Unannounced power outage

Power was lost for a few minutes during the morning.

Power outage

A planned power outage for 11 am lasted until 6:55 pm today.  Apparently some hydro poles were being replaced somewhere.  2135 residences were without power.  Zero degress Celsius predicted for tonight.

Frost

Light frost on plants in open fields this morning.  But, temperature along the lake plus 7 deg. C.  Projected to a low of zero tonight..

Power outage/graded hill

Power will be out 9 am to noon, Sept. 5, 2012.  Cottage road from Forest View to Tusk has been graded.  Mill hill greatly improved.

New Lake Hydro Line

Hydro has put in a new line, 28,000kw to the island (underwater, 1/0 wire) to replace the 15,000kw line that was put in circa 1975 and is now corroding.  No new transformer required.  The line will be hooked up either next week or the week after.  They will give 3 day notice for the 2 hour poweroutage.

Third water sample

The third water sample, following the procedure as previously described, turned out safe for drinking.  There is lots of algae in the lake at present and if you have water sitting in a filtration container for any length of time, you might end up with fungi growing in the standing water.  Just a caution.

Road upgrade

"A" gravel added to new road (40% stone, 60% sand).  "M" material added to maple hill.  This material comes from the crusher at the quarry.  It has lots of fine material which helps to bond the fractured rock.  Ditching done along '2 gates logging road'.