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Power Outage, 13-Mar-2018

Another strong Nor’easter (the 4th this year) wreaked havoc along the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, starting Tuesday afternoon, 13-Mar-2018, causing floods, storm surges, widespread power outages and communication line disruptions.

Power was lost in the FoxCreek community on Tuesday, 13-Mar-2018/6:54pm and was restored on Wednesday, 14-Mar-2018/7:21pm – a little over 24 hours later – for the community. Continue reading Power Outage, 13-Mar-2018 →

Power Outage, 23-Nov-2017

The FoxCreek community experienced a power outage on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 from 01:38am to 3:29pm caused by trees taking the power lines down due to strong winds.

FOXweather was partially affected as data was collected but could not be broadcasted from 1:26pm to 3:40pm due to depletion of the battery backup.

FOXlive data was collected but no broadcast took place after 11:06pm when the system was shut down as a precaution. FOXlive was up and broadcasting again at 3:54pm. Continue reading Power Outage, 23-Nov-2017 →

Power Outage, 30-Mar-2017

The ice rain stopped  sometime yesterday afternoon only to be replaced by strong winds. Since the temperature was still around the freezing point and trees were still laden with all the ice, these winds then caused more power disruptions today in the FoxCreek community.

A power flicker happend at 12:29pm followed by a short outage from 2:28pm to 2:47pm.

The FoxCreek community was lucky to have had the power back yesterday evening as parts of Mill Village were without power until today evening!

FOXweather was not affected and data was updated and broadcasted during the outage.

FOXlive was updated but did not broadcast its data during the short outage.

No weather data was lost.

Power Outage, 29-Mar-2017

Today again the FoxCreek community lost power due to the ice rain.

It started with a power flicker at 8:24am and power was completely lost from 9:41am to 7:24pm.

FOXweather was not affected and data was updated and broadcasted during the outage.

FOXlive was updated but only broadcasted its data from 2:14pm on (when we fired up the generator).

Though no weather data was lost.

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NS Power outage map showing a start time of 8:29am although our community did not lose power until 9:41am

Power Outage, 28-Mar-2017

The FoxCreek community experienced a power outage from 28-Mar-2017/08:28am to 10:45am.
Before there was a power flicker around 07:11am.

Another power outage occurred from 1:54pm to 2:04pm.

FOXweather was not affected and data was updated and broadcasted during the outage.

FOXlive was updated but unable to broadcast its data.

No weather data was lost.

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Roads impassable by trees bent from the heavy ice