The FoxCreek community experienced a power loss as part of a widespread outage caused by hurricane #Dorian.
We lost power on Saturday, 7-Sep-2019/11:05am until Friday, 13-Sep-2019/07:31pm – roughly 6 1/2 days!!!
The outages were widespread and affected ALL of Nova Scotia.
This was the longest power outage recorded by FOXweather!
FOXweather was shutdown once the battery backups were depleted. Some data during the week could not be recorded.
FOXlive was shut down and might stay down.
Hurricane #Dorian Environment Canada summary:
Issued at 2019-09-09 3:17AM ADT by Environment Canada: For Post-tropical Storm Dorian. This is a special meteorological summary for Post-tropical Storm Dorian. This is the final information statement for this storm. 1. Full discussion of the event. On August 23rd[, 2019], a tropical wave formed between the Cape Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles. One day later on August 24th, the National Hurricane Center in Miami declared the system a Tropical Depression and not long after Tropical Storm Dorian. The storm remained relatively weak until August 28th, when it reached hurricane status and made landfall in the US Virgin Islands.
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Today a heavy thunderstorm passed over Queens county and quite a few flashes occurred close to FOXweather.
Sadly again this caused some weather equipment to spark resulting in a station outage from 30-Jun-2019/16:02 ADT to 16:23 ADT.
All systems could be recovered and no data was lost.
FOXweather was back online: 16:23 ADT.
FOXlive data was back online: 16:35 ADT
However the FOXcam Southwest is currently down and might need replacement. This will take a few days.
The Port Medway Readers’ Festival 2019 – one of Canada’s premier literary festivals – takes place in July & August/2019.
This year’s authors include
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Finally, on 18/20-Jun-2019 both our access roads to the FoxCreek community
– Old Kettle Rd from Mill Village to the Fox Creek turnaround
– Medway Harbour Rd, from Hwy 331 to the turnaround
have been graded and leveled.
While the roads look nice and fairly smooth, please still be extra careful for the time being and Continue reading FoxCreek Community Access Roads Graded
[Reqion of Queens Municipality, 5-Jun-2019 Liverpool, NS]: Queens Place Emera Centre, Liverpool, Nova Scotia is preparing for the hottest concert on the South Shore this summer, an evening of Canadian Classic Rock featuring three legendary Canadian acts. Canadian chart toppers Honeymoon Suite will take the stage on Sunday, August 25, 2019, and will be joined by well-known hard rockers Teaze from Windsor, Ontario, and the iconic Matt Minglewood Band.
On August 25, 2019, fans at Queens Place Emera Centre will be “Burning in Love” with Honeymoon Suite, Teaze and Matt Minglewood Band! Doors open at 4:30pm and the show starts Continue reading Canadian Classic Rock Concert at Queens Place Emera Centre
click picture to enlarge … Continue reading The Port Grocer Calendar of Events – June/2019
