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Meet Your Neighbours Living in the World’s Most Extreme Environments
Timothy Allen is a British photographer who has contributed to BBC’s Human Planet series. This seven and a half minute clip of his photographs with his audio commentary is an uplifting glimpse into the courage and customs of humanity living in … Continue reading
Filed under Ancient Wisdom, Family, Life and Life Only, Natural Places
Pictures of Spruce Woods Park Flooding
Reid Dickie These are from July 14 to 16, 2011. This is the low road to the campground, flooded with washouts. Access along the low road flooded out. Here in the bottom of the valley the Assiniboine River is almost … Continue reading
Filed under Day Tripping, Flood, Local History, Natural Places, Parks, Sacred Places, Spirit, spirit sands
Souris Prepares for the Flood Crest
Reid Dickie I visited Souris on Canada Day (July 1), on Monday (July 4) and Tuesday (July 5) taking pictures and videos with my new high-definition camcorder on each visit. All day Friday 300 trucks hauling diking material rumbled around the town … Continue reading
Filed under Earth Phenomena, Flood, Local History, Momentous Day, Prairie People
Spinning
Prolonged flooding in Sindh area of Pakistan has resulted in an unexpected phenomenon. Spiders escaped the flood water by climbing into trees and spinning gigantic webs. Another unexpected consequence is, despite the amount of standing water, the mosquito population is low. It is believed … Continue reading
Filed under Critters, Earth Phenomena, Flood, Natural Places
Saskatchewan Flood Report #2
Reid Dickie Both Estevan and Weyburn in southeastern Saskatchewan remain in a Local State of Emergency, but the sun is shining and a warm breeze blows over the prairies today, both helping to dry up the local areas. These pictures show … Continue reading
Filed under Flood, Prairie People, Saskatchewan
Manitoba Flood Update – June 27
Reid Dickie More Water Sooner! It’s the next crest of the Souris River that we are watching and preparing for now. Water volumes arriving from North Dakota are higher than expected making existing dikes inadequate to the coming water … Continue reading
Filed under Flood, Prairie People
Spruce Woods Provincial Park Flood Update – June 24
Reid Dickie There has been little change in the status of Spruce Woods Provincial Park since my last update. Most of the park’s amenities remain closed and inaccessible due to flooding, including Spirit Sands and Punchbowl, Ispuitinaw Trail, Marsh Lake, the lower … Continue reading
Filed under Ancient Wisdom, BEAUTY, Family, Flood, Linda, Natural Places, Parks, Sacred Places, Spirit, spirit sands
Sacred Places – Castle Butte, SK
Reid Dickie June 20, 2011 “Enticed back, fulfilling an unspoken responsibility.” I wrote about Castle Butte in a post called Local Knowledge. Castle Butte, a quarter of a mile around and over 200 feet high, is a huge, ever-eroding sandstone … Continue reading
Manitoba Flood Update – June 23
Reid Dickie “Time to start building an ark,” said the elderly man ahead of me at the Hort’s this morning. Surveying the current situation, he may be right. Deluges of rain in the Souris River watershed over the weekend have … Continue reading
Filed under Flood, Natural Places, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Flood Report #1
Reid Dickie After receiving over 120 mm (about 5 inches) of rain in two days, Weyburn, SK is under a state of emergency due to flooding downtown, failure of their water treatment plant and continuing heavy rains. City water has been declared undrinkable … Continue reading
Filed under Flood, Saskatchewan
