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FOXweather News

DST ends in USA and Canada on 6-Nov-2022

Remember: Sunday, 06-Nov-2022

Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends in USA and Canada !!!

The term “spring forward – fall back” is meant to trigger your memory to set your clocks forward one hour in the spring at the start of DST, and one hour back in the fall when DST ends.

DST-1In most of the United States, Canada, and Mexico’s northern border cities when local daylight time is about to reach Sunday, 6-Nov-2022, 02:00h (2am) clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, 6-Nov- 2022, 01:00h (1am) local standard time instead!

Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier on 6-Nov-2022 than the day before. There will be more light in the morning.

The next Daylight Saving Time starts on 12-Mar-2023.

Is it Daylight Saving Time or Daylight Savings Time?

Click here for interesting facts about staying on DST in USA & Canada!

FoxCreek Community News

Burning Restrictions lifted for Season 2022

Wildfire Risk Season 2022 ended.
Burning restrictions are lifted as of 16-Oct-2022 until and including 14-Mar-2023.

The 2022 fire-risk season has come to an end and you no longer need to check daily for permission to burn (domestic) brush or have a campfire.

Although the season ended today and you can burn without permission, Continue reading Burning Restrictions lifted for Season 2022 →

FOXweather News

Hurricane #Fiona: Summary

Find the hurricane #Fiona track animation !

Hurricane #Fiona Environment Canada summary:

Issued at 2022-09-25 9:08PM ADT by Environment Canada: 
 Tropical cyclone information statement continued for:
      Queens County, N.S. (011500)

Current details: 
 Updated preliminary storm summary on Fiona. 
 
 THIS IS THE FINAL INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR THIS STORM. 
 
 1. Full Discussion of the Event. 
 Tropical depression Fiona formed over the central tropical Atlantic on September 15th[, 2022]. The tropical depression became better organized and its intensity gradually increased during the following day when the National Hurricane Centre reported tropical storm force winds near the centre of the cyclone. On September 16th Fiona reached the Leeward Islands while on its way to the western Atlantic. Two days later Fiona quickly intensified into a category 1 hurricane while turning to the northwest and passing through the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.

Continue reading Hurricane #Fiona: Summary →

FoxCreek Community News, FOXweather News

Power Outage, 23-Sep-2022

The FoxCreek community lost power again on 23-Sep-2022/3:40pm and was only restored on 25-Sep-2022/5:26pm ADT (49hours 46minutes) – roughly 17 hours before the (twice postponed) estimate.

The outages from yesterday and today happened way before hurricane #Fiona and hence are not related.
For a while a bigger outage from #Fiona overlayed our outage but got solved before.

The FoxCreek community and the whole South Shore got away easy from the passing of #Fiona and are much thankful about it.