Round up of some regional happenings this week.

Nain Hill was active earlier in the week. Several mini avalanches occurred after the latest snow and wind storms, plus one larger one. The larger one ran down about 129 meters and contained some large chunks of snow that could have done damage if anything in the way. The whole break away was about 1500 tons. No building were threatened, but it did cover a snowmobile track, most likely high markers, you just never know when you push the envelope, wish some people would think about that more.
The ‘big school’ continues to have heating problems, though there is school today.

In Hopedale people had a bit of a scare this past Tuesday. Two of the three diesel generators broke down at the same time. With only one generator power was only available to a small part of the town for a number of hours. With a low of -27 a good supply of wood was handy.
There is conflicting information, but it seems most of the town was without power from five to six hours. One of the downed generators was repaired and up and running, the third is still down and people from the manufacturer have to have a look at it. NL Hydro says that a replacement generator will be taken in ASAP.

The NDP candidate for Labrador West has announced his intention to leave politics in about a month. Randy Collins has been the member there for about eight years. Mr. Collins was on of the five former and present MHA’s mentioned in the over spending of constituency allowance scandal that is still being investigated. That makes tow of the four sitting implicated members who have left politics since the scandal broke.

A Virgin Atlantic flight from London to Orlando Florida spent about 22 hours in Goose Bay. It was diverted for a passenger medical emergency. Then a mechanical problem popped up. The 300 odd passengers spent their time in local hotels and at the Military base.
No reports of negative comments like there was about St.John’s recently. Most did complain about the cold. Like you have to dress for it, next time bring a parka on your way to Florida.

The good news is, no news is good news ;-}