manitoubass2

Hahahah.

Well here is the deal.

Im currently working at new gold mine.

The company has decided to offer me a position with one of their enviromental engineers. Already know the guy and worked with him on another project unrelated, great guy great boss.

Anyhow, this means a pretty good pay raise, new truck including fuel card, and a desk in the tbay office.

Downside is i would be travelling(not far) but my boundries would basically be north to ear falls, as far as thunder bay, and also in the dryden area.

Im very tempted(fishing possibilies) also from what my "future" boss tells me its a cakewalk. Lotsa work at home on a laptop just running numbers. Not a tonne of travel but some( a week here a week there kinda thing)

He says his area is mainly scouting and accessing areas for wildlife native to the area, as well as insects/plants/trees etc.

Cust curious...

If so I would have a few questions for you.

About 15 years ago there was a huge explosion of them on rainly lake.

Ive never seen anything like it. They would literally turn the sky black as huuuge flocks flew north near the evening.

Ive heard stories of many people pouring gas on nests/eggs and shooting them whether its legal or not. Ive never seen it done however.

Now its not nearly as bad, although tou do still see small flocks from time to time.

No idea why or how they decreased in numbers so dramatically

Id say a year is very optimistic but there will certainly be a lot of money and jobs happening there when the clean up starys.

 

S.

Maybe a tad but when I was in grande prairie I watched them throw up a fully functional city block in two weeks lol.

When money and oil is involved things move pretty darn fast!

Not to look too forward ahead but watch just how awesome canadians can be.

When the dust settles I say fort mac is rebuilt in less than a year

Damn!!!

Beauty!!!

I have no knowledge of these lakes/camps but like OI said put in your plugs lol.

The time my buddy forgot it almost cost us our lives

All line is garbage?

Hehehe

We just all have our preferences

You are correct though. A crappy angler is a crappy angler

Wow!

Looks like a nuclear bomb went off

Horrible

You forget I told you we can watch the bass spawn on their beds here from my deck? There can be no less than a dozen beds within sight, imagine how many along a shore line from Fort Erie to Windsor? Around 400KM.

Yeah thats crazy to even think about.

Very nice. Those will sell, finding the market is the tough part. Dragons Den?

You are obsessed with the dragons den.

Freshtrax, awesome work!!!! Reward her!!!

I'm going to start calling you " The Bass whisperer".

The bass here are so plentiful you can literally do no wrong

If I took any of you doods from southern ontario out here bass fishing you would laugh at how easy it is

Unless its winter. Ive literally caught one bass through the ice lol

With braid(at least for me) I can feel when the fish is gonna jump so I have like 2-3 seconds to tighten the line

Ill still lose the odd one though but not very often

That's awesome! Thanx for posting that Rick.

 

I'm a construction worker for many years. Laborer, carpenter, concrete foreman, site superintendent, now crane operator. I'm having a hard time to understand how they will ever rebuild the city. The oil companies have their work camps north of the city for their workers but with the loss of many homes where will the people live who are going to perform work needed to construct the new homes/buildings? It's mindboggling!! Fort Mac is a very remote city. Unlike southern Ontario,- for example if you lived in Kitchener & a major work project was required in Mississauga or Vaughan or even Whitby it's a short commute. Once you leave Fort Mac (heading north or south) there is nothing but bush for many, many miles.

No prob. Everyone hates oil/gas etc until they realize they cannot live without it.

Im not gonna lie, these companies do some bad crap.

But they also do some amazing things

Ying and yang i suppose.

But my word should be taken with a grain of salt.

I left 7 years ago and have no idea what has changed

Apparently Westjet is also letting people to bring their pets onboard with them.

???

And many companies are continuing payment of employees

Frig, not to take away from fort mac but now we have a pretty large fire on the ontario/manitoba boarder

Heavy winds have travelled the smoke here and shes purdy thick!

Also, you guys see westjet was helping fly people outta fort mac and air canada flight went from $600 to $4300 over night to get outta fort mac???

Straight braid for me

Lord Finesse still producing! The DITC album was great.

Diggin in the crates will always be top notch!

 

Canadians RULE!!!!!

 

Yes sir!!!!

Many of my friends and old co workers or out there now assisting in any way they can.

My hats off to all those kind souls.

Trudeau better step up quick and realize the sevarity.

Citizens are making the government look like idiots(once again)

Canadians are awesome!

It's full board safety mode 1440 minutes a day Rick, but I know what you mean. It's referred to as "an elevation of awareness" I called it Defcon 5.

Yep. I just mean it goes to a crazy level lol.

The amount of safety that goes into these sights is utterly astounding.

But H2S is so deadly, those rig rats go off and people are jumping off 30-60ft drops if they have too. Better chance of survival falling that height than H2S exposure.

I know its not there yet, but this will be a major hurdle in rebuilding fort mac.

You cant even dig in alberta without the prispect of encountering H2S

Anyhow kudos to all those helping with gas, food, medication etc to get those folks outta dodge!

I hate to see such a tragedy but good ol canadians step right up and help their fellow man?

Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) for those not familiar with that chemical.

 

So you agree with me Rick? I think you do. Many civilians don't realize how much is spent on contingency plans and operating procedures that go far beyond the plant gates to ensure the Health and Safety of workers but as well as the environment which includes the citizens of a community.

Totally agree

I fired many, many people on the spot just for not wearing a personal H2S monitor(its a requirement)

Plus we have rig rats etc set up everywhere.

Any sign of H2S and its full bore safety mode

Anyone not familiar with a rig rat, its a sensitive devise to detect H2S, when it does it sound an alarm that is likely louder than anything youve heard on earth

H2S would be killing mass amounts of people if we didnt properly trained to protect well sites

That is a dangerous gas, 20 to 40 seconds of a clear,odourless gas and you are dead.

Im very glad Im no longer working in the field as a safety consultant

This is nuts!

Ive got lots of friends up there and most of them are volenteering as of now.