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BY YVETTE ZANDBERGEN
Rill and Ruby McWhinney came home to a
disaster on their farm in RR 6 Goilevich Sun-
day night. A heavy thunderstorm struck
Goderich and caused some irreparable
damage to their property.
According to John Hoekstra from the Lon-
don Weather Office, the storm struck the
areas from Georgian Bay to southern Lake
Huron and area east of London which en-
compasses the areas between Georgian Bay
to Hamilton and -the tip of Bruce Peninsula.
London was not affected by the storm.
Temperatures Sunday afternoon were 31
degrees Celsius and during the
thunderstorm they dropped to 25 degrees
Celsius. The storm wastriggered by a warm
front which was on the leading edge of more
humid air.
Bill McWhinney said they were not at
home when the storm struck and returned to
find trees taken out of the ground, broken
tree branches, two small sheds destroyed, a
neighbour's rail fence flattened and damage
done to their television aerial. An apple tree
was rippeduut of the ground and was'blown
a few feet across their yard.
McWhinney said he remembers a similar'
storm when he was a 14 -year old boy living
with his parents in the same house when the
storm took the i oof off of the barn.
IIe said he predicted a storm like this
would take place about one month ago.
"I knew the hot weather would bring
something," he said.
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Bill and Ruby McWhinney from RR 6 Goderich returned home Sunday evening to find an ex-
tensive amount of damage done to their trees, a rail fence and their television aerial. Here,
Bill McWhinney stands beside a tree that was uprooted during the storm.
Dry. weather dowers lake water level
Dry weather continued through June to
have favourable effects upon water levels
on the Great Lakes.
By early July Lakes Huron, St. Clair and
Erie were between 20 and 30 cm below
their levels of one year earlier. Levels on
Lakes Superior and Ontario had dipped to
slightly below their long-term averages.
Precipitation for the first six months of
1987 has averaged approximately 30 per
cent less than normal. "Many shoreline
residents and cottagers will see evidence
of improved water levels in wider beaches
this summer," 'said Ralph Moulton
Manager of Environment Canada's Great
Lakes Water Level Communications Cen-.
tre. "However, this should not be taken as
an indication that the high water level pro-
blem is over. These dry conditions would
have to persist through next year before
the middle lakes would begin to approach
normal levels."
In the meantime, fall and winter storms
could still cause considerable amounts of
dainage to lakeshore property this year.
Environment Canada forecasters
predict water levels on the middle lakes
will remain high throughout the six-month
forecast period but will stay below the
Arena acoustic
A spray -on mineral -cement -based
substance and the installation of new
lights are the solution Goderich Town
Council has decided on for the long-
standing acoustical problem ,at the
Goderich Memorial Arena.
Council decided at their June' '20
meeting, to go with the cheaper spray -on
product, rather than a more expensive
'solution • of ' hanging 'cloth-covered
-dibenglasstbaffles,i because the reduced'
cost would allow them to also proceed
with the new lights. The ballasts in the
current lighting system create a humm-
ing noise which adds to the poor
acoustics.
The problem was discussed in detail at
a special council meeting July 10 and a
plans approved
motion to, install the hanging baffles was
tabled to the July 20 meeting. In the in -
term, Works Commissioner Ken Hunter
said the committee studying the situation
changed their recommendation from the
baffles to the spray -on solution. ..
The cost of the spray -on solution is
tendered at $33,060. The new lights will
cost about $40,000, of which 50 per cent
may be eligible for a Ministry of Energy
grant. Hunter said the intallation of the
lights will also result in nearly $6,000 in
energy savings annually.
The solution is expected to reduce
reverberation (echo) time in the arena
from around eight seconds to around one
second.
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record highs of 1986. Lake Superior is ex-
pected to stay near normal levels, and
Lake Ontario is forecast to be seven to 15
cm below normal for the next six months.
Lake Superior's regulation plan requires
that a balance be kept between its level
and that of Lakes Michigan and Huron.
Since Lake Superior is near normal levels
and Lakes Michigan and Huron are still
well above 'normal, Lake Superior's July
outflow has—been set at the minimum
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