Pace on Earth

Texas Flood

When I was grabbing a coffee on the way to work this morning I saw this picture of Barker's Point in Freddy on the front page of the Gleaner:Despite the fact that this is obviously a very serious situation the first thing that came to mind was what the bizarro newscast of this event might open with: "There was no banging in Hammertown last night as the water of the Saint John river spilled its banked into the Fredericton neighbourhood". I'm a dork, what can I say.

The flood levels are starting to recede but it is still a carnival like atmosphere as the River City Gawkers make their way to the scene. I am going to head down myself in a few minutes (or at least to a patio nearby).Beyond it's sheer size, what's made this particular flood interesting is that what caused it, save for one night of heavy rain, has been good weather. The warm weather came so quickly that the huge snowmelt up North is what is causing most of the runoff. So as this disaster strikes people are walking around in shorts sunning themselves. Weird.

The weather for the weekend looks warm and sunny but the experts are saying that should will not be enough to continue the rising. Unless we get more rain the waters should recede. The floodgates are still wide open at Mactaquac but the worst of it should be over by Sunday.And then the cleanup begins.

This is a big flood; the biggest of my lifetime. Texas sized you might say:

Pace out.

Labels: Flashback Friday, Flood Watch, Freddy Beach

posted by Vitamin S @ 2:51 p.m.