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tlink.ca" rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@e --2119117045-1428211700-1391456367=:99888 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In that case Jamie the rise on a fixed structure such as a wharf would=0Aas= an example, the difference between 12 meters and 16 meters =0Awould be ( 1= 6 - 12 ) / 2 =3D 2 meters. Still a good tide at Keppock!=0ASo should it be = decided the wharf needed topping up, and at present=0Ait is designed to hav= e a dry deck at 17 m and it was decided because=0Aof changing conditions it= would need be safe to 19 m then an additional 1 m=0Awould need be added to= the wharf.=0ADoes that sound right?=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0AOn Monday, February = 3, 2014 1:26:25 PM, Shouty McShoutsalot <desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote:=0A= =0AWest Keppoch Paul, right across from the Blockhouse. =A0Trout Point. = =A0I believe, as Jim noted, that 9.6 feet (or 16 m) would be the difference= between low and high water.=0A=0A=0A=0AOn 3 February 2014 12:18, Paul MacD= onald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> wrote:=0A=0AAnd a great spot that is Jamie!= =0A>even if the ides are only 9.6 feet! =0A>Near the Blockhouse I think - = the spot where the=0A>fly of that name originated. Caught many a trout for = me and=0A>=A0and I hope many more. =0A>My question is how is the height arr= ived at. Where is 0.0 meter?=0A>Is it the last low tide or is it some arbit= rary mark?=0A>Enjoy the nice Feb weather =0A>Paul=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>On Monday,= February 3, 2014 11:49:35 AM, Shouty McShoutsalot <desolatechair@gmail.com= > wrote:=0A> =0A>My dad lives on the Northumberland Strait, just where Hil= lsborough Bay meets the mouth of the Charlottetown harbour. =A0The tides th= ere on the weekend were abnormally high at 9.6 feet - quite a difference fr= om 16.2 meters! =0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>On 31 January 2014 13:09, James W. Wolford = <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:=0A>=0A>=0A>>=0A>>Subject: big tide alert fo= r today =0A>>>=0A>>> =0A>>>According to the Blomidon Naturalists Society 20= 14 Calendar, on sale at various locations in the Wolfville-Greenwich-Port W= illiams area for $15, TODAY has the New Moon coinciding with a close perige= e (short Earth-Moon distance), so that TOMORROW'S HIGH TIDE, the biggest ti= de of the year (fide Rick Whitman), is at 1 p.m. at Wolfville to Horton Blu= ff 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= Eos health-food store and Blomidon Inn, at Greenwich at Noggins and Hennig= ar's and other Farm Markets, in Port Williams at Shur Gain Feed & Seeds, et= c.? =0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>And don't forget the Sheffield Mills EAGLE WATCH WEED= END II 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 Dyk= e Road (vs. one feeding a day during the week all winter long, courtesy of = the Swetnam poultry business).=A0 I recommend occasional visits to the feed= ing site from 8 a.m. to 3 or even 4 p.m. =0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>Report your sigh= tings to Jim at the Hall or on these Internet sites. =0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>A bu= nch 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 1= 1 a.m.=A0 Last 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, but it usually takes a couple of days to get the results from all = of the 16 field parties. =0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>For the count we have assigned a= reas 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 Ri= ver Lake, and from Avonport west to Kentville. =0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>Besides th= e area from Sheffield Mills to Canning and Kingsport, for the Eagle Watch c= heck out the Gaspereau Valley, and east of Wolfville to Grand Pre, North Gr= and Pre, Hortonville, and Avonport, plus along the whole length of Middle D= yke Road from New Minas to the north end. =0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>Cheers from Jim= in Wolfville. =0A>>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>-- =0A>=0A>Jamie Simpson=0A>Hantsport,= NS=0A> =0A>=0A> =0A=0A=0A-- =0A=0AJamie Simpson=0AHantsport, NS --2119117045-1428211700-1391456367=:99888 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo= nt-size:14pt"><div><span>In that case Jamie the rise on a fixed structure s= uch as a wharf would</span></div><div><span>as an example, the difference b= etween 12 meters and 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 present</span></di= v><div><span>it is designed to have a dry deck at 17 m and it was decided b= ecause</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 t= o the wharf.</span></div><div><span>Does that sound right?</span></div><div= ><span>Paul</span></div><div class=3D"yahoo_quoted" 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 Gr= ande, sans