Good morning world.
Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The nice folks that live in Louisiana were devastated by Hurricane Laura. It was a category 4 hurricane when it made landfall. There was some really heavy winds and a lot of rain.
What's left of Hurricane Laura will be visiting Cape Breton later on this evening and tomorrow morning. We are expecting about 20 mm of rain. That is less than an inch of rain.
Yes we do get hurricanes in Cape Breton, but certainly not the intensity that they do in the United States. By the time they get to Nova Scotia, they would be a Cat 2 hurricane at the worst.
When the Big Guy lived in Winnipeg, new subdivisions came up with a novel idea about power lines. Just run all the power lines, under ground. That way, during storms, when a tree falls, it doesn't take out the power grid. Now those huge power lines that goes from the power station to the city, they still exist. But inside a sub division, this is a lot different. But so far, the only place the Big Guy has seen this, is in Winnipeg.
A few years back, during a blizzard, the Tonya and the Big Guy heard a snap outside their house. There is a big bolt that is attached to their house. It was the span wire that goes to the power pole across the street. That bolt let go. So the only thing that was holding the power lines to the house was the Weatherhead. Which would slowly be ripped off the house. They called up Nova Scotia power and they sent out a crew, in the middle of the storm to hook up a new bolt to the house and then attached the span wire to the bolt to take the strain off the power lines.
So, although Nova Scotia will not get hurricanes that amount to much, they will get blizzards. Which can dump a lot of snow. When the Big Guy lived in Cole Harbour, they had a storm that they dubbed White Juan. It dumped over a meter of snow on the city. They were stuck in their house for close to a week before the street was plowed out.
After the snow plows had done their job, they immediately went to the grocery store to get some fresh food for the house. Things like bread and milk, they ran out after 3 days. But, thankfully, they never lost power, fresh water, or sewage.
Vive la difference.
Your Blast From the Past
Your Daily Video -
Max our Bernese Mountain Dog outside in the snow
Bye bye fur now
No comments:
Post a Comment