| OCR Text |
Show The Ogden Valley news Page 8 Volume XXIII Issue X June 15, 2016 Lightning—Utah’s Number One Weather Low Maintenance Vegetable Gardening for a Bountiful Harvest Related Killer: Stay safe this season toes. By the time the longer-season plants start Summer is By Melinda Myers fast approaching and along with it, the peak season for lightning strikes. While lightning can happen year round, thunderstorms and lightning occur more often at this time of the year, and the Utah Region of American Red Cross wants to make sure you know how to keep safe when lightning threatens as it is the number one weather related killer in our state. During a thunderstorm, take the following safety steps: • Listen to local news or NOAA Weather Radio for emergency updates. Watch for signs of a storm, like darkening skies, lightning flashes, or increasing wind. • Postpone outdoor activities if thunderstorms are likely to occur. Many people struck by lightning are not in the area where rain is occurring. • If a severe thunderstorm warning is issued, take shelter in a substantial building or in a vehicle with the windows closed. Get out of mobile homes that can blow over in high winds. • If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be in danger from lightning. If thunder roars, go indoors! The National Weather Service recommends staying inside for at least 30 minutes after the last thunder clap. • Avoid electrical equipment and telephones. Use battery-powered TVs and radios instead. • Shutter windows and close outside doors securely. Keep away from windows. • Do not take a bath, shower, or use plumbing. • If you are driving, try to safely exit the roadway and park. Stay in the vehicle and turn on the emergency flashers until the heavy rain ends. Avoid touching metal or other surfaces that conduct electricity in and outside the vehicle. • If you are outside and cannot reach a safe building, avoid high ground; water; tall, isolated trees; and metal objects such as fences or bleachers. Picnic shelters, dugouts and sheds are NOT safe. • If you are swimming, clear everyone from the water at the first sound of thunder or first sight of lightning. Have everyone move inside if possible. The National Lightning Safety Institute recommends waiting 30 minutes after the last lightning sighting or sound of thunder before resuming activities. Every thunderstorm produces lightning, which kills more people each year than tornadoes or hurricanes. Again, it is the number one weather related killer in Utah. People struck by lightning can suffer permanent injuries or long-term symptoms, including memory loss, sleep disorders, chronic pain, numbness, dizziness, irritability, weakness, fatigue, depression and others. Follow these steps if someone has been struck by lightning: TRAFFIC cont. from page 1 Please consider donating an hour or two of your time. Many hands make light work, plus it’s a great way to get to know your neighbors and feel a stronger sense of community. Help us bring that local feel back to our 4th! Send your contact info and hours available to 4thofjulyhuntsville@gmail.com or call Rex Harris at 801-791-3926. will be closed from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. If any congestion occurs outside of those times, the road will be shut down for access to Cemetery Point. Volunteers Needed! Huntsville Town is in need of volunteers to help make our Independence Day Celebration a success! • Check the scene for safety and then check the person. Call for help. Call 9-1-1. Anyone who has sustained a lightning strike requires professional medical care. • Check the person for burns and other injuries. If the person has stopped breathing, have someone call 9-1-1 and begin CPR. If the person is breathing normally, look for other possible injuries and care for them as necessary. People who have been struck by lightning do not retain an electrical charge and can be handled safely. Top 3 Myths Myth: You are safe if the sky above is clear. Fact: Lightening can strike 10 to 15 miles away from a storm Myth: People struck by lightning carry an electrical charge. Fact: False Myth: You are safe from lightening in a house. Fact: Lightening flows through various conductors. Avoid using phone land lines, electrical appliances, and do not take showers and baths. Say away from doors and windows. Phone lines, cords, plumbing, and even metal door and window frames are all lightening conductors. Download the Red Cross First Aid App to keep this lifesaving information at your fingertips. You can also learn more about lightning safety at <redcross.org> ARTFULLY UNITING EXTRAORDINARY PROPERTIES WITH EXTRAORDINARY LIVES WAKE UP EVERY MORNING TO THIS VIEW INTRODUCING SUNDANCE RIDGE Only 4 homesites available Prices start at $199,000 Protective Covenants Water and Electric Stubbed to lots Located on Old Snowbasin Road overlooking Snowbasin Ski Resort and Ogden Valley LOCAL KNOWLEDGE | GLOBAL REACH LISA KARAM 801.791.8801 “Your Guide to Ogden Valley Real Estate” Lisa.Karam@SothebysRealty.com Visit OgdenValleyRealEstateGuide.com to view all of my listings. Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Square footage is an estimate only. Increase your harvest without increasing the size of your garden or workload. All you need is a bit of intensive planting, along with some low maintenance techniques. Invest some time upfront to prepare the garden soil. This will save you time throughout the growing season. Add several inches of organic matter and a slow release fertilizer into the top 8 to 12 inches of soil. The organic matter improves drainage in clay soils and increases moisture retention in sandy soils. The slow release fertilizer feeds the plants for several months, reducing the number of applications needed. You’ll have healthier plants that are better able to fend off pests and out compete the weeds. Match the plants with the right growing conditions. Tomatoes, peppers, and other vegetables that produce fruit need full sun. Leafy crops like lettuce are more tolerant of shade. Check plant tags and seed packets for planting details or download a free gardening app, like Homegrown with Bonnie Plants, for plant information, maintenance tips, weather reports, and more. Plant seeds and transplants in blocks with fewer pathways. Give each plant enough room to grow to its full size. Your rows will be closer together with just enough paths for weeding, watering, and harvesting. You will be growing more plants and pulling fewer weeds with this strategy. Interplant to further maximize your planting space. Plant short-season vegetables like lettuce and radishes in between properly spaced longer-season vegetables like broccoli and toma- filling the space, the shorter season plantings will be ready to harvest. You’ll be pulling radishes or cutting lettuce instead of weeds. Plus, you’ll harvest two crops from one row. Plant successive crops throughout the growing season. Plant cool weather vegetables like spinach, radishes, and lettuce in spring. Once these are harvested, replace with warm weather vegetables like beans, tomatoes, or cucumbers. Finish off the season by filling any voids with a fall crop of cool weather vegetables. Go vertical to save space, reduce disease, and make harvesting easier. Growing vine crops on supports lifts the fruit off the ground and increases the amount of light and airflow the plants receive, reducing the risk of disease. Plus, you’ll do less bending when it’s time to harvest. Mulch the garden with pine straw/evergreen needles, shredded leaves, or other organic matter. These materials suppress the weeds, conserve moisture and add organic matter to the soil as they decompose. You’ll have fewer weeds to pull and not have to water as often. Save time and water with the help of soaker hoses or drip irrigation. These systems apply the water directly to the soil where it is needed. Less water is lost to overspray, evaporation, and runoff. They also reduce the risk and spread of disease by preventing water from settling on the leaves of the plants. Try a few or all of these strategies this season for an abundant harvest without a lot of extra work. RAGNAR cont. from page 1 Streets that will be affected this year in Ogden Valley include the following: • 3300 E. • Nordic Valley Way • 41—N. • River Dr. • SR 162 • 2500 W. • 5500 E. • SR 158 • SR 166 • 7100 E. • 7800 N. • Main St. • 100 S. • 6800 E. • 7200 E. • 300 S. • 7400 E. • 400 S. • 7500 E. • 500 S. • 9200 E. • 8600 E. • SR39/Ogden Canyon Rd. • Trapper’s Loop • Old Snowbasin Rd. Co-founded in 2004, the Reebok Ragnar Relay Series has grown from a single relay in Utah to the largest overnight relay series in the nation. Ragnar Events, LLC is based in Salt Lake City, Utah and managed by co-founders Dan Hill and Tanner Bell. For more information, visit <www.ragnarrelay.com> for six legs until they hand off to their second vehicle. This leapfrogging pattern continues day and night all the way to the much anticipated finish line. This year the race will be held from Friday, June 17 thru Saturday, June 18. Teams will run with humorous costumes, wigs, and decorative vans—all while cheering on teammates. Runners will again come through Liberty, Eden, and Huntsville, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Friday. Ragnar representative Elise Timothy stated, “This year we have significantly cut back the number of runners on the course to decrease our impact in the area, and have also launched a courtesy campaign to reinforce appropriate behavior from our runners. We love each community we run through as many of us (Ragnar staff/runners) call Ogden home. There will be approximately 7,000 total runners participating (nearly 4,000 less than last year). “Runners will be at Liberty Park again this year for the first major exchange point. Runners will start to arrive around 10:00 a.m. and be gone from that area around 9:30 p.m.” |
