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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1974
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RAINS KEEP OCTOBER FIRES DOWN
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TYPHOONS CARMEN AND ELAINE DRCUSHIT ANOTHER BLESSING. TO HONG KONG BESIDES MUCH-NEEDED RAIN -- A DRCP OF ABOUT A THIRD IN THE NUMBER OF FIRES LAST KONTI COMPARED WITH OCTOMER THE PREVIOUS, YEAR.
THERE WERE AN AVERAGE OF 20 FIRES A DAY IN OCTODER 1973, BUT THE FIGURE FOR OCTODER THIS YEAR DAS 21.
+VE VERY MUCH WELCOME THIS REDUCTION,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID. WHILE VE ACULD LIKE TO ATTRIBUTE SCHE OF IT TO FIRE PREVENTION PUBLICITY, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE TWO TYPHOONS [ROT TAKE A LAISE PART OF THE CREDIT. THEY HAVE MADE CONDITIONS MUCH DANEL. THAM USUAL MHICH MEANS THAT THE CHANCES OF STARTING A FIRE DY ACCIDENT ARE LESS.”
THE SPOKESMAN KARNED AGAINST COMPLACENCY HOWEVER. +THE NEXT TWO MONTHS ARE ALWAYS VERY DRY AND ONGE THE HUMIDITY LEVEL DROPS DELOW 60 PER CENT AGAIN, THE FIRE DANSER WILL QUICKLY RETURN, HE ALSO POINTED CUT THAT MIS FIGURE OF 21 FIRES A DAY IN OCTOBER COMPARED WITH ONLY 14 NIE PREVIOUS MONTIL.
THERE WERE 33 FIRES ON
THE LARGEST HUMBER OF FIRES DURING THE MONTH OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 19 WHEN THENE VERE SO FIRES. OCTOBER 23, THE GỤUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL.
WEEKENDS ARE THE WORST TIMES FOR FIRES, ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREAS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (SATURDAY) STOCD AT 53,283 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 79.2 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACİTY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 60,066 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.
THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 36,703 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 47,376 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 72.7 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.
TOTAL RAINFALL
NO RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL ODSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.H. TODAY. RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 2,091.1 MM (02.33 IN).
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2,099.0 MM (82.64 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 0.39 PER CENT,
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