Windy, raining, everything still on top of the ice ! ! ? ?
and from Chico :
Ray ended up taking these photos right here from Sandy Beach Road as the eagle was perched on the top of the tree on the little island… They aren’t the greatest but at least a record of it being here on Joe’s… We are hoping the eagle sticks around for brighter lighting… it makes for better shots, because the need to have extended lens power lessens the “light in stops” for the photo…
Ray says his guess is that the bald eagle is an immature eagle nearly five years old, as indicated by the head and tail feathers not being completely white yet…
We wanted to thank Billy Hamilton for calling us yesterday about his sighting of the eagle from his place… that made us keep the “eagle eye” out for him … and sure enough he was back today… Any time anyone has a sighting of interest we always appreciate a call… if there is a saleable shot amongst the images we will give a shot to the person who made the sighting and called us.
OUTAGE REPORT
Monday, April 16, 2007, 7:45 AM
Washington Electric Co-op’s crews are continuing to restore power knocked out by the storm that began on April 15. Outages first began to occur mid-afternoon on Sunday, reaching an evening peak of approximately 1,000 members out at 8:00 PM Sunday night. This number was reduced to 384 at 6:00 AM this morning.However, the heavy rain and wind that have now moved in have caused another round of outages, as wet heavy snow unloaded from trees. WEC currently has approximately 1,100 members without power at locations throughout our territory. The highest concentration is in Orange County, and we have four crews working in the Tunbridge/Corinth/Topsham/Orange area. There are two crews assigned to outages in East Montpelier, Calais and Duxbury, and one crew working in the Walden area. WEC is receiving additional assistance from the Morrisville Electric Department.
WEC crews will continue to work through the day to restore power to people affected by the storm. We expect to make significant progress in the next few hours and will have several hundred restored this morning. However, some scattered outages that involve downed lines or a broken pole will take longer. WEC does expect that a small number of people will spend Monday night without power and has informed those members where we expect repairs will take the longest.
Washington Electric Co-op serves over 10,000 member households and businesses in 41 towns in Orange, Washington and Caledonia Counties.
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THIS MESSAGE CAME REGARDING OUR NEXT ONSLAUGHT OF WEATHER HERE IN THE NORTH COUNTRY:
Dear Washington Electric Co-op member:
Major Storm Moving in Sunday—Outages Possible
Washington Electric Co-op has experienced few outages due to recent snowstorms, including the most recent one on Thursday, April 12th.
It is hard to predict which storms will do damage and cause outages, as this will vary based on the type and volume of precipitation, wind speed and direction, elevation and other factors. The type of weather we have had so far this winter has not caused any major extended outages on WEC’s system.
However, a large classic “Nor’easter” is expected to move into our area during the day on Sunday, April 15th. It is too soon to predict what type of precipitation will occur, but this storm is expected to bring high winds as well. We hope we don’t have any problems, but we may. As always, we urge you to be prepared with supplies (batteries, water, food) in the event you do experience an extended outage.
WEC’s crews will be on standby and ready to go if necessary. We will be participating in a conference call on Sunday morning with other utilities and state emergency management officials to review the most current weather update.
For advice on being prepared for outages and for information about how your Co-op goes about restoring power during major storms, click on the “Outage Information” link on our website: www.washingtonelectric.coop.
We don't have the same melt down at all! Usually we have a very nearly
clear cove down here by now... one year by my birthday the loon showed up to
see if the nest was open... This year the channel above us looks like it is
still frozen over, but the stretch in front of our place is open and clear
for about the width of the channel and that's it... the ducks and geese are
still coming in; common and hooded mergansers, woodies, mallards, the otter,
beavers and muskrats. The open channel is just past our land... very often
by now it will be approaching the small island.
Last year by the first week in April we had Phil Beattie here excavating our
ponds and I was transplanting some last minute perennials. We still have a
foot and a half of snow on all our property this year!
I think Ray is right the seasons are shifting here on Joe's...
We went to Burlington yesterday and they have no snow at all!! It was nice
to visit the "real April"!! We could even smell spring over there. They had
grass and open water... we sat and watched the cormorants, ospreys and a
very big muskrat above Colchester... That was the "pill" that we needed!!
Well, I hope to enjoy the blue sky and sunshine today... I am sick of
imagining that those little white things in the air are little white
butterflies!!! :)
Blessings, Evelyn and Ray Richer
The winner of the 2024 Joe's Pond Ice-Out Contest is Stuart Ramsdell of Danville. Stuart is retired and bought five tickets at Hastings ...