The White Falcon - 19.10.1979, Side 3

October 19. 1979
The White Falcon
Page 3
HICH SCHOOL WINNERS—Fifteen of 16 Fire Cup winners in the High School
Fire Prevention Contest display their awards that were presented Monday
at the school. Winners included; First Place - Tracy Hester and Deanna
Walton for posters, and Lisa Fransden, Thomas C. Dames, Kelly Broderick,
Robert Belanger, John B. Morgan and Jeffrey Twitchell for essays; Second
Place - Andrea Pease, Jennifer Simnson and Ruth Soto for posters, and
Susie Rhow, Pamela Condon, Diane Lacroix, Margaret Roger, Deanna Walton
and Joann Neely for essays. Fire Chief Inspector Astvaldur Eiriksson
made the presentations, following a week-long observance of fire preven-
tion. (Photo by AN Joel Bugner)
'Awareness’
Con’t from page 1
"We can't make all that we need,"
commented LCdr. Dames, "so we must
turn down and turn off to save
every bit of energy that we can."
Hydro-electric power, geo-ther-
mal and solar power are vast but
finite sources of energy. Syn-
thetic fuels will eventually re-
place petroleum fuels in the fu-
ture, but conventional petroleum
fuels will be needed well into the
21st Century. Thus, the outlook
for future sources of energy ap-
pears more favorable than it did
a few decades ago.
Three other energy-saving pro-
jects being conducted on the NATO
Base include installing thermal-
pained windows; and the Public
Works Department in a task force
reducing the amount of electrical
power on the big energy-using
base buildings beginning Monday.
Also, PWD is commencing an energy
audit on all facilities to see
where and how much energy is being
used. Base buses are also being
urged to be used instead of pri-
vately owned vehicles.
The most important aspect of
the situation is to conserve. Did
you turn off the light in your room
or house this morning?
Chill Indexes, Traffic Conditions
Winter terms explained
^Inspection schedule^
The Family Quarters on the
NATO Ease will be inspected by the
Fire Department Inspector on the
dates and times as follows:
Monday—9:30 a.m. to noon in
Qtrs. 1065 and 1066; 1 p.m. to 3:30
p.m. in Qtrs. 1067, 1069 and 1071;
and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Qtrs. 1073
and 1075.
Tuesday—9:30 a.m. to noon in
Qtrs. 1077 and 1097; 1 p.m. to 3:30
p.m. in Qtrs. 1081, 1083 and 1085;
4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Qtrs. 1079 and
1075.
Wednesday—9:30 a.m. to noon in
Qtrs. 603 and 304; 1 p.m. to 3:30
p.m. in Qtrs. 605 and 606; 4 p.m.
to 6 p.m. in Qtrs. 607 and 614.
Thursday—9:30 a.m. to noon in
Qtrs. 615 and 616; 1 p.m. to 3:30
p.m. in Qtrs. 617 and 618; and 4
p.m. to 6 p.m. in Qtrs. 627 and
628.
Friday—9:30 a.m. to noon in
Qtrs. 628, 630 and 646; 1 p.m. to
3:30 p.m. in Qtrs. 647, 950-1,
950-2; and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in
Qtrs. 950-3, 950-4.
The occupants of the above men-
tipned quarters are asked to have
one responsible person of their
household present during the date
and time indicated.
How cold is cold? Well, that
depends. Air temperature is only
one indication. Wind causes evap-
oration of the moisture in the skin,
making the outside air seem even
colder.
The combination of wind speed
and air temperature is used to
measure the "equivalent chill temp-
erature," which is a measure of the
increased cooling effect due to
wind. What all this means is that
25 degrees isn't 25 degrees when
there is a 30 knot wind. It's more
like -14 degrees.
During the winter months, the
Naval Weather Office will issue
Chill Index advisories. They are:
Chill Index I - with equivalent
temperatures ranging from 50 to 25
degrees F. and outside is comfort-
able with normal winter clothing.
Chill Index II - with equivalent
temperatures between 25 and -10 de-
grees F. making a short walk cold
and uncomfortable.
Chill Index III - with equiva-
lent temperatures ranging between
-10 and -30 degrees F. and travel
outside is bitterly cold and un-
comfortable even on clear sunny
days.
Chill Index IV - with equivalent
temperatures between -30 and -60
degrees F. There is very real dan-
ger of frostbite to exposed skin in
this Index.
Traffic conditions called on the
NATO Base are as follows:
Traffic Condition Alpha - (Nor-
mal) Permits all categories of
traffic at normal speeds adapted to
existing conditions.
Traffic Condition Alpha Limited
- (Normal) Permits all categories
of traffic, but at a reduced speed
20 miles per hour.
Traffic Condition Bravo - (Haz-
ardous) Permits emergency and es-
sential traffic at reduced speeds.
Essential is defined as official
vehicles, utility vehicles and pri-
vate vehicular traffic as necessary
to and from work. Either tire
chains or snow tires on all four
wheels are required.
Traffic Condition Charlie -
(Emergency) Permits only emergency
traffic equipped with tire chains
at the reduced speed of 15 miles
per hour. Emergency vehicles are
defined as snow removal equipment,
sanders, ambulances, fire depart-
ment aircraft refuelers, SP, com-
mand and duty vehicles and other
government vehicles on urgent or
official business.