The people at the top of the line, the ones closest to the vendor's entrance, can't really see what is happening at the water's edge. It's organized, with sheets of plastic layering each level, but woefully shy of the orange ribbon tied to the pier, the marker the city put up to indicate how high the dike should be. [Don Matthews] says he's not surprised that so many strangers have come out to save his business. Back in '97, his company shut down for a couple of days so people could go sandbag. It's a Winnipeg thing, he says. I'm glad they're here," he says. "But we help each other in this city.
[...] 25 teams showed up for this weekend's games, and only two pulled out. Tony Lenchyshyn of Steinbach and Bob Welsh of Oak Bank, who both had sons playing in the tournament, said they struggled with the ethical question of whether the city needed a hockey tournament as it faced a flood.
Highway 75 will close near morris Manitoba highways information manager Neil Gobelle said Highway 75 will close at Morris as early as this weekend depending on how quickly the Red and Morris Rivers rise. Boil water advisory Executive director of Manitoba Water Stewardship Steve Topping said it's just a precautionary measure, but health officials say people living in flood-prone areas, who have their own wells, should boil drinking water.
[...] city officials said at this morning's flood briefing that they are not expecting "an alarming increase" for the river as it heads towards its peak level. First Street North is still closed.
Theo Sabourin, [Luc Sabourin]'s brother and next door neighbour, was also evacuated. But he returned the next day and wouldn't leave after that. He said RCMP had agreed to check on his pumps and didn't. "I told them I'm going back no matter what you say. Very dangerous, yeah, but we have people who have lived here for how many years and have been through how many floods?" said [Martens], who could probably be a Don Cherry stand-in with his fondness for straight talk. "And people sitting in the head offices in Winnipeg didn't have the foggiest clue what was happening out here, and had no experience, and they're telling us where to go and what to do. That is wrong." "Our commerce did not notice there was a flood last year," said reeve Herm Martens. "I think it's really something when yo...
If your yard slopes, use larger boards -- 2x8, 2x10 or 2x12 -- to build your rink's walls, as they'll help corral the water filling the depressions. Most home rinks, however, use 2x6 planks, Jay Kent, a Home Depot carpenter said. To begin, evenly spray one centimetre worth of water over the tarp. Let it freeze and repeat this process until it's five centimeters thick. By attaching a hose to an indoor hot water tap you can use warm water, which gives the best results. If you flood it too fast, the ice doesn't bond and it will flake off in chunks, called "shalling. To maintain your rink, scrape the surface once or twice a week with a flat bottom shovel and evenly spray some warm water on top. If a hole develops, pack snow into it, smooth its surface with a puck, then add a dose of water....
That's about two weeks earlier and 1 to 11/2 feet higher than last week's crest prediction, [Dennis Walaker] said, calling the shorter preparation time a "huge, huge, huge issue. Meanwhile, A "massive effort" to fill and stack more than a million sandbags in backyards and atop earthen dikes gets underway today as Fargo braces for the flood. It's going to be a massive effort to protect the city to 40 feet," said Walaker.
The biggest concern for producers is to have plans to move grain, cattle and other livestock, feed and hay moved to higher ground before overland flooding covers low-lying land , said Peter Reimer, the emergency co-ordinator for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. Producers can assist with the flood protection planning strategy by completing a premises identification application and filing it with MAFRI.
It's all just been upgraded," he says. "The kitchen flooring is a high-grade vinyl that replicates the ceramic look, and its beige tones and great texture blend nicely with the oak cabinetry and trim. All the carpet in the family room is also new. It's a beige-coloured short shag called Frieze, and it will last forever. There are also new hardwood floors in the living and dining room. All the flooring choices combine with the neutral decor to create an interior that I refer to as 'understated elegance.' "The home has worked very well for us. On the one hand, we're separated enough from the city that it's very quiet, and there's no traffic," he says. "At the same time, Fort Richmond Shopping Centre is only two or three minutes away, and you're close to the University of Manitoba and all...
...We never saw any flood water during the 1997 flood.". MacAngus says that ...
[...] at 359.65 metres, it's finally a single centimetre below the old record, set in 1923.
... mayor Shari Decter Hirst at this morning's flood briefing. "Unfortunately there's not much more we ...
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