crashes in Strasbourg France killing 87 people.
A driver for Jim Lamb Contracting from Kamloops says that he is hauling logs from Peter Hope Lake to the local to Tolko’s mill here in Merritt.The routing is on highway 5A, Aka the old Kamloops road. He says he makes three loads a day and when asked about breakup something that could last three months at one time he said ” we don”t know”. The driver affirmed that he can not make money with the 70 % axle restriction on the highway. He makes three trips a day now from the popular recreational area north east of Merritt, just past stump lake :http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/explore/high_country/merritt/peterhop.htm.
A colder winter may effect the length of restrictions on the highway when frost comes out of the ground.
Tolko industries is having a green wood waste burner built beside its operation in Merritt. The burner will co generate power into the BC Hydro grid.
Today in history:January 14th 2005
The Huygens probe lands on Saturn’s moon Titan.
The price of regular gasoline here in Merritt has dropped to 99.9 cents per liter. This is the first time in a several years that the price has been under a dollar , once it dropped to 77.9 and briefly stayed before climbing back to the well over the dollar a liter level.
Today in History:January 9th 1839
The French Academy of Sciences announce the development of Daguerreotype photography.
They look innocuous but they can be deadly. Water dripping off a roof can produce icicles weighting multiple tens of pounds quickly, these items falling can do serious damage to a human.
Damage and injuries caused by icicles
Icicles can pose both safety and structural dangers.[5] Icicles that hang from an object may fall and cause injury and/or damage to whoever or whatever is below them. In addition, ice deposits can be heavy. If enough icicles form on an object, the weight of the ice can severely damage the structural integrity of the object and may cause the object to break.
The story of an English youth who was killed by a falling icicle in 1776 has been often recounted.[6][7][8][9]
Armstrong, the scientist from the National Snow and Ice Data Center, told a journalist, “Another twist is very large icicles falling from cliffs along highways hitting cars. Where I used to work doing avalanche hazard assessment and forecasting along U.S. Highway 550 in southwestern Colorado, icicles have fallen and destroyed passing cars.”[1]
In 2010, five people were killed and 150 injured by icicles in Saint Petersburg, Russia after a heavy snow that also caused apartment block roofs to collapse, as well as creating water damage to private homes and to the National Library of Russia.[10]
Kathleen F. Jones of the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory states, “The combination of the ice load and the wind on ice load can break wires, cross arms, and poles and/or other supporting structures. Damage associated with icicles on roofs may be to vehicles parked next to the overhang. Icicles on roofs are also often associated with ice dams that may cause water to infiltrate under the shingles with possible water damage to the house or building and its contents.”
Today in history: January 8th 1887
Wolf Mountain Montana sees the last battle between Crazy Horse and the United States Army
The Petro Canada is showing an offering of 1.09 a liter for regular gasoline at the pumping station at the junction of Highway 8 and 5A. There has been a dramatic drop in prices at the pumps in the last few weeks coming from mid $1.30 a liter to todays low. Petro Canada also offers a loyalty card program that gives you another 12 cents a liter making it possible to get regular gasoline at under the dollar a liter range. The CIBC is reporting that Canada has lost 5 billion in revenue in the recent drop in prices. We take that as lost revenue from exports. To balance the net benefit of lower gas prices to the consumer we must assume that a drop in price is a more broadly fare benefit to more people domestically then lost export revenue. Today in History: December 17th 1935 The DC-3 aircraft makes its first flight.
Hoar frost, Merritt BC
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Hoar frost was caused by high humidity and freezing temperatures on Sunday. This gave the citizens of Merritt a wonderful display.
Frost is the term for several types of coatings or deposits of ice that may form in humid air in cold conditions, usually overnight. In temperate climates it most commonly appears as fragile white crystals or frozen dew drops near the ground, but in cold climates it occurs in a greater variety of forms.[1]
Frost is known to damage crops or reduce future crop yields, therefore farmers in those regions often invest substantial means to prevent its forming. source wikipedia.
Rain and above freezing weather came up from the west behind the humidity, however we were treated to a display on Sunday. The long rang forecast calls for snow before Christmas an moderate sub zero temperatures.
Today in history: December 11th 1972
The sixth and final landing on the moon is made by Apollo 17.
The Pipeline filed their submission a year ago and our experience with the operators of the line over the last 60 years has been good , they have been presenting the economic benefits of the line. A copy of the filed submissions is in the quote below, remember these are construction jobs and benefits to most interested while there was a boom here with the first line it worked out to one permanent employee here then automation took that one away. Construction crews are often moved from project to project but the wise would lobby for lasting jobs by offering what it takes to attract either construction workers or maintenance people with amenities.
On December 16, 2013, Trans Mountain filed a Facilities Application for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project. This webpage is not intended as a substitute for the actual content of the submission. Volume 2 of the Application provides a full description of the Project. To view all eight volumes of the Application, click here. As the world’s third-largest oil producer, Canada benefits greatly from the export of national resources. Twinning the Trans Mountain Pipeline will increase Canada’s capacity to export these resources by facilitating the movement of oil to the West Coast for marine transport to market. It will further secure the supply of oil products to the Lower Mainland for use by BC’s residents and businesses. The project will also lead to new jobs in the short and long term, job-related training opportunities, and increases in taxes collected through all three levels of government.
The $5.4 billion pipeline project will increase the value of Canadian oil by unlocking access to world markets. The combined minimum fiscal impact for construction and the first 20 years of expanded operations is $18.5 billion including federal, provincial and municipal tax payments that can be used for public services such as health care and education. British Columbia receives $2.1 billion; Alberta receives $9.6 billion, and the rest of Canada shares $6.8 billion. Municipal tax payments (not adjusted for inflation) total $922 million to BC and $124 million to Alberta over the first 20 years of expanded pipeline operations. Direct capital spending for the construction phase of the project includes $3.8 billion to British Columbia and $1.6 billion to Alberta. At the peak of construction, 4,500 people will be working on the pipeline expansion. The expansion will also create approximately 3,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs per year during operations. Overall the Project generates a minimum of 108,301 direct, indirect and induced person-years of employment during project development and operations. British Columbia’s share is 66,132 person-years including 35,864 during project development and 30,269 during operations. Alberta’s share is 24,926 person-years including 14,632 during project development and 10,293 during project operations.
Good luck to all that want a live an livelihood and peace to enjoy it.KDG
Today in History: December 9th 1962
The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
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