Changelog

The Generator Bill Checker was comparing bills against June's ceiling, and against the town rate rather than the village one. The ministry sets a higher per-kilowatt-hour maximum for villages, spread-out areas, or anywhere above 700 metres — any one of the three is enough, and Mazraat El Mechref qualifies as a village even at 395 metres. The checker now uses July 2026's village ceiling of 44,821 LBP per kilowatt-hour, and explains the two bands on the page.

The Generator Bill Checker now uses the Ministry of Energy and Water's June 2026 ceiling of 41,973 LBP per kilowatt-hour, down from May. The overcharge check now compares against the current maximum.

Two new tools for the village. "Unexploded Ordnance Safety" is the short, careful version of how to come home safely after the war: the one rule (a cleared road is not a cleared field or house), what to do if you find something, the numbers to report it (the Army / Mine Action Center, Civil Defence 125, Red Cross 140), who clears and certifies land, and why fields and groves need checking before you work them. "Rainwater Harvest Planner" lets you type your roof size and household to see how much of the winter rain your roof could catch, how many days of household water that is, and how many summer tanker loads it saves — with the live rainfall of the last month alongside the typical year.

A colored-pencil drawing of the dry-stone olive and fig terraces stepping down the limestone hillside below the stone houses now heads the town page.

The day's five prayer times, worked out from the sun over the village by the Ja'fari method, with the direction of the Qibla. No app, and it keeps working offline once loaded.

When the olives, figs, almonds, tobacco and cereals are worked, month by month, with the wet and dry seasons behind them and the dates that open the year on the slopes.

The village sits close to the Roum fault. This new page shows the earthquakes recorded near Mazraat El Mechref lately, straight from the USGS feed, with the fault story behind them — the 1956 Chim earthquake and the rest — and the official channels that matter when the ground shakes. A quiet month is normal and the page says so; it cannot predict a quake, only show what the ground has been doing.

The Generator Bill Checker was showing a tariff that turned out to be about a year out of date. It now uses the Ministry of Energy and Water's most recent published monthly ceiling (May 2026); the fixed monthly fees are unchanged. The ministry resets the tariff every month, so always check the latest before you compare.

Emergency numbers, the council and water contacts, and how to report an unexploded item — never touch it, call 125 or 1701.

See what your generator bill should be at this month's official maximum, and check whether you are being overcharged.

A plain guide to how war-damage help is meant to work in the south, who to contact, why it is slow, and how to stay safe from unexploded items when you go back.