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Christmas bird count 2021.

Merritt Nicola Naturalists

The local Merritt Naturalists are going out to count birds this Saturday, December 18th, 2021. The club has a 22 KM, circle area for their count. Data is submitted to the continent corresponding count, conducted by the Audubon’s.

You can contact the local club to report a bird sighting or interest at nicolanaturalists@gmail.com.

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Mallard ducks at Nicola River in Merritt BC File Photo KDG

On this Day: Decenber 16th 1907

The Great White Fleet begins its trip around the world on the high seas.

BC Covid- 19 update, December 15th, 2021.

Highlights Dix

BC pharmacy association on board for booster program.

Delta variant is devastating to unvaccinated. Dix

1600 contact tracers.

Not Abstract, real work by health care workers.

BC Stats

File Photo KDG

What’s the UBCM? Click.

These logs went to housing over a decade ago.Anyone got a better idea? Photo KDG

There is 80 million dollars available for local government to get involved in solutions for lack of transportation, lack of infrastructure or other problems getting in the way of having housing in the northern area of British Columbia.

Applications opening January 12th 2022.

Target local government.

On this Day: December 15th 1945

Japan separates church and state while occupation and under orders by the allied forces and general MacArthur.

Feature transmountain expansion.

Pipe for oil field File:Photo KDG

Fuel ration off in BC.

The rationing of gasoline in British Columbia has ended while a state of emergency has been extended due to the flooding situation.

The transmountain pipeline resume shipping December 5th 2021.

The government is grateful to those that abided to the 30 liter ration.The ration comes off as of December 14th BC remains in a state of emergency until December 28th 2021.

The trans mountain restart has been a success in ensuring supplies of fuel. Quote source

Crews work around the clock to repair B.C.’s Coqu…: https://youtu.be/ZAxTtTqeHzY

On this Day: December 14th 1297

50 thousand people die in flooding in the Netherlands.

Born on this Day: December 12th 1915

Frank Sinatra (old blue eyes) born.

BC Covid-19 update,December 14,2021

Highlights

Hold the line

Pharmacies on board for boosters.

Mask mandate: all indoor settings.

Keep groups small, find joy walk with someone.

Kindness and compassion advised.

More from Adrain Dix and Bonnie Henry.

Air ambulance sitting at the airfield. Health care
takes a lot of support from many sources
including you keeping your own.

Flood and blood…

There were 1,068 deaths due to flash floods in the US in the 18 years from 2008 to 2020. The worst year was 2015 with 176 and the the lowest was 2012 with 29.

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Creeks are inoxious looking.

These are the images you may have in your mind they can give a unsafe appreciation of a flash floods power…

Nicola river, bank stabilation,

On this Day: December 14th, or any other day…

Flash floods can come at any time a weather front and a barrier to the windward side even another front can dump enough water to cause a flash flood.

Highlights

Zero tolerance or bad driving on Highway 3.

Disaster Releif and climate resilience.

BC residence people covered.

More…

2017 runoff pre dike, Garcia St…

We meet again…

Friday March 12th saw road closure on Garcia St Photo KDG

Our condolences to you.

We wish you a reasonable return to a sense of well being based on some present reality. PP

Flood Hawaii

Another Perspective

Editors note: never predict the weather, only if you’re getting paid by a big entity.

TGIF- Happy international human rights day.

Today is international human rights day. Since 1948 the United Nations has maintained and observance for international human rights on December 10th.

On this Day: December 10th 1799

France takes the meter as a measurement

Cozy jazz

KDG Photo

Naturalist is as Naturalist does…

December 16th 2021, bees of the British Columbia interior.

The November meeting of the Nicola Naturalist Society was postponed to December 16th 2021. Elaine Sedgman from Kamloops will present a postponed show from May 2020 and October at the NVIT lecture theater on next Thursday at 7:pm.

She believes in the native quality of BC bees to pollinate.

Program side note…

On this Day: December 9th 1951

Montreal becomes the first North American city to have a YMCA.

Highlights

Extraordinary Effort

Quotation: Rob Fleming remarkable progress on Coquihalla, Highway may be open to commercial traffic early in open January 2022.