[NatureNS] big tide alert for today, right now, here in The Valley

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And a great spot that is Jamie!=0Aeven if the ides are only 9.6 feet! =0ANe=
ar the Blockhouse I think - the spot where the=0Afly of that name originate=
d. Caught many a trout for me and=0A=A0and I hope many more.=0AMy question =
is how is the height arrived at. Where is 0.0 meter?=0AIs it the last low t=
ide or is it some arbitrary mark?=0AEnjoy the nice Feb weather=0APaul=0A=0A=
=0A=0AOn Monday, February 3, 2014 11:49:35 AM, Shouty McShoutsalot <desolat=
echair@gmail.com> wrote:=0A  =0AMy dad lives on the Northumberland Strait, =
just where Hillsborough Bay meets the mouth of the Charlottetown harbour. =
=A0The tides there on the weekend were abnormally high at 9.6 feet - quite =
a difference from 16.2 meters! =0A=0A=0A=0AOn 31 January 2014 13:09, James =
W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:=0A=0A=0A>=0A>Subject: big tide a=
lert for today=0A>>=0A>> =0A>>According to the Blomidon Naturalists Society=
 2014 Calendar, on sale at various locations in the Wolfville-Greenwich-Por=
t Williams area for $15, TODAY has the New Moon coinciding with a close per=
igee (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).=
=A0 You do the math to figure our how many yards or feet that equals. =0A>>=
=0A>>=0A>>BNS Calendars are for sale in Wolfville at Herbin's Jewelry and E=
os 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.=
? =0A>>=0A>>=0A>>And don't forget the Sheffield Mills EAGLE WATCH WEEDEND I=
I on Saturday and Sunday.=A0 On Eagle Watch weekends there are usually 2 or=
 3 feedings per day at the feeding site at the north end of Middle Dyke Roa=
d (vs. one feeding a day during the week all winter long, courtesy of the S=
wetnam poultry business).=A0 I recommend occasional visits to the feeding s=
ite from 8 a.m. to 3 or even 4 p.m. =0A>>=0A>>=0A>>Report your sightings to=
 Jim at the Hall or on these Internet sites. =0A>>=0A>>=0A>>A bunch of us b=
iologists/naturalists will be making our first attempt at a 2014 count of b=
ald eagles, other raptors, etc., on Sunday, Feb. 2, from 10 to 11 a.m.=A0 L=
ast year we had 293 bald eagles, but it took three attempts.=A0 Some of the=
 results will be posted at the Sheffield Mills Community Hall on Sunday, bu=
t it usually takes a couple of days to get the results from all of the 16 f=
ield parties. =0A>>=0A>>=0A>>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. =0A>>=0A>>=0A>>Besides the area from Sheff=
ield Mills to Canning and Kingsport, for the Eagle Watch check out the Gasp=
ereau Valley, and east of Wolfville to Grand Pre, North Grand Pre, Hortonvi=
lle, and Avonport, plus along the whole length of Middle Dyke Road from New=
 Minas to the north end. =0A>>=0A>>=0A>>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.  =0A>=
=0A=0A=0A-- =0A=0AJamie Simpson=0AHantsport, NS
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span>even if the ides are only 9.6 feet! </span></div><div><span>Near the B=
lockhouse I think - the spot where the</span></div><div><span>fly of that n=
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n><em>My question is how is the height arrived at. Where is 0.0 meter?</em>=
</span></div><div><span><em>Is it the last low tide or is it some arbitrary=
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5yqt30475"><div class=3D"yiv5666455235gmail_quote">On 31 January 2014 13:09=
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