Thursday, 16 March 2023
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| Wild Mixed Grain Seeded Ciabatta |
summary: did I say "seeds galore"? ...hmmm. There are definitely seeds, but perhaps not "galore"; recipe for Wild Mixed Grain Seeded Ciabatta; refusing to add commercial yeast; comparing various ciabatta recipes; Brief review of "The Larousse Book of Bread" by Eric Kayser; information about Bread Baking Babes
Saturday, 8 April 2023
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| plenty of time to practice |
There is currently no internet connection to etherwork.net. Here is why:
Because of the massive ice storm that ravaged Montreal a couple of days ago, many there were without power until late last night. 80% have now had their power restored. Obviously, priority for restoration has been given to emergency services and hospitals. Commercial outages will be in the last to be restored.
CBC News reported that the some of power lines are significantly more damaged than others (many tree branches, overloaded by ice, were pulled down onto wires, dragging everything into a horrible tangled mess) means power to the 20% still affected probably won't be restored by Easter. The servers for etherwork.net are in that 20%....
Staff at our etherwork.net's provider has assured us that the servers are all running, but there is no still no Internet feed available.
Most customers got power back by Friday, but thousands of Montrealers [are] still without electricity [...] As of 9:30 a.m. ET Saturday, just under 300,000 Hydro-Québec customers were still without power. Hydro-Québec says most households will have power back within 24 hours.Note the "most" in the above CBC quote. There is no ETA for when everything will be restored.
- CBC News, 8 April 2023 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/hydro-quebec-weekend-power-outages-1.6805319)
Hydro-Quebec is restoring power based on its four priority levels. Outages that threaten public safety, such as emergency services, and those that affect the most people are prioritized first. Commercial and residential outages are last.
- Daniel J. Rowe, CTV News, 8 April 2023 (https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/more-than-130-000-hydro-quebec-customers-still-without-power-in-montreal-after-storm-1.6347478)
In the meantime, here in Toronto, it is sunny, above freezing, and there is no forecast for rain in the near future. The day lily leaves are poking up from the ground and there are snowdrops blooming in the back garden; it appears that spring is springing at last.
edit Easter Sunday, 14:01: I'm happy to report that etherwork.net is back online as of very late last night. This also means that even more people in Quebec have had their power restored . It will be SO much easier for them to do clean up if they have electricity in their homes, so they can rest properly. (CBC News is reporting that Hydro Quebec anticipates that 95% will have their power restored by the end of today. Here's hoping that the other 5% will have their power back by very early tomorrow!)
