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

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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
>
>
>


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Jamie Simpson
Hantsport, NS

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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>
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