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ande, sans --047d7b621f102bc18904f188a23e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I'd say keep an eye on it and if it's wet add a foot! ;-) On 3 February 2014 15:39, Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> wrote: > In that case Jamie the rise on a fixed structure such as a wharf would > as an example, the difference between 12 meters and 16 meters > would be ( 16 - 12 ) / 2 = 2 meters. Still a good tide at Keppock! > So should it be decided the wharf needed topping up, and at present > it is designed to have a dry deck at 17 m and it was decided because > of changing conditions it would need be safe to 19 m then an additional 1 m > would need be added to the wharf. > Does that sound right? > Paul > > > On Monday, February 3, 2014 1:26:25 PM, Shouty McShoutsalot < > desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote: > West Keppoch Paul, right across from the Blockhouse. Trout Point. I > believe, as Jim noted, that 9.6 feet (or 16 m) would be the difference > between low and high water. > > > On 3 February 2014 12:18, Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> wrote: > > And a great spot that is Jamie! > even if the ides are only 9.6 feet! > Near the Blockhouse I think - the spot where the > fly of that name originated. Caught many a trout for me and > * and I hope many more.* > *My question is how is the height arrived at. Where is 0.0 meter?* > *Is it the last low tide or is it some arbitrary mark?* > *Enjoy the nice Feb weather* > *Paul* > > > On Monday, February 3, 2014 11:49:35 AM, Shouty McShoutsalot < > desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote: > My dad lives on the Northumberland Strait, just where Hillsborough Bay > meets the mouth of the Charlottetown harbour. The tides there on the > weekend were abnormally high at 9.6 feet - quite a difference from 16.2 > meters! > > > On 31 January 2014 13:09, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > > *Subject: **big tide alert for today* > > According to the Blomidon Naturalists Society 2014 Calendar, on sale at > various locations in the Wolfville-Greenwich-Port Williams area for $15, > TODAY has the New Moon coinciding with a close perigee (short Earth-Moon > distance), so that TOMORROW'S HIGH TIDE, the biggest tide of the year (fide > Rick Whitman), is at 1 p.m. at Wolfville to Horton Bluff and measures 16.2 > metres in amplitude (high tide to low tide height). You do the math to > figure our how many yards or feet that equals. > > BNS Calendars are for sale in Wolfville at Herbin's Jewelry and Eos > health-food store and Blomidon Inn, at Greenwich at Noggins and Hennigar's > and other Farm Markets, in Port Williams at Shur Gain Feed & Seeds, etc.? > > And don't forget the Sheffield Mills EAGLE WATCH WEEDEND II on Saturday > and Sunday. On Eagle Watch weekends there are usually 2 or 3 feedings > per day at the feeding site at the north end of Middle Dyke Road (vs. one > feeding a day during the week all winter long, courtesy of the Swetnam > poultry business). I recommend occasional visits to the feeding site > from 8 a.m. to 3 or even 4 p.m. > > Report your sightings to Jim at the Hall or on these Internet sites. > > A bunch of us biologists/naturalists will be making our first attempt at a > 2014 count of bald eagles, other raptors, etc., on Sunday, Feb. 2, from 10 > to 11 a.m. Last year we had 293 bald eagles, but it took three attempts. > Some of the results will be posted at the Sheffield Mills Community Hall > on Sunday, but it usually takes a couple of days to get the results from > all of the 16 field parties. > > For the count we have assigned areas to cover, like a Christmas Count, and > we cover roughly the same large area for both counts, from the base of the > North Mountain south to Black River Lake, and from Avonport west to > Kentville. > > Besides the area from Sheffield Mills to Canning and Kingsport, for the > Eagle Watch check out the Gaspereau Valley, and east of Wolfville to Grand > Pre, North Grand Pre, Hortonville, and Avonport, plus along the whole > length of Middle Dyke Road from New Minas to the north end. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > > > > > -- > Jamie Simpson > Hantsport, NS > > > > > > -- > Jamie Simpson > Hantsport, NS > > > -- Jamie Simpson Hantsport, NS --047d7b621f102bc18904f188a23e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">I'd say keep an eye on it and if it's wet add a fo= ot! =A0;-)</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot= e">On 3 February 2014 15:39, Paul MacDonald <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href= =3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com" target=3D"_blank">paulrita2001@yahoo.com= </a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-famil= y:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><d= iv> <span>In that case Jamie the rise on a fixed structure such as a wharf woul= d</span></div><div><span>as an example, the difference between 12 meters an= d 16 meters </span></div><div><span>would be ( 16 - 12 ) / 2 =3D 2 meters. = Still a good tide at Keppock!</span></div> <div><span>So should it be decided the wharf needed topping up, and at pres= ent</span></div><div><span>it is designed to have a dry deck at 17 m and it= was decided because</span></div><div><span>of changing conditions it would= need be safe to 19 m then an additional 1 m</span></div> <div><span>would need be added to the wharf.</span></div><div><span>Does th= at sound right?</span></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">= <div><span>Paul</span></div></font></span><div><div class=3D"h5"><div style= =3D"display:block"> <br> <br> <div style=3D"font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica= ,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"> <div style=3D"font-family:= HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-= size:12pt"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font face=3D"Arial"> On Monday, February 3, 2014 1:26:2= 5 PM, Shouty McShoutsalot <<a href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com" ta= rget=3D"_blank">desolatechair@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> </font> </d