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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
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Twin Lakes Beach Flood – Before and After #2
BEFORE Looking north along Twin Lakes Beach, picture was taken October 30, 2010 AFTER The same stretch of lakeshore as it looked on May 19, 2011 See the first Twin Lakes Beach Flood Before and After photos. See more pictures on Twin … 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 Update – June 6
Reid Dickie While we rest safe and easy here in Winnipeg – the Red River Floodway now unnecessary and closed – over 2400 Manitobans are still evacuated from their homes by inundations from Lake Manitoba, Dauphin Lake, Lake St. Martin, Assiniboine River and … Continue reading
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Twin Lakes Beach Flood – Before and After
Twin Lakes Beach is on a narrow slice of land between Lake Manitoba and Lake Francis on Lake Manitoba’s eastern shore. The first aerial picture was taken in the 1980s. The second picture was taken June 2, 2011. BEFORE AFTER … 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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Amazing Flood Video – The Power of Wind and Water
I can’t imagine what it must feel like to watch your property, which you worked to sandbag and protect, so easily flooded and the dikes surmounted. Watch this short video of flood waters blown onshore yesterday at a home property on Lake … Continue reading
Manitoba Flood Update – June 1
Reid Dickie CKDM Radio in Dauphin is reporting extensive new flooding in many northern regions. It`s not just cottage country being inundated. The RM of Ochre River has announced a Mandatory evacuation notice for residents of Beach Road and Crescent … 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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