Try this....don't know where it was, but very powerful

http://www.4shared.com/file/84464551/e1589b0a/Scarify_a_Road_Surface.html
  

It's amazing what water can do to a solid. By the way Carl how's that dirt bank that's getting hit by the waves?

That sucks. Hopefully you don't lose to much dirt. It wouldn't be a bad idea to get some rock down first when you rebuild it up again.

Just something to make you think.
Carl, be sure to put the right seed down.  Some bright spark at our town council
decided to remove the natural vegetation on the housing side of the river
and plant kikiyu grass.  All very nice until the floods came!
The bank with the natural vegetation remained intact whilst the kikiyu'd
bank washed away and the river is now three meters wider!

Housing near the river's edge is now under threat! 

-- Edited by Johann65 on Monday 20th of April 2009 02:21:02 AM

Muskrat soup for supper tonight I guess. So far no raccoon for today though!

I called in to work for a couple of minutes today. Interesting. I was doing fine and after that conversation I was overcome with guilt about wanting to stay to make sure our home stays safe. I had been fine with it until now even though I know there will be plenty of talk about me being the only one missing. However, the rest of them live in areas a lot more secure. Not one of them is relying on the power staying on and the sewer pump to work to keep their basement dry.

I'll get over it. It's not like the company is paying me to sit at home. I punch a clock, so no work, no pay. The problem is, it's busy season. The agricultural side of our business covers an area a lot larger than the flood water is covering and the farmers outside of the flood are preparing to seed. They need me to be there.

Sorry, just some random thoughts! Needed to vent again...

I guess in my case it's more like muskrat dislike!!

On a more postive note, we picked up our new fridge today. I don't even know what brand it is....

Oh no, not dropping yet.

If you watch the national news they will say it is but that is in Winnipeg where the water is controlled by the floodway gates.

We have a week or so to go at peak still before we see a decline.

cdnpont wrote:

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Did wave action put the fridge there?

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that's leon's appliances natural disaster delivery method....

 

Hopefully no kids will be out in 5 feet of water so it should be safe for a bit!

Yes, it has floated in from somewhere. Remains to be seen where it's from though.

I will check Leon's. They likely sent it to the wrong address!

Amazingly enough, he somehow talked a farmer into driving his tractor through more than a 1/4 mile of water the next day to pull him out of there. If he hadn't, that thing would be totally under by now. I see it in his driveway. He told me he would be driving it two days later but I see that didn't happen. What a surprise............

Carl, do you wear any kind of survival suit beyond a PFD when your out on the "Lake"? It looks very cold and menacing. Even if you think you could touch bottom it still doesn't look to be a easy go if you capsized, would it?

Mark

I don't wear anything but a PFD. It is always on my mind that if I go in, I'm done. I haven't checked but they tell me the water is only a few degrees above freezing (I've felt it enough to know it sure is cold) so a man overboard would likely only be conscious a short time even if he could stand with his head above water. I've told many people the only reason I wear a PFD is so they can find my body easier if I go in. I seriously doubt it would save my life unless I was able to scramble to higher ground and call for help. Even then, help would have to come fast or hypothermia would likely claim me. Usually when I go out I drive parallel to the railway always thinking I would have more chance of survival if I could make it to the rails and stand up. They are in about 2 feet of water.

Vern

We have piped in water here since about 3 years ago. Before that we hauled to a cistern. The wells south from about Ste Agathe on the west side of the river are useless, pure salt water. In 1997 when we saw the bit flood coming I hauled in water to fill our 6400 gallon cistern to the brim so I would have had enough water to last me 3 or 4 months if needed. I also brought in about 75 litres of drinking water this time in preparation just in case the piped in water had issues.

Carl. i remember one time we pulled a guy who fell overboard in the north atlantic. he was curled up into a fetal position and was shivering uncontrollable after less then 5 min. he was fully dresses wearing a mustang survivor coat. one of the many reason that i have a hard time watching that farce called the titanic movie. as she wades down the flats wearing a night gown. stay safe carl.