tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post6645191561211305753..comments2023-10-25T07:29:40.789-02:30Comments on UNCLE GNARLEY: STAN MARSHALL INTERVIEW WITH GERMAIN NARROWS FIELD OF CULPRITS Des Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02566013585647491614noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-74064081525013350482017-05-22T16:26:16.158-02:302017-05-22T16:26:16.158-02:30Readers with interest in the MF blunder and the re...Readers with interest in the MF blunder and the recent flooding of Mudd lake should google "the independent.ca " for the story "I have nothing else left to lose' by Justin Blake filed today.<br /> Protests there are ramping up again. <br /> Of interest to this writer : On Wednesday Nalcor spokesperson Karen O'neill said the spillway "did not stop the ice flows at Muskrat falls, generally all the ice that did reach the spillway went through with ease"<br /> I suggest that was part of the problem, that the rise in elevation since last Oct , made a large increase in the volume of the ice above MF, leading to clocking the flow downstream. I suggest the volume was much greater than normal, and that normal would see a rise at MF in the elevation at the spring thaw, and therefore a slowing of the ice and water downstream.<br /> Marjorie flowers says "nalcor's full of deceit, and lies, and trickery"<br /> Melisssa Best of Mud Lake said, she was informed by Nalcor the evening before the houses began to flood,"that things were maintained the same, there was no prolbem, with the water, and there was no water coming through and the gates weren't open-and 12 hours later we were being flooded."<br />By Sunday Nalcor reps , including Jim Keating "never denied" the hydro facilities had anything to do with the flooding of Mud Lake when pressed on the issue. <br /> Where is our main media pressing for the truth from Nalcor? <br />Winston<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-24556442401799400752017-05-22T15:29:57.761-02:302017-05-22T15:29:57.761-02:30Good lyrics and very applicable....." Waist d...Good lyrics and very applicable....." Waist deep in the big muddy,And the big fool said to push on"........<br /> And the big fools here just push on.........<br />WAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-14611438479720202192017-05-22T14:57:46.062-02:302017-05-22T14:57:46.062-02:30Very good account Winston, of some truth behind th...Very good account Winston, of some truth behind the BS. I am still waiting the Federal version of why it is necessary to push on, waist deep up the big Muddy. Pete Seeger;<br />http://www.lyricsondemand.com/p/peteseegerlyrics/waistdeepinthebigmuddylyrics.htmlRobert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-59301615366577098562017-05-22T14:19:23.999-02:302017-05-22T14:19:23.999-02:30The CBC item says the Maritime Link is being built...The CBC item says the Maritime Link is being built to take power from the 824MW Muskrat Falls to Nova Scotia.<br />1. Impossible to get 824 MW of MF power to either Nova Scotia or St Johns. First of all, 65 MW or more is lost in transmitting to Soldier Pond near St Johns. And average MF power is aboput 560 Mw, and about 500 Mw after transmission loses. 500 is only 60 percent of the stated 824. But who's counting MW?<br />2. Our island Power is going to Nova Scotia, so Nova Scotia will be getting our island power well before Labrador power arrives in Nfld.<br />In addition, Labrador power, when we do get it, will be less reliable......ask Liberty!<br />3. The perception that Labrador power goes to Nova Scotia is a mispreception: Nfld island power goes to Nova Scotia and Labrodor power comes to the Avalon to replace our island power going to Nova Scotia............not exactly the same thing......... how many understand the difference. <br />4. the mirage of importing power from nova Scotia keeps floating around to sooth the scope of this blunder:<br /> There is a power link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick that has a capacity of 300 MW.....one might think a possibility to import power back to Nfld via that link and the Maritime Link . Nova Scotia has and does import some power from NB. But by 2014, NB own needs cut that import by 50 percent, allowed only 150 MW available via that link .......so not much help to Nova Scotia. That is why they are to import from Nfld. So Nova Scotia is was so short of power ,and needing to close coal fired plants that they needed to import from both NB and Nfld.<br />So where is this cheap power to import to Nfld via the Maritime Link to come from? Marshall seems to be playng on the ignornance of Nflders by giving weight to this, as if a significant opportunity to mitigate our power costs. Bullshit, I suggest.<br /> We may even have to run Holyrood more to meet Nova Scotia needs.<br /> And when(not if) the Labrador power to the Avalon fails, we will be down for hours trying to curtail our isalnd power going to Nova Scotia and get emergency power from our own island generation to keep us from freezing here on the Avalon. With no Holyrood, St Johns will be on rotating outages, trying to get some emergency imports form Nova Scotia when they, nor NB have power to spare, especially in winter. Great prospects from this Maritime Link for Nfld! What a crock!<br /> What a game they continue to play, to buy time......without being transparent to the people here. Marshall now doing what Ed Martin did...spin, spin spin. He will likely spend his winters down south while here we freeze in the dark. Sickening how they cannot give straight talk on where we are headed. All on track says Coady. <br /> Nova Scotia is the only ones on track, as we can see.<br />WinstonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-50623113930172330712017-05-22T13:31:13.832-02:302017-05-22T13:31:13.832-02:30We have heard of Watergate
We now call the Trump s...We have heard of Watergate<br />We now call the Trump scandal with the Russsians , Russiagate.....as a comparison with the impeachment of Nixon<br />On the local front we now have Muskratgate..........the spillway gates.......did Nalocr open them to allow more water through and contribute to downstream flooding, or close them more to mitigate downstream flooding?<br /> The spin doctors seem to suggest they closed them more, while workers at Muskrat say they opened them further during that critical time, thus leading to flooding of Mud Lake. <br /> What is the TRUTH . Seems Nalcor quibbles : pretend to tell the truth while they EVADE the truth.<br />PFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-72103980186654407242017-05-22T11:46:30.342-02:302017-05-22T11:46:30.342-02:30Hey, we have connected to the North American grid....Hey, we have connected to the North American grid. What is the spin on the benefits to NL?<br /><br />http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/martitime-link-power-1.4121055Robert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-66122386355004709652017-05-22T10:41:56.164-02:302017-05-22T10:41:56.164-02:30Petty. Is the generation of interest into a Forens...Petty. Is the generation of interest into a Forensic Audit making it uneasy for DW?<br />Danny, how much did you pay per acre? Was it $2000? How much was 1/8 acre... a 50'x100' in Southlands at that time? So, I guess you got it for pretty much nothing. We know you bought a large parcel there before you went into politics... was Galway in the works back then? Peak power demand couldn't keep keep lights on during DarkNL... how could Galway be passed without a major addition to the grid? There should be an apology indeed... not by Pete or NTV however.<br /><br />dmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-42224381422687332362017-05-22T07:25:34.234-02:302017-05-22T07:25:34.234-02:30If the carbon credit counts geographically Upper C...If the carbon credit counts geographically Upper Churchill more then makes up for any GHGs NL emits. Carbon credit could be a workaround the UC contract because UC has 5428 MW capacity V HQs 36,908 MW representing 14.7% of their capacity. AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779383664665696092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-72403204636847165102017-05-21T19:46:19.027-02:302017-05-21T19:46:19.027-02:30Ah yes, global warming, isn`t that what caused the...Ah yes, global warming, isn`t that what caused the dinosaurs to die off in the Mesozoic era. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-73838051160792121122017-05-21T15:33:08.590-02:302017-05-21T15:33:08.590-02:30Good questions, I expect HQ cooperated fully to av...Good questions, I expect HQ cooperated fully to avoid the flooding.......but what and when did Nalcor do in advance to help avoid this? And exactly, what does it mean for future years. <br /> I expect residents at Mud lake are somewhat in trauma, and for 15 million they can relocate everyone. I expect most prefer to remain at Mud Lake, but not in constant fear of drowning. <br /> Reminds me of George Bush who said "we will smoke them out of the caves"............and so Nalcor flooded them out of Mud Lake, more than one way to skin a cat, as they say. Terrible to have to think that, but such is my disrespect for the integrity of Nalcor.<br /> See how quick they are to give rational and technical info on why this happened. The Liberal politician Jones, suggest the feds will pay 90 percent of damages.........I wonder, especially if this is Nalcor caused.<br />Winston<br />WinstonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-86520315585475014952017-05-21T15:03:04.716-02:302017-05-21T15:03:04.716-02:30I just found bizarre Nalcor taking credit for havi...I just found bizarre Nalcor taking credit for having "decreased production from Upper Churchill". I guess any positives about HQ is not Nalcor's cup of tea.<br /><br />I'm sure HQ is acting responsably at CF as they would anywhere else. <br /><br />As you know, HQ has a policy of lowering its reservoirs (including Smallwood's) levels before spring in order to capture that excess water. So obviously, CF decreases the likelyhood of floods rather than increasing it.<br /><br />If you read about the 1996 floods, you know that there was nothing HQ could have done with this suddent magnitude of rainfall. (Prevision models are continiously being improved to take into account global warming)<br /><br />--------------------------------<br />Just curious, has HQ improperly managed CF in the past, to the point of causing undue floodings? <br /><br />And now, how MF (without a meaningfull reservoir) is affecting future odds of flooding?Ex-Military Engrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209511368820589727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-65187348569361968312017-05-21T13:40:20.154-02:302017-05-21T13:40:20.154-02:30HQ and the government of Quebec learned a lot abou...HQ and the government of Quebec learned a lot about the importance of co-ordinated control of water flows all along rivers systems after the floods in the eastern region of Quebec and in particular in the Saguenay, Lac St Jean region in 1996 and the inquiries and commissions that followed. I expect they should fully understand Nalcor`s and the NL governments actions and their responsibilities to act in these situations. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-6122662925030991472017-05-21T11:40:00.424-02:302017-05-21T11:40:00.424-02:30Did Nalcor take appropriate action to mitigate the...Did Nalcor take appropriate action to mitigate the flooding at MUD Lake?<br /><br />What can the water gauges tell us?<br /><br />I discovered last night that there are two gauges very close together at Muskrat Fall. The Mid pool one, I earlier referenced, and another a little further upstream, maybe by just a couple hundred feet up, called "above upper Muskrat falls, number 030E015. This appears to be the one used by Nalcor to regulate the water level.<br /> There appears to have been three course of action to mitigate the water flow<br />1. Reduce the Upper Churchill power output by reducing flow at that location<br />2. Let the water elevation at Muskrat rise some to allow more time for downstream flow to move through<br />3. At the very early stages of the thaw, let the elevation at Muskrat drop some to give a buffer, via increased elevation there to counter the increased flow from the thaw that was coming.<br /><br />Here is what the data shows:<br />1. Way upstream from Muskrat, at Below Grizzle Rapids. the water rose 3 feet from May 12 to may 17, when it peaked, so more water was flowing through. <br />2. At Muskrat, from May 14 to midday May 16 ,the elevation was held fairly steady at 21.57 m. This means they were opening the spill gates more and letting more water past through, otherwise the elevation there would rise.<br /> At about noon on the 16th, the elevation rose to 21.58, about a half inch increase, meaning they closed the gates a little, and reduced flow a little , but this was NOT a meaningful change to slow the flow.<br />3. Six kilometers below Muskrat, from May 12 to the 16 th, the water level rose steadily and peaked on the 16th, about 5 ft. higher, which suggests the increase flow through the spill gates had been considerable.<br />4. At English point, at the mouth of the river, and near Mud lake, from May 12 to the 16th, the water rose just 1 ft. But, then, about 11pm May 16, the level rose quickly, now another 3.25 ft.<br /> Within hours Mudlake residents were scrambling at 3 am of May 17, where residents clain the water rose 8 or 9 ft, which seems likely.<br /> But this was not the peak elevation at English Ppoint. That came on the afternoon of May 18 , after the evacuation, when the water jumped another 20 inches at English point. In all, at English point the water rose about 6 ft.<br /><br />Some flooding occurred at Happy Valley Goose Bay on the 15 th.<br /><br />So when did mitigation of the water flow through the spillway at Muskrat kick in?<br /><br />The data shows the elevation there rose about 4 inches , starting midday of the 18th, about 36 hours after the flooding at Mudlake. This suggests they then started to lower the gates to reduce flow.<br /> Midday on the 19th, a much more rise in elevation took place, now about 28 inches above the original elevation, suggesting a significant reduction in flow and lowering of the gates to impede flow. This may have been a combined reduction at the Upper Churchill and also letting the water elevation at Muskrat rise to reduce the flow downstream.<br /><br />By midday of the 20th, English Point had dropped almost 8 ft, and was now 2 ft lower than on the 12th. <br /><br />It appears to this writer that mitigation of the water flow took place only after the flooding. <br /> So what plan had been in place for the spring thaw, as this was the first year that the flow at Muskrat had been kept at a constant elevation. <br />Winston Adams<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-57227307553733427562017-05-21T10:59:35.502-02:302017-05-21T10:59:35.502-02:30(Winston) "Nalcor has however decreased produ...(Winston) "Nalcor has however decreased production from the upper Churchill fall plant to help reduce water flows into the Churchill River" <br /><br />Nalcor is pretending that when we all know it just doesn't control the water flow from upper Churchill. How about saying HQ cut CF production in order to help Nalcor manage its mess downstream?<br /><br />Above re-illustrate the dependance of MF of the water flow coming from CF, this time in flooding conditions. <br /><br />How full is the Smallwood reservoir those days?Ex-Military Engrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209511368820589727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-72777713815438136862017-05-20T16:23:45.262-02:302017-05-20T16:23:45.262-02:30CBC online item (IN HOT WATER) on the flood at Mud...CBC online item (IN HOT WATER) on the flood at Mud Lake: which shows some video of yesterdays meeting.<br /> "Them gates was open" says MF worker Darren Hill.....to applause of others, as it appears other were saying the spill gates were closed. <br />At 7 pm yesterday, on a Friday, Nalcor released a statement (imagine, working overtime on May 24 th weekend............must have cost another million or two and another half cent on our power rate)......... they (Nalcor) appear almost in as much shit as at the Whitehouse, where they are getting lawyered up for the investigation. Not easy to spin lies, (I mean falsehoods) and fake news to flood victims...... but they keep at it.<br /> Nalcor says "the Muskrat falls reservoir has limited storage capacity. Gosh, a few days ago they said there was NO reservoir there . Now it is a limited one!<br /> They go on: "There is no ability to store water upstream of the facility to reduce downstream flows" Is this a contradiction from the first sentence, ..........should they say there is limited ability to store water, or a small ability, .............as the water gauge monitors seems to show such an ability, even if small, this past week.........<br /> Nalcor says:"the utility says water levels at Muskrat falls are maintained at 21.5 metres and spillway gates are regularly adjusted so the amount of water flowing into the reservoir is the same as the amount flowing out , to maintain that level".........Liar , liar pants on fire<br /> Now if the data from the Churchill River MID Pool (030E015) is the correct data for water level there.....this is what I see;<br /> 21.5 m is the level generally trying to be achieved..but<br /> It went to 21.65, and as low as 21.2............ <br />It went higher than 21.5 for very brief period but lower for extended periods.........meaning considerably more water flow going through at these times. And this correlates extremely well with rising levels down stream from MF. <br /> Nalcor says " Nalcor has however decreased production from the upper Churchill fall plant to help reduce water flows into the Churchill River'.<br />Whoop de doo!. When did they do that.........after the flood? Any thought of doing this before the flood, as waters levels were rising for the past week? Show us your emails when this was a planned reduction, or after the fact?<br /> Now why could the elevation at MF not rise a few feet above above 21.5 m......was it because the coffer dam was too fragile?<br /> Was it an issue of protection of the infrastructure or an issue of safety <br /> for live and property downstream , and infrastructure took priority?<br />For Nalcor, this smells rotten. And they send politicians with no technical knowledge to calm the people. Nalcor releases what seems a statement to hide incompetence, yet again. <br /> Looking at the water gauge graphs, with hindsight, I can say this , this and this should have been done. But hindsight should not be the way to go.......foresight and common sense may very well have prevented this flood , me thinks. <br />Winston Adams<br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-24900727137466679362017-05-20T15:16:09.275-02:302017-05-20T15:16:09.275-02:30Who knows, perhaps the Mud Lakers might have done ...Who knows, perhaps the Mud Lakers might have done better if the ice boom had be allowed to be built last fall. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-15740708417950682462017-05-20T14:48:05.904-02:302017-05-20T14:48:05.904-02:30It looks like the bully still rules the roost. No ...It looks like the bully still rules the roost. No fair comment even for a satirist in NL. The bully and his buddies had Pete purged from VOCM when his eyes opened and he started showing contempt for MF and the aquaculture disaster now unfolding in NL using Frankenfish and chemicals banned elswhere. Now Snook is being sanctioned.<br /><br />It seems accountability only cuts one way in feudal NL.Bruno Marcocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076165212559914463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-45945324435123866242017-05-20T14:09:22.454-02:302017-05-20T14:09:22.454-02:30Danny made NTV say they are sorry for one tiny bit...Danny made NTV say they are sorry for one tiny bit of Pete Sucey"s piece.....which was priceless. He had said he got his land for nothing, which is slightly off............enough I guess to get Danny's dander up. So, does this mean Danny could find no legal fault with all the rest, dozens of fun making remarks, that would be protected under the Charter! <br /> A salute to Soucey and NTV.........do a rerun and change a word or two if necessary.<br /> And piss on Danny.......he needs a good shit knockin......oh, that is what Danny once said about Andy Wells. But if the shoe fits.........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-14805828069202164202017-05-20T12:47:44.100-02:302017-05-20T12:47:44.100-02:30I agree! The two main reasons for the development ...I agree! The two main reasons for the development of MF were:<br />(1) To ensure a certain housing and business development on the Avalon would have sufficient power<br />(2) Ego<br /><br />I am 70 years old so I will not be paying for the full term of this enormous dept,nor will my children, but my grandchildren and great grandchildren most certainly will.<br /><br />This whole fiasco stinks to the high heavens. Everyone (or most everyone)knows there has been a stench here for quite some time. We are definitely on the hook for the cost of MF.<br />Those responsible must be brought to justice. The longer this drags on the more money is spent thus justifying it would be cheaper to continue than to shut down. Why these few people (sleeveens) are still enjoying their freedon has to be political.<br />If and when it becomes close to a public enquiry, I think we'll see a few "Valdemanis" type culprits emerge and flee to where they can't be extradited.<br />What has been inflicted on the population of NL is WRONG and must not go unpunished. A small number of people here have pretty well bankrupted this province. Those who have their heads stuck in the sand hoping the high electricity rates will not come to fruition are in for a rude awakening. Not only will the cost of electricity go through the roof, but everything else will as well. Those who have lined their pockets with yours and my hard earned dollars will be basking on a beach somewhere where they cannot be brought to justice, all because no one has the balls to stand up and say enough is enough.<br />Out of curiosity, are those who were at the cabinet table when this was discussed compelled to cabinet secrecy by law?? I have not heard any of the current PC oposition members asked their views and if they agree with MF--not one! Has anyone approached 5th Estate or W5?--There is a scandal of monumental proportions waiting to emerge here.<br />J---s Ch---t, we're a province of only 500K people who could have had the world by the tail, yet we find ourselves in this collossal mess with no protection from the grip of one or two people (mostly one) who thinks he's above the law.<br />Why can't our justice system work like it appears to be what is happening in Washington. Robert Mueller has the authority to investigate with impunity. No one here has the courage to get the ball rolling on this and on and on it goes.<br />Pathetic!!!Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071137366893117461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-36492118855413224962017-05-20T11:56:31.906-02:302017-05-20T11:56:31.906-02:30Watch carefully where the pollution taxes are expe...Watch carefully where the pollution taxes are expended. Here in BC, the Tory-minded government squandered the carbon tax revenues instead of providing better jobs in green energy conversions of fossil fuel energy waste. Subsidies of ff industries, (Corporate welfare bums), remains a major deterrent to reducing GHG pollution. The PM was in town recently fund raising to continue and perpetuate the FF industries. He and his ministers are not about to intervene in Muskrat. Regrettably, NL is stuck with a cable guys run project. Compare; Wynn's announced high speed rail in Southern Ontario at estimated $19B to MF $11 - $15BRobert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-52980392488356836432017-05-20T11:20:05.489-02:302017-05-20T11:20:05.489-02:30Having followed this entire fiasco over the years ...Having followed this entire fiasco over the years and now with the revelations of this engineer who appears to have detailed information, when is someone going to step back and ask why would anyone at Nalcor, Ed Martin or otherwise deliberately falsify the estimate numbers??? As employees of Nalcor what benefit would they gain for such action? The only reasonable deduction is they (senior management) were instructed to take the approach of jigging the numbers. The only source of that direction, had to have come from government. In order to get to the root problem, you have to start from the top in this particular case. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-88586925655188296872017-05-20T11:01:34.093-02:302017-05-20T11:01:34.093-02:30Winston, you ask very good questions. Don't be...Winston, you ask very good questions. Don't be discouraged by the silence of ignorance. There are real negative aspects to Hydro, as a "Renewable Energy Option". The Avalon's problem of insufficient Hydro to balance it's wasteful demand for electricity need not have resulted in the horrendous high risk waste of the Muskrat. The "Deep State" perpetrators will be punished.Robert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-51146605154898574572017-05-20T09:57:11.664-02:302017-05-20T09:57:11.664-02:30On the flooding of Mud Lake......did Nalcor cause ...On the flooding of Mud Lake......did Nalcor cause or contribute to this......<br /> I asked the question of whether Nalcor had last fall raised the water level higher than normal levels (to which no reader answered)<br /> 1. Nalcor says they have maintained the level at an elevation of 21.5 meters. That is false. These has been variation, last week, above and below that figure, which appears not insignificant.<br />2. Nalcor raised the elevation level last fall from a normal 17m to 21.5m, about 15 ft higher than normal.<br />3. Nalcor says MF has no reservoir.......false. While originally, with just the river, it had a small area. With full flooding at an elevation of 39 meters, it would have a reservoir of some 27 sq miles, about the size of Bell Island . The rise in elevatin last fall rose the elevation to about 20 percent of the final elevation. So this created a reservoir......the size dependent upon the lay of the land, and could be more or less than 20 percent of the final size in area. This would add significant to the volume of ice formed there this winter, as to a normal year.<br /> Des Sullivan has travelled this river by canoe, so may have an idea as to what an extra 15 ft in elevation wold add to the size. But satelite photos would show, but certainly Nalcor would have this data at their fingertips.<br />4. last year there was intent to put a cable just upstream of MF (after the cofferdam leak) to prevent ice from coming through, as I recall, but was unable to do it. This was intended to protect the structure from ice damage, and I assume, could have held back ice during this spring thaw ( please correct me if this is not so). This would serve a function not unlike the chain rock history at St john`s Hr, whereby in WW1, a chain was installed to keep out submarines).<br />5. The water coming through MF is a function of the spring thaw, but also the flow of the Upper Churchill generation plant. Was there a request to reduce flow at the upper Churchill plant to allow for the spring thaw increase, to help avoid flowing below MF. As CF production has not caused such flooding before, has some other factor changed........a Nalcor factor.......<br /> Originally I had suggested a 60 percent confidence rate of a Nalcor factor , it is now over 90 percent, due to the above and other apparent evidence. Bur Hey......who would doubt Nalcor when they say not their fault.<br />Winston AdamsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-68202757163066200372017-05-20T09:19:48.669-02:302017-05-20T09:19:48.669-02:30Off the top of my head, does this mean that Fortis...Off the top of my head, does this mean that Fortis gets charged 750 million dollars a year for their 15 million tons of CO2 per year! If so that wipes out their entire yearly profits, or will raise prices some 8 percent to cover these.....and must feed back the amounts to customers who reduce energy use......incentives for home efficiency, electric cars etc. Sounds great to me. Perhaps 50 dollars a ton is too low.<br />Winston AdamsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-39588174184909797382017-05-20T07:40:58.909-02:302017-05-20T07:40:58.909-02:30Just announced, federal imposed carbon tax rates t...Just announced, federal imposed carbon tax rates to the tune of almost 12 cents a liter on fuels by 2022 or $50 per tonne of CO2 equivalent. Who gets the carbon credits from the big rat and can and will they be applied against the high cost of rat power to mitigate against increased rates post Muskrat transmission and then plant production. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com