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Skriven 2010-12-10 11:33:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Jim Weller
Ärende: FERRY PROBLEMS  01210
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 -=> Quoting Jim Weller to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> As the more extreme climatic conditions resulting from global warming
 GJ> are likely to result in situations like that again, it would pay
 GJ> someone to get a couple of cheap, flat-bottomed tinnies.
 JW> It is not a common occurrence; it's happened twice since I arrived in
 JW> 1979, in 1998 and this year. Both times the ferry service resumed
 JW> soon enough that it was merely an inconvenience, not an emergency.

So it happened after over 19 years apart, then 12 years.  Becoming
more frequent!
 
 GJ> Use a truck-mounted crane, parked on the ferry.
 JW> Excellent idea.

Glad to be of service...
 
 GJ> An advantage for the Herc would be that it would only have to land at
 GJ> Hay with a full load, but would take off empty, not using much runway.

 JW> You have it backwards. The plane fills up in Hay River and unloads
 JW> here.

Silly me!  So YK is the place with the shorter runway.
 
 JW> clear ice [...] 4 inches is plenty for pedestrian traffic
 GJ> Interesting statistics.  Are daily or other regular surveys of ice
 GJ> thickness around the lake made by people with drills and rulers?

 JW> Yes. Also radar and ultrasound.

Such advanced technology!  That would make it much easier.
 
 GJ> How do the hippies know how thick their ice is?
 JW> From experience, by how it bends and creaks, just like the Dene and
 JW> the Inuit. They also know that white ice or spring time rotten ice
 JW> is weaker than clear ice.

Shudder!  The thought of walking on top of a freezing cold lake with
nothing under me but the stuff I use to make a drink cold is scary.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Granita Di Limone (Lemon Water Ice)
 Categories: Desserts
      Yield: 3 Servings
 
      4 lg Lemons
    1/2 c  Sugar
      2 c  Water
 
  Wash one lemon and pare the rind thinly with a potato peeler.  Heat
  the sugar and water gently until the sugar has completely dissolved,
  then add the rind and boil for 5 minutes exactly.  Strain and leave
  until cold. Squeeze the juice from all 4 lemons, strain into the
  syrup and mix. Pour into an ice cube tray and freeze until firm.
  
  Posted by Michael Prothro, Mike's Sunshine Resort * Fayetteville,AR *
  U/L to NCE by Burt Ford 07/00 03/09. From: Burton Ford Date: 03-09-08
 
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