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My Year of Being Grateful – 2011 Year-End Review
Reid Dickie I’m calling this My Year of Being Grateful because time after time, day after day all year I found myself expressing gratitude for an aspect of my present life. Wherever I was and whatever I was doing was exactly what … Continue reading
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
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Manitoba Flood Update June 11 – My Driving Tour
Reid Dickie Last Thursday I took a drive into rural Manitoba, destination Dauphin, to check out the aftermath of the torrential rains we received at the beginning of the week. There’s still water everywhere! I travelled out the Trans Canada … Continue reading
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Manitoba Flood – Phase Two
Reid Dickie WHAT A DAY! After a week of heavy rain and high winds, we have arrived at phase two of the 2011 “high water event” with new flooding in many parts of the province, new states of emergency and … Continue reading
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The Flood Moves North – Tuesday, May 24
Reid Dickie Reminder: hover cursor over picture for caption/comment “Get rid of God and religion and replace it with a government which pretends to deliver redemption with a cheque book; but how does the rational age god guarantee redemption without … Continue reading
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Manitoba Flood Update – Saturday
Reid Dickie This weekend we are getting what we need least – rain. About 30 to 50 mm is to fall in southern Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan, the area covered by the Assiniboine watershed. Although water levels are decreasing somewhat – … Continue reading
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Manitoba Flood Update – Wednesday, May 18
Reid Dickie This is one of my favourite pictures of the thousands taken of Manitoba`s “high water event” as our flood is euphemistically known among disaster bureaucrats. The picture was taken in the Corral Centre shopping mall in Brandon, now closed … Continue reading
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Manitoba Flood Update – Monday May 16
Reid Dickie Brandon is holding its breath tonight. The crest of the Assiniboine reached the Wheat City today and will maintain high water levels there for at least three days before any reduction begins. Thereafter it will take weeks, possibly months for the … Continue reading
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Spruce Woods Provincial Park Manitoba Flood Update – Friday May 13
Reid Dickie The Assiniboine River runs through Spruce Woods Provincial Park and not only has its flooding closed the park indefinitely, Highway #5 which runs through the park is closed between Glenboro and Carberry. Water is over the road and some of … Continue reading
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Three Manitoba Flood Comments
I trawl select comment pages for accounts and background on the flood. Here are three comments from a CBC report about how much water the Portage Diversion added to Lake Manitoba, which continues to flood. I have no idea who … Continue reading →
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