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

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Ah that would take all the fun out of it Dave!


On 4 February 2014 15:50, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:

>  Hi All,
> When all else fails consult the manual.
> Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Shouty McShoutsalot <desolatechair@gmail.com>
> *To:* naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 04, 2014 9:44 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] big tide alert for today, right now, here in
> The Valley
>
> Thinking about this a little more and I don't think your formula would
> quite work as tides are not symmetrical - they do not rise and fall exactly
> the same distance from low to high.  It's probably close enough though!  My
> trigonometry is pretty rusty but something like y=A sin(w) + D might work.
>
>
> On 3 February 2014 19:10, Shouty McShoutsalot <desolatechair@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>
>
>
> --
>  Jamie Simpson
> Hantsport, NS
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Ah that would take all the fun out of it Dave!=A0</div><di=
v class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 4 February 20=
14 15:50, David &amp; Alison Webster <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailt=
o:dwebster@glinx.com" target=3D"_blank">dwebster@glinx.com</a>&gt;</span> w=
rote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>





<div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff">
<div>Hi All,</div>
<div>When all else fails consult the manual.</div>
<div>Dave</div>
<blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT:#000000 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;PADDING=
-RIGHT:0px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px" dir=3D"ltr"><div><div class=3D=
"h5">
  <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
  <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial;BACKGROUND:#e4e4e4"><b>From:</b>=20
  <a title=3D"desolatechair@gmail.com" href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.c=
om" target=3D"_blank">Shouty=20
  McShoutsalot</a> </div>
  <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title=3D"naturens@chebucto.n=
s.ca" href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens</a=
> </div>
  <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 04, 2014 9:=
44=20
  AM</div>
  <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] big tide al=
ert=20
  for today, right now, here in The Valley</div>
  <div><br></div>
  <div dir=3D"ltr">Thinking about this a little more and I don&#39;t think =
your formula=20
  would quite work as tides are not symmetrical - they do not rise and fall=
=20
  exactly the same distance from low to high. =A0It&#39;s probably close en=
ough=20
  though! =A0My trigonometry is pretty rusty but something like y=3DA sin(w=
) +=20
  D might work.</div>
  <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br>
  <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 3 February 2014 19:10, Shouty McShoutsalot =
<span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com" target=3D"=
_blank">desolatechair@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
  <blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;=
PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class=3D"gmail_quote">
    <div dir=3D"ltr">I&#39;d say keep an eye on it and if it&#39;s wet add =
a foot!=20
    =A0;-)</div>
    <div>
    <div>
    <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br>
    <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 3 February 2014 15:39, Paul MacDonald <sp=
an dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com" target=3D"_bla=
nk">paulrita2001@yahoo.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
    <blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8e=
x;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class=3D"gmail_quote">
      <div>
      <div style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Aria=
l,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:14pt">
      <div><span>In that case Jamie the rise on a fixed structure such as a=
=20
      wharf would</span></div>
      <div><span>as an example, the difference between 12 meters and 16 met=
ers=20
      </span></div>
      <div><span>would be ( 16 - 12 ) / 2 =3D 2 meters. Still a good tide a=
t=20
      Keppock!</span></div>
      <div><span>So should it be decided the wharf needed topping up, and a=
t=20
      present</span></div>
      <div><span>it is designed to have a dry deck at 17 m and it was decid=
ed=20
      because</span></div>
      <div><span>of changing conditions it would need be safe to 19 m then =
an=20
      additional 1 m</span></div>
      <div><span>would need be added to the wharf.</span></div>
      <div><span>Does that sound right?</span></div><span><font color=3D"#8=
88888">
      <div><span>Paul</span></div></font></span>
      <div>
      <div>
      <div style=3D"DISPLAY:block"><br><br>
      <div style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Aria=
l,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:14pt">
      <div style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Aria=
l,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:12pt">
      <div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Arial">On Monday, February 3, 2014 1:2=
6:25 PM,=20
      Shouty McShoutsalot &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">desolatechair@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></font></div>
      <div>
      <div>
      <div>
      <div dir=3D"ltr">West Keppoch Paul, right across from the Blockhouse.=
=20
      =A0Trout Point. =A0I believe, as Jim noted, that 9.6 feet (or 16 m)=
=20
      would be the difference between low and high water.</div>
      <div><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">
      <div>
      <div>On 3 February 2014 12:18, Paul MacDonald <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<=
a href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com" shape=3D"rect" rel=3D"nofollow" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">paulrita2001@yahoo.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br clear=3D"no=
ne">
      <blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT:rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid;MARGIN:0p=
x 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex">
        <div>
        <div style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Ar=
ial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:14pt">
        <div><span>And a great spot that is Jamie!</span></div>
        <div><span>even if the ides are only 9.6 feet! </span></div>
        <div><span>Near the Blockhouse I think - the spot where the</span><=
/div>
        <div><span>fly of that name originated. Caught many a trout for me=
=20
        and</span></div>
        <div><span><i>=A0<font face=3D"HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helve=
tica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif">and=20
        I hope many more.</font></i></span></div>
        <div><span><i>My question is how is the height arrived at. Where is=
 0.0=20
        meter?</i></span></div>
        <div><span><i>Is it the last low tide or is it some arbitrary=20
        mark?</i></span></div>
        <div><span><i>Enjoy the nice Feb weather</i></span></div><span><fon=
t color=3D"#888888"></font></span>
        <div><span><i>Paul</i></span></div>
        <div>
        <div>
        <div style=3D"DISPLAY:block"><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">
        <div style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Ar=
ial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:14pt">
        <div style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Ar=
ial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:12pt">
        <div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Arial">On Monday, February 3, 2014 1=
1:49:35 AM,=20
        Shouty McShoutsalot &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com" =
shape=3D"rect" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">desolatechair@gmail.com</=
a>&gt;=20
        wrote:<br clear=3D"none"></font></div>
        <div>
        <div>
        <div>
        <div dir=3D"ltr">My dad lives on the Northumberland Strait, just wh=
ere=20
        Hillsborough Bay meets the mouth of the Charlottetown harbour. =A0T=
he=20
        tides there on the weekend were abnormally high at 9.6 feet - quite=
 a=20
        difference from 16.2 meters!</div>
        <div><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">
        <div>
        <div>On 31 January 2014 13:09, James W. Wolford <span dir=3D"ltr">&=
lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" shape=3D"rect" rel=3D"nofollow=
" target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br clear=
=3D"none">

        <blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT:rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid;MARGIN:=
0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex">
          <div><br clear=3D"none">
          <div>
          <blockquote type=3D"cite">
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px"><font style=3D"FONT:12px Helvetica;fo=
nt-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal" color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3"><b>Su=
bject: </b></font><font style=3D"FONT:12px Helvetica;font-size-adjust:none;=
font-stretch:normal" size=3D"3"><b>big tide alert for today</b></font></div=
>

            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px;MIN-HEIGHT:14px"><br clear=3D"none"></=
div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px">According to the Blomidon Naturalists=
=20
            Society 2014 Calendar, on sale at various locations in the=20
            Wolfville-Greenwich-Port Williams area for $15, TODAY has the N=
ew=20
            Moon coinciding with a close perigee (short Earth-Moon distance=
), so=20
            that TOMORROW&#39;S HIGH TIDE, the biggest tide of the year (fi=
de Rick=20
            Whitman), is at 1 p.m. at Wolfville to Horton Bluff and measure=
s=20
            16.2 metres in amplitude (high tide to low tide height).<span>=
=A0=20
            </span>You do the math to figure our how many yards or feet tha=
t=20
            equals.</div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px;MIN-HEIGHT:14px"><br clear=3D"none"></=
div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px">BNS Calendars are for sale in Wolfvil=
le at=20
            Herbin&#39;s Jewelry and Eos health-food store and Blomidon Inn=
, at=20
            Greenwich at Noggins and Hennigar&#39;s and other Farm Markets,=
 in Port=20
            Williams at Shur Gain Feed &amp; Seeds, etc.?</div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px;MIN-HEIGHT:14px"><br clear=3D"none"></=
div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px">And don&#39;t forget the Sheffield Mi=
lls EAGLE=20
            WATCH WEEDEND II on Saturday and Sunday.<span>=A0 </span>On Eag=
le=20
            Watch weekends there are usually 2 or 3 feedings per day at the=
=20
            feeding site at the north end of Middle Dyke Road (vs. one feed=
ing a=20
            day during the week all winter long, courtesy of the Swetnam po=
ultry=20
            business).<span>=A0 </span>I recommend occasional visits to the=
=20
            feeding site from 8 a.m. to 3 or even 4 p.m.</div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px;MIN-HEIGHT:14px"><br clear=3D"none"></=
div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px">Report your sightings to Jim at the H=
all or=20
            on these Internet sites.</div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px;MIN-HEIGHT:14px"><br clear=3D"none"></=
div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px">A bunch of us biologists/naturalists =
will=20
            be making our first attempt at a 2014 count of bald eagles, oth=
er=20
            raptors, etc., on Sunday, Feb. 2, from 10 to 11 a.m.<span>=A0=
=20
            </span>Last year we had 293 bald eagles, but it took three=20
            attempts.<span>=A0 </span>Some of the results will be posted at=
=20
            the Sheffield Mills Community Hall on Sunday, but it usually ta=
kes a=20
            couple of days to get the results from all of the 16 field=20
            parties.</div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px;MIN-HEIGHT:14px"><br clear=3D"none"></=
div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px">For the count we have assigned areas =
to=20
            cover, like a Christmas Count, and we cover roughly the same la=
rge=20
            area for both counts, from the base of the North Mountain south=
 to=20
            Black River Lake, and from Avonport west to Kentville.</div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px;MIN-HEIGHT:14px"><br clear=3D"none"></=
div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px">Besides the area from Sheffield Mills=
 to=20
            Canning and Kingsport, for the Eagle Watch check out the Gasper=
eau=20
            Valley, and east of Wolfville to Grand Pre, North Grand Pre,=20
            Hortonville, and Avonport, plus along the whole length of Middl=
e=20
            Dyke Road from New Minas to the north end.</div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px;MIN-HEIGHT:14px"><br clear=3D"none"></=
div>
            <div style=3D"MARGIN:0px">Cheers from Jim in=20
          Wolfville.</div></blockquote></div><br clear=3D"none"></div></blo=
ckquote></div></div><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"all">
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        <div>Jamie Simpson<br clear=3D"none"></div>Hantsport, NS<br clear=
=3D"none"></div></div></div></div><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"></d=
iv></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><br c=
lear=3D"none">
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      <div><br clear=3D"none"></div>-- <br clear=3D"none">
      <div dir=3D"ltr">
      <div>Jamie Simpson<br clear=3D"none"></div>Hantsport, NS<br clear=3D"=
none"></div></div></div></div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><=
/div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all">
    <div><br></div>-- <br>
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    <div>Jamie Simpson<br></div>Hantsport,=20
  NS<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all">
  <div><br></div>-- <br>
  <div dir=3D"ltr">
  <div>Jamie Simpson<br></div>Hantsport, NS<br></div></div><a></a>
  </div></div><p align=3D"left" color=3D"#000000">No virus found in this=20
  message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href=3D"http://www.avg.com" target=3D"_bl=
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ltr"><div>Jamie Simpson<br></div>Hantsport, NS<br></div>
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