#powell river

[doddsmountain]

Mowat Bay

[duaneburnett]

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[bishibaru]

Shout out to the rally for Palestine I saw while visiting Powell River. I talked to very friendly folks who were happy to see others supporting.

Also there were so many cars driving past honking their horns in support! Left a good impression on the town.

[buggknife]

[completeheatingca]

The Ultimate Guide to York Furnace Repair in Powell River, BC

When the chilly winds of winter descend upon Powell River, British Columbia, having a reliable heating system is a necessity. For many homeowners, York furnaces have been a trusted choice for keeping their homes warm and cozy during the colder months. However, like any mechanical system, York furnaces can experience issues over time. That's where the ultimate guide to York furnace repair in Powell River comes in handy.

Common Furnace Issues

Before diving into repair tips, it's important to recognize the signs of a furnace problem. Common issues include uneven heating, strange noises, a sudden increase in energy bills, and a furnace that won't start. If you notice any of these symptoms, it's time to address the problem.

Safety First

When dealing with furnace repairs, safety should always be a top priority. Before you start any repair work, turn off the power to the furnace and the gas supply. If you're not comfortable working with gas appliances, it's best to call a professional. Safety should never be compromised.

DIY Troubleshooting

For those who are comfortable with basic troubleshooting, here are a few steps to take:

a. **Check the Thermostat**: Sometimes, the issue might be as simple as a thermostat that needs new batteries or a temperature adjustment. b. **Inspect the Air Filter**: A clogged or dirty air filter can restrict airflow and make your furnace less efficient. Replace or clean it as needed. c. **Clear Vents and Ducts**: Ensure that vents and ducts are not blocked by furniture or other obstructions. Proper airflow is crucial for efficient heating.

4. Professional Repairs

While some issues can be resolved with DIY troubleshooting, many furnace problems require the expertise of a professional technician. When searching for a repair service in Powell River, it's important to look for the following:

5. Regular Maintenance

Preventing furnace issues in the first place is often the best approach. Regular maintenance can extend the life of your York furnace and keep it running efficiently. Maintenance tasks may include cleaning, inspecting and lubricating components, and checking for any potential problems.

6. Replacement Consideration

Sometimes, it may be more cost-effective to replace an old or inefficient furnace rather than repair it. York offers a range of energy-efficient models that can save you money on energy bills in the long run. A professional technician can help you assess whether repair or replacement is the best option for your specific situation.

In Powell River, BC, having a reliable heating system is essential to weather the winter months comfortably. By following this ultimate guide to York furnace repair, you can ensure that your furnace remains in good working condition. Whether you choose to address minor issues yourself or seek the expertise of a professional, a warm and cozy home awaits you during the coldest of days.

Original Content: https://medium.com/@completeheatingcanada/the-ultimate-guide-to-york-furnace-repair-in-powell-river-bc-0a24e3d3facf

[rabideyeartist]

1000 Tiny Magnets Show #6: MARCH 6, 2015

SHOW #5: MARCH 6, 2015

1000 Tiny Magnets: Show #6 LIVE on March 13, 2015 Artist, Track Armin Van Buuren, Ping Pong (Hardwell Remix) Cerrone, Supernature Chaka Khan w/Rufus, Ain’t Nobody The Fugees, Ready or Not Avicii, Levels Commodores, Lady (You Bring Me Up) Wolfgang Gartner, Space Junk Stars on 45, Stars on 45 (remix) Rockets, Space Rock Prince, U Got The Look Ian Whitcomb & the White Star Orchestra, Destiny ZHU,…

[pangeen]

" Lake Powell Sunrise " //© Chance Allred

[awetistic-things]

“We are two siblings from Gaza, two dreamers medical students, suppose to be doctors in the near future unless there’s no enough money to pay the university fees, which is 3000 USD$ per year for the one.

And that is the reality, my family has lost there only income, my dad had has construction factory, but it is crushed right now by the Israeli army.

My dad cannot pay us the university fees anymore. But we insist to complete our learning to the end, to be that hero doctors for our beloved Gaza. We are the last hope for our family.

We study in Egypt at Zagazig University, We are 1st year medical students, 4 years still to go.

12,000 USD$ for the 4 years per one,

24,000 USD$ for both of us.

And we must pay the fees before the end of the year, otherwise we will pay fine.

Also, Sadly, since there’s no life in Gaza anymore, no schools, no universities, no hospitals, no medications, even no streets to walk in, no clear air, We decided to evacuate our family to be able for them to continue their lives as humans, to get their simplest rights Since there’s no jobs, no income, no at least 1$, They are living on assistance. You are the hope for them, your 1$ donation is one step toward the life from death.

We are 6 members family, 3 adults and 3 under 18 2500 USD$ per child under 18:

5000 USD$ per adult

22,500 USD$ for all

GoFundMe website takes 3% tip

Bank account also takes tip

82,000 CA$ =59,500 USD$

13,000 CA$ is tip for GoFundMe

1 CA$= 0.7USD$

Sorry for the mathematics, but it is for honesty.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR 1$ DONATION”

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♥️ listen to their story and if you feel any empathy for this family, don’t just feel—do something about it—so that you can say you didn’t just see someone in need and scroll past.

follow Firas here for updates and continued support 👇🏼 ❕

@firasmuhaisenn

[daydreamgoddess14]

Oh hiiii!

Guess who's back from real life?!!

It kicked my arse and then I got back up, and then I saw Twisters and Deadpool and Wolverine, and it turns out this bloke:

Swiftly followed by this specific fandom moment:

(which transported me 20 years into the past) was enough to resurrect me from the dead!

You'd think (ha!) that I'd be here to write about a Glen Powell character, or Logan - and I did think about it - but then I got repossessed by my love for Jack Lowden and I find myself after all this time going back to try and finish First Impressions.

So errrmmm... yeah. Let's all pray for success on that front, shall we? And if I disappear again, I'm only lurking. I'm still here swooning and reading 🥰

Hopefully, fingers and toes crossed, pink my promise (as my 3yo likes to say) you can expect a smutty continuation of First Impressions imminently. God knows I'm out of practice on the writing front, but there are words on a page. Have faith! 🫡

Missed ya!

[fatchance]

Obligatory Horseshoe Bend photo.

At Marble Canyon near Page, Arizona.

Update: @amatkins reblogged my post and noted that Horseshoe Bend is actually located in Glen Canyon. Marble Canyon begins further downstream. Notations on USGS topographic maps seem to indicate that Marble Canyon begins at Lees Ferry, at the confluence of the Colorado and Paria Rivers. I'm grateful for the correction. Whenever I'm in canyon country I like to try to relate what I am seeing with John Wesley Powell's account of his 1869 expedition down the Colorado River.

On August 4 he wrote this about this stretch of the river:

"To-day the walls grow higher and the canyon much narrower. Monuments are still seen on either side; beautiful glens and alcoves and gorges and side canyons are yet found. After dinner we find the river making a sudden turn to the northwest and the whole character of the canyon changed. The walls are many hundreds of feet higher, and the rocks are chiefly variegated shales of beautiful colors – creamy orange above, then bright vermilion, and below, purple and chocolate beds, with green and yellow sands. ... At night we stop at the mouth of a creek coming in from the right, and suppose it to be the Paria. ... Here the canyon terminates abruptly in a line of cliffs, which stretches from either side across the river." From The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, 1875

[primadonalover]

♡ Bonjour, my beautiful darlings! ♡

This account - I'm still figuring out what exactly I want to do on this account but I WILL be accepting requests, I'm really excited to hear ideas and get writing!

Rules for requests -

Angst 🖤 Yes but nothing to dark

Smut ❤️ Not really

Fluff 🩷 Uh obviously yes

Character Requests

Bucky Barns

Slow Horses/River Cartwright

Tyler Owens/Glenn Powell

Eddie Munson

Al Pacino

Dunkirk characters

Larry Durrel

Friends/Joey and possibly Chandler

(I will think of more)

About Me - Just a vintage pink girly that loves fashion...and men

[rjzimmerman]

How Much Longer Can Glen Canyon Dam Last? (Sierra Club)

Excerpt from this story from Sierra Club:

This spring, the Bureau of Reclamation revealed damage to the river outlet works system of Glen Canyon Dam. While there is no structural risk to the huge dam on the Colorado River, the incident drew attention to the dam’s antiquated infrastructure and brought into question its ability to sustain water releases from Lake Powell at lower elevations. At risk are both the lower Colorado River Basin’s ecosystems—including the Grand Canyon—and the 30 million people who rely on the Colorado’s water.

The damage was caused by a High Flow Experiment Release in April 2023, by cavitation, a process that happens when water passing through pipes at high velocity creates air bubbles that cause erosion. During the 2023 release, 3,500 CFS (cubic feet per second) of water was released through the outlet works pipes for 72 hours. The aim was to distribute sediment throughout the Grand Canyon to maintain healthy beaches and riparian habitats.

Part of the reason Glen Canyon Dam was constructed between 1956 and 1963, in addition to water storage and hydropower generation, was to keep a million tons of Colorado River sediment each year from clogging Lake Mead, 305 miles downstream. Lake Powell, the resulting reservoir that straddles the Arizona-Utah border, flooded 169 miles of the Colorado River in Glen Canyon with 8 trillion gallons of water at maximum capacity. The reservoir is currently at an elevation of 3,577 feet and only 37 percent of capacity, reflecting both the two-decades-long drought and a slight uptick from the last wet winter.

Water is released from the dam through eight main penstocks, which produce hydropower. The four river outlet works are a secondary release option, typically reserved for flood control, High Flow Experiments, and when the power plant is offline. Cavitation, coating, and pipe wall damage were first observed in 1965 following a discharge slightly higher than that of 2023, and the damage has continued over time. While it doesn’t impede the functionality of the outlet works, it does highlight their limitations. Previously, it was assumed the pipes could be used for downstream releases if the reservoir dropped below power pool elevation, 3,490 feet. In an email response to a query, a Bureau of Reclamation spokesperson said that that is not a viable option: “If Lake Powell drops below elevation 3490 feet, Glen Canyon Dam releases could only be accomplished through the river outlet works, which have not been used as the exclusive means to release water and were not envisioned as the sole means to release water from Glen Canyon Dam.” 

The bureau is currently running studies and physical modeling to better understand the situation, with an analysis expected by the end of this year. Meanwhile, it plans to replace the interior coating inside the original pipes, which will prevent corrosion but does not address the cavitation. In addition to the $9 million repair, Reclamation will also look to repair the hollow jet valves that regulate water flows through the outlet works.

The damage raises questions about the dam’s longevity. In 2022, environmental groups Great Basin Water Network, Glen Canyon Institute, and Utah Rivers Council released a report, Antique Plumbing & Leadership Postponed: How the Glen Canyon Dam’s Archaic Design Threatens the Colorado River Water Supply. Among their key concerns were the limitations of the river outlet works to release water should reservoir levels plummet. In April 2023, Lake Powell dropped to an elevation of 3,519 feet, the lowest it has been since the dam started filling.

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

✨Baby boy and his pretty smile✨

[pointless-letters]

…wait, what?

[mist-andtales-ofwoe]

Seasmith Gothic

The howls of the wolves always seem to get closer to the house as the full moon approaches, then further again after.

The seals watch you, seeming to follow you as you walk down the beach. Later you meet a girl. She and the seals have the same eyes.

You hear scratching at the window. In the morning, you look outside. The tree at the window has grown more limbs.

The bonfire is bright tonight. It's best not to acknowledge it unless you're invited or previously have been.

The moss in the woods seems to grab at your shoes. You swear you saw a patch of moss that looked like a human outline earlier.

The drive to Powell River isn't that long, is it? Have you been driving in circles? You should have gotten there at 12 pm, but it's 8 pm now.

You find the old guy who hangs out in the bakery chanting in the woods. It's just another Tuesday.

The cold seeps into your skin and gnaws on your bones.

The fog swallows everything. You better get inside before it takes you with it.

You find moon phase calendars in your grandparents' attic. They date all the way back to when they were first married. Your grandfather died on the night of a full moon.

(These are all the entries in an ever growing Google doc right now. Some are better than others, but I hope this gives you somewhat of an idea of the setting and some plot points mayhaps)

- Photo from Pinterest

[fereldanwench]

How does your V feel about River. I just did a playthrough where my own V was crushing after someone else (Takemura) and that whole scene with the kids wanting her and River to get together made both me and my V wanna curl up in a ball and die from how awkward it was. Just curious as to your own feelings on River.

Ahhhhh, so I was writing a very long answer, and then Tumblr just wiped it on me. 😭 Thanks, Tumblr.

ANYWAY, River's romance wasn't for me or Valerie. 😅

I'm gonna put the rest under a cut in case anyone wants to avoid River critical opinions, and I really want to stress that this is just my preference. I'm not trying to convince anyone not to like their boy--I actually liked River outside of his romance, and I genuinely enjoy other folks' River ships. I also think a lot of my issues with the romance can be chalked up to neglect from the devs. But playing through it was nevertheless a minefield of squicks for me.

From Valerie's perspective, she basically saw River as a decent, principled guy while they were working together on the Rhyne/Peralez investigation, but thought their relationship, working or otherwise, would be concluded when they wrapped that up. She admires that he wants to stick to his convictions and go to IA with the corruption, but she is a much more cynical person when it comes to the powers that be, and he doesn't respond overly fondly when she says such.

So Valerie is very surprised when he reaches out for help with Randy, and she assumes it's totally out of desperation rather than any interest in her personally. Johnny, of course, picks up on it, which she sort of brushes off, but when River starts saying things like "I'll tell you about it over a beer sometime," she does get the sense that maybe he's interested in more than just her professional help.

By this point, though, Valerie is smitten with Goro. She's denying it to herself, and trying to keep her focus on the Relic and fixing her terminal condition (which River doesn't even know about), but either way: she has no interest in pursuing anything romantic or sexual with River.

She does help River with Randy, because despite any awkwardness she feels around River, she's not gonna let a kid potentially die because of it. But again, when they part ways, Valerie thinks that's that. So when he calls later, telling her that he misses her and inviting her to family dinners, Valerie is immediately like hey, buddy, don't do this.

I think the most in-character thing for her would be to not go to the dinner and just wish him well on the phone call, but since the game won't let you close out the quest without making an appearance, I made her suffer through the world's most awkward family meet-n-greet.

Valerie doesn't dislike kids, but she's not overly keen on them either, particularly those who aren't related to her, so playing with them and a man she's trying to let down gently is incredibly uncomfortable. She also doesn't particularly appreciate the way Joss probes into her family life or plans for a family life, and when the kids do the "raise your hand if you think River and V would be a good couple," Valerie has pretty much fuckin' had it.

And then, when they're chatting up on the water tank, Valerie is frustrated that River implies she's been stringing him along when she's tried as nicely as possible to tell him she's not interested. She's also sober and the daughter of an addict who lost her life to drugs and alcohol, so she does not find his "I can be awfully charming when drunk" comment endearing at all.

So, after all is said and done, Valerie doesn't really want anything to do with River anymore. She might be willing to help him professionally again, and she's still friendly with him, but she doesn't think of him as a friend.

As for my personal opinion on the romance, I think it was just incredibly underdeveloped (especially compared to the ladies), and that lack of development paired with the fact that he's the only male romance option available to female Vs ends up having a lot of frustrating and troubling implications.

It does kind of feel like CDPR made a very bold assumption that what women who are attracted to men want in a relationship is something that is heavily centered around family and children. As a woman who does not like that in real life or fiction and often has to defend my own child-free relationship, I found that very off-putting. And this isn't to say that it shouldn't exist at all--I fully support anyone who does enjoy this take on a romance, and I'm glad they got to have something they enjoyed--I just really wish it wasn't the only option.

I also don't like that there's no way to reject him without subjecting yourself to the awkward family dinner. It makes him feel very pushy if you're not into him, which I feel probably isn't the intent. I'm sure some folks would take the stance that it's more realistic, but I'm okay with forgoing a little realism if it means I don't have to have the uncomfortably immersive experience of telling a man I'm not into him while we're sitting atop a water tower and he's getting drunk. 😬😬😬

I also really disliked both his and V's responses if you chose the "ever feel lonely?" prompt, which I talked about here.

But the Peralez/Rhyne mission with him is actually one of my favorites in the game, and if his story had stayed more in that route, like fighting the corruption in the NCPD, I probably would have enjoyed him overall a lot more.

And if I remember correctly, Goro's creation also ended up affecting how River was utilized in the story--I think he was supposed to have a bigger role in some of the corporate happenings, but the writers realized they wanted someone deep inside Arasaka instead, hence Goro. Well, first it was going to be a more villainess lady character, and then it became Goro because they wanted to humanize Arasaka more.

So yeah. Those are my complicated thoughts on River. I mean, from the in-character perspective, it's pretty straightforward, but my own opinions on him are kind of ambivalent.