First Aid Tips

Tonight on Newswatch Weather we'll have a very informative feature for you. With the recent lightning strike in Southern Ontario that has put three people (2 of them young children) in hospital, I thought it would be a good idea to learn how to help a lightning strike victim. Luckily for us the good folks at St. John Ambulance will give us some advice tonight at 6pm that could help save a life. I want to send a big thanks out to Connie, Laura and Daniell at the SJA here in Peterborough for a really great demonstration of how good first aid training is essential to help a lightning strike victim. Oh and don't forget about the tips we went over last night. When caught in a storm it is best to stay low, avoid tall or metal objects, find cover (like a builidng or inside a vehicle) and stay indoors unitl 30 minutes after the last rumble of thunder. We'll see you tonight on Newswatch @ 6pm.

The Light Show!

Well tonight is the night to keep an eye on the sky. The Perseid meteor shower will hopefully light up the night sky later this evening and, according to the Peterborough Astronomical Association, peak activity is expected early tonight. The P.A.A. is meeting tonight on top of Armour Hill and everyone is welcome to join them around 10:30pm. The site of the Peterborough Museum and Archives on top of the hill is definitely the best place in the city to take in the show and if you're interested in joining the P.A.A. just click here to check out their website. Oh...and expect relatively clear conditions.

Back in the "Patch."

Well...I'm back. Back from the little slice of heaven that is the family cottage. The pic above was taken by my fiancee Kate and is a nice shot of our dock at sunset. Great pic! The cottage is located on a nice little island (there is a bridge) on a tiny little lake about an hour from Sudbury. The lake is very tiny and there is no public boat launch so it is very private. (I'm not even sure the lake is even plotted on a map...very cool). I try to make it up to the cottage every year to hit the "reset button" but I think Mother Nature is the one that needs to unwind. In addition to the big storm I missed last week Mother Nature was hard at work last night on my return to the "Peter Patch." What a light show! After checking the radar last night it appears we dodged a bullet here in the city as the bulk of the activity tracked south of us. We still saw high winds, lightning and heavy rain last night but nothing like what our friends in Toronto experienced. Wind speeds topped out at 96km/h in the GTA and the lightning was deadly. A lot of ground strikes in T.O. and even here in the Kawarthas. Unfortunately a small cottage near Fenelon Falls caught fire due to a strike and a number of folks were without power. Scary stuff but overall we came out okay. We'll get you all of the details on last night's storm tonight on Newswatch.