Our flood situation - t&p wanted

sweetcanadian1979

I don't know if i made much mention but we are having the worst flood in 300 years. It has wiped out cabins, homes etc. The lakes & rivers can't handle the water and about a 500km area is affected right now. Tomorrow morning they have to break a dike and flood a 225km area and all those homes just to release some water before it bursts many dikes. I am safe they say, i am 3 miles west from the dike breach and they figure it will go south east. I am going to post a link with pics, i live by portage la prairie and brandon which keeps being mentioned in the article is 1 hr 15 mins west of me (i said 1hr 45 mins on my blog oops) this just goes to show you how big this problem is right now. 

In 4 days they have spent 70 mill fighting this and my community has donated thousands of dollars worth of food & supplies (gloves, shovels etc) for those sandbagging. It is getting doom time, we started out with 300 armed forces (i live ON an air base with the army base 45 mins away) we now have 1600 armed forces in the area and they have sent them from as far away as edmonton which is over 1000 miles away. They are not even letting the air force continue their training (my base trains air force pilots), they have closed the airways except for flood prep, they have to fly sandbags to some places and drop them because the roads are inaccessible so they are using the helicopters for that and keeping the planes grounded. I hear heli's all the time but today i have heard more than ever so that tells me they are doing a lot of work. 

This is the craziest disaster my community has faced since the cyclone in 1922 (we have had some nasty nasty blizzards but the inpact is nothing compared to this) The only good thing is that the community rallies together and most people (not everyone) does their part because in reality if we know each other or not we are all neighbors and it affects us all. We have been on edge for 4 days waiting to find out when/if they are breaching the dike, keep us in your prayers. 

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/multimedia/pov/Flood-Fight-2011-From-the-air-121787559.html

mary9449

Thoughts and prayers are with you in many ways! I hope for the best and that you and everyone stays safe! If you can, keep us posted so we know all is well. Good luck.

niecie_jeff

I am so sorry to hear this. You and your community will be in my prayers. Like Mary said, if you can please keep everyone updated and stay safe. 

diamondx423

I hope the predictions are right and the flooding doesn't go where you live. T&P

DrPB2b13

That really is crazy.  T&P's for you and your community; I hope the controlled breach tomorrow goes as planned.

sprtychick10

I am sorry to hear your community is going through this! T & P's going out to you and those you know. Please keep us updated.

MMRoberts11

T&P for you and your community.

maritimebride2012

B I was just listening to the news and was wondering if you were in the path.  I remember back in '95 or '96 going to volunteer to sandbag the Red, and I can't imagine the devastation since this time is so much worse. 

My T&P are definitely with the community and I hope tomorrow's plan helps.

TeamMoriarty

how awful to hear this.  i hope that tomorrow goes as planned and that everyone in your community continues to pull together.  our T & P are with you for sure.  keep us updated, please!

Carrie1208

T&P with you! Stay safe and keep us updated.

SSaltzman87

my thoughts are going out to you, stay safe!

sweetcanadian1979

Thanks guys, i heard there was a breach in a community that the soldiers have been trying so hard to save tonight (unconfirmed) and the helicopters are still flying overhead all night long so far so that just tells ya the severity and direness of the situation. 

Yes Amanda this time is sooooooooo much worse than that one, our spillway is pumping more than the red is, and the red is twice the size. Wpg will be fine thank god but this is going to be a billion or more dollar problem, they say 10 mill of crops destroyed at least. it is insane. 

SoSaysTara

Oh wow.. that is all so terrible!  I hope your home is safe.  Best of luck to you.   Many t&ps coming your way!

sweetcanadian1979

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/05/14/mb-dike-breach-assiniboine-flood-manitoba.html

It's begun,  i did NOT sleep one bit last night waiting for this, let's hope they can control it as they think they can. Navy is here, 4 helis at all times in air, 1 aurora that carries missles (in case of terrorists, they like to take advantage i guess, not sure) this is scary but i will be ok, neighbors won't be.

courtneyclare103

Prayers your way. I live in Louisiana along the Mississippi River and I'm getting really nervous about our situation here.

sweetcanadian1979

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_flood-situation-tp-wanted?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:010230ea-20d2-4010-a623-f60846ebaee4Post:bd3b2c9e-2ec2-413c-9998-5e8bdd63aec9">Re: Our flood situation - t&p wanted</a>:
[QUOTE]Prayers your way. I live in Louisiana along the Mississippi River and I'm getting really nervous about our situation here.
Posted by courtneyclare103[/QUOTE]

<div>I heard about that, they are breaching the spillway over there too. Are you close to the water?</div>

midgetthemighty

T&P's with you and community.

michellep1

I'm so sorry to hear about all this.  My T&P go out to you and your community.

courtneyclare103

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_flood-situation-tp-wanted?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:010230ea-20d2-4010-a623-f60846ebaee4Post:97c6a356-20e4-4d99-b31a-60b41413ff4f">Re: Our flood situation - t&p wanted</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Our flood situation - t&p wanted : I heard about that, they are breaching the spillway over there too. Are you close to the water?
Posted by sweetcanadian1979[/QUOTE]

I live about two miles from the MS River. Growing up I lived less than half a mile from the river on one side and about a mile from the Gulf of Mexico on the other, and we pretty much got slammed during Katrina by a 25 ft giant wall of water. I think we'll be okay where I am, but the uncertainty is making me a bit nervous. I love living by the water though, even after everything I've been through. It can be so peaceful.

I really hope everything works out for your community. I'll be thinking about you.

DrPB2b13

Courtney, I've been reading up on the various things being done down in LA for the flood all week.  T&Ps with you, as well; I hope you at least come out relatively unaffected.

TeamMoriarty

courtney- FI and i were just talking about that last night.  t & p with you as well.  both of you continue to let us know how things are going please!  hope all is safe with you both

sweetcanadian1979

you will have to keep us updated on you as well courtney. They cut the road and are now flooding and i hear they are cutting another road now to let the water out further downstream. Will have to see, that one won't affect us at all. We FINALLY have nice weather so this just seems surreal, how can you be flooding when it is 20 above and sunny. First nice weather we got this year. 

Melissa603

T&P are with you