Sunday, May 28, 2006
The other great flood.
It's been quite exciting here the past few days.
A small community downriver was evacuated due to flooding. A community upriver situated on a ramparts of all things, is not under water but the water level is extremely high, and our little burg had the very rare treat of seeing big river ice jam, grind, tumble and then move along at a fast clip when it finally broke free.
It's break up. That time of year when our ice road-closed down due to thin ice- breaks up and is replaced for a few months by the east arm of the Mackenzie River. I've lived here over twenty years, and I've never seen ice like this. It was really something to see.
I'll try and post pictures tomorrow of the three communities. We got quite a few today of our town, the department of highways sent one on Friday showing the high water of the town up river, and a friend took extensive photos of the evacuated community. They seem to have escaped unscathed because none of the houses appear to be under water, although there's water everywhere.
I guess this seems pretty boring when you can't see it for yourself... but yikes it really was exciting today. The river full to the gunnels of blocks of ice and ice floes. Watching huge chunks toss tree trunks stripped bare like itty bitty cabers.
X
A small community downriver was evacuated due to flooding. A community upriver situated on a ramparts of all things, is not under water but the water level is extremely high, and our little burg had the very rare treat of seeing big river ice jam, grind, tumble and then move along at a fast clip when it finally broke free.
It's break up. That time of year when our ice road-closed down due to thin ice- breaks up and is replaced for a few months by the east arm of the Mackenzie River. I've lived here over twenty years, and I've never seen ice like this. It was really something to see.
I'll try and post pictures tomorrow of the three communities. We got quite a few today of our town, the department of highways sent one on Friday showing the high water of the town up river, and a friend took extensive photos of the evacuated community. They seem to have escaped unscathed because none of the houses appear to be under water, although there's water everywhere.
I guess this seems pretty boring when you can't see it for yourself... but yikes it really was exciting today. The river full to the gunnels of blocks of ice and ice floes. Watching huge chunks toss tree trunks stripped bare like itty bitty cabers.
X
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OMG, X. I can't even imagine. Was in St. Louis when the Mississippi River flooded in 1993, but there were no blocks of ice in the thing.
Looking forward to the photos - and thinking about those poor people who are battling this.
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Looking forward to the photos - and thinking about those poor people who are battling this.
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