Snickerdo
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| Wow the water levels are high this spring
So today I went down to Port Dalhousie to take a walk down the pier on the Michigan side of the harbour. It has been so long, and I figured a little rain today wasn't going to stop me.
I could not believe how high the water levels were. The water was literally right at the level of the concrete on the pier, and the slightest bit of wind would blow the water onto the peer. I knew that water levels must be high because of all the snow we had this year, but I have -never- seen the water levels anywhere close to that. Had it been any higher, the pier would have been totally washed out. I suppose this is why Belleville and Northern York Region have had all the flooding.
In any event, just thought I'd share. Was actually a nice walk in the rain. I should do it more often.
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horsemouth
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May 11th, @07:03PM
| I was on the TCH today just east of Fredericton today around
1300 HR and saw a moose walking down the highway.
Water was so high that it [the TCH was the only place for the moose to get a break from his swim.]
Some pics of high water. »www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/···1205.xml
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To the west there was nothing for them but the river, more than a kilometre wide in that spot. To their east lay a flooded grove of trees that at least was making one busy beaver very happy. Beyond that lie four lanes of screaming 18 wheelers, the eastbound lane smeared with the gore of what was apparently a collision between a vehicle and a moose some time the night before.
And beyond that was New Brunswick's newest lake, so large it made its own waves, which were eroding the edge of Highway 2, the edge that in normal times is supposed to be farthest from water.
From; »timestranscript.canadaeast.com/n···e/284803 |
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Snickerdo
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I have a friend in Fredericton. He's shared some interesting stories about the flooding they've had. He lives north of the river on a hill though, so his home came out totally unscathed. His uncle owns a hotel downtown though, and they were saying if the water raised a few more inches it would have friend the building's electrical system.
Still, I don't think St. Catharines has ever experienced flooding as our rivers have an unusually high capacity level for water. No one here has ever worried about that. Seeing Lake Ontario that high was kind of freaky, though.
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horsemouth
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canada | Does the Hotel have beaver in the name?
Don't worry about the water level in lake Ontario I am sure we have friends to the south that will take it off our hands. |
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andyb
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My friend left here during the flooding to go home to fredericton.She got home and called to say all is well and no flooding but she wasn't worried because she live in one of the highest places there.
She called me next morning telling me her basement flooded around 3 to 4 am.Her husband was sleeping in the chair after watching a hockey game and noticed when his feet got cold lol |
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DKS
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said by Snickerdo  :I could not believe how high the water levels were. The water was literally right at the level of the concrete on the pier, and the slightest bit of wind would blow the water onto the peer. I knew that water levels must be high because of all the snow we had this year, but I have -never- seen the water levels anywhere close to that. Had it been any higher, the pier would have been totally washed out. I suppose this is why Belleville and Northern York Region have had all the flooding. There was also an east wind today, which would have blown the water from east to west. You could have experienced a moderate seiche. That would contribute to already high water levels.
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kim
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It was an unusual spring. Seems like we had our thaw all at once instead of in small increments that the ground could absorb. Then rain on top of that. I've seen many farmers fields even here in Milton that look like fast flowing rivers right over them.
Hope everyone is ok.
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Snickerdo
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said by DKS :There was also an east wind today, which would have blown the water from east to west. You could have experienced a moderate seiche. That would contribute to already high water levels. Right, I was there right after the cold front came through and got pretty soaked. The wind was intense. There have been days where Lake Ontario is a total monster and Lake Erie is calm as ever for the exact reasons you described.
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quickbeam
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Ottawa | reply to Snickerdo
I have a cottage on the Ottawa river and I haven't seen the water this high in a long time. |
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Snickerdo
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I was just talking with my grandfather about the water level. He said that it is very high right now, but there have been times in the past where the water levels have been so high that it has totally covered the pier. Just the same, he said there have been times where the water level was so low that you could walk on the bottom of Lake Ontario around the end of the pier and back to the harbour.
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andyb
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SW Ontario | We had flooding at the trailer this year for the first time in 15/20 years.Nothing great just messy.But Whiteman creek where my trailer backs onto is back to about normal levels now as is the grand river in this area. |
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Dan
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{runtime_%#} | The grand river was scary full this spring.
Imagine 10,000 tanker trucks passing every few seconds, and thats the flow we had. |
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andyb
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SW Ontario | Yea but its back to normal now. |
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