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Index of Subjects --_000_1A003684E66F40158D6300C3310E82D1dalca_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was coming back along the 101 by the ball fields near St. Croix on Friday= afternoon and the river there had actually topped the dykes in places and = there were flooded fields on both sides of the river=85 Pat On Feb 23, 2015, at 8:41 AM, Rick Whitman wrote: I've placed three recent photos of ice conditions and the recent extreme hi= gh tides on my photo web site. The first photo would be "same old, same old" in the Gulf of St. Lawrence b= ut is not quite so typical for the Minas Basin. In any case, it shows solid= ice cakes from East Point, N. Grand Pre, right across to Blomidon on Feb. = 12th. http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Glory-Photos/i-gBRhrPL/A The second photo shows high tide at the main bridge between Greenwich and P= ort Williams on Feb. 19th when the predicted tide was 16.2 m. The ice cakes= , going upriver, were hitting the bridge but I would call it a low-key situ= ation, as it was. I would have liked to have seen it the next day when the = predicted tide was 16.7 m, but our weather here did not really allow that d= rive. http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Glory-Photos/i-Dms3RQ2/A The third photo shows a 16.5 m high tide at the main dyke, just N of Horton= Landing, on Feb. 21st. The ice cakes are close to level with the dyke but = the water is probably about 1 m. below. http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Glory-Photos/i-FCfZ6fL/A These photos are sequential on my site. I just wanted to discuss them indiv= idually here. I checked the non-evidence in the snow on the 21st and there = was no sign whatsoever that the peak tides on the 20th and early on the 21s= t had even splashed up onto the top of the dyke, at either Port Williams or= Horton Landing. Actual tides are adjusted from the predicted levels by the= specific atmospheric pressure and winds each day. Someone like Roy Bishop = would have to discuss how that worked out this past week. Regards, Rick Whitman =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D MAIL COURIER PO Box 15000 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada Canada =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --_000_1A003684E66F40158D6300C3310E82D1dalca_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-ID: <168CEEB935992E4C846A00F8B54E7AF1@namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> </head> <body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-lin= e-break: after-white-space; "> I was coming back along the 101 by the ball fields near St. Croix on Friday= afternoon and the river there had actually topped the dykes in places and = there were flooded fields on both sides of the river=85 <div><br> </div> <div>Pat</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> <div> <div>On Feb 23, 2015, at 8:41 AM, Rick Whitman wrote:</div> <br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div dir=3D"ltr">I've placed three recent photos of ice conditions and the = recent extreme high tides on my photo web site. <div><br> </div> <div>The first photo would be "same old, same old" in the Gulf of= St. Lawrence but is not quite so typical for the Minas Basin. In any case,= it shows solid ice cakes from East Point, N. Grand Pre, right across to Bl= omidon on Feb. 12th.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><a href=3D"http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Glory-Photos/i-gBRhrP= L/A">http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Glory-Photos/i-gBRhrPL/A</a><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>The second photo shows high tide at the main bridge between Greenwich = and Port Williams on Feb. 19th when the predicted tide was 16.2 m. The ice = cakes, going upriver, were hitting the bridge but I would call it a low-key= situation, as it was. I would have liked to have seen it the next day when the predicted tide was 16.7 m, but= our weather here did not really allow that drive.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><a href=3D"http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Glory-Photos/i-Dms3RQ= 2/A">http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Glory-Photos/i-Dms3RQ2/A</a><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>The third photo shows a 16.5 m high tide at the main dyke, just N of H= orton Landing, on Feb. 21st. The ice cakes are close to level with the dyke= but the water is probably about 1 m. below.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><a href=3D"http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Glory-Photos/i-FCfZ6f= L/A">http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Glory-Photos/i-FCfZ6fL/A</a><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>These photos are sequential on my site. I just wanted to discuss them = individually here. I checked the non-evidence in the snow on the 21st and t= here was no sign whatsoever that the peak tides on the 20th and early on th= e 21st had even splashed up onto the top of