Talk about your maritime cultural landscapes!

[elanya]

Up north, where I am from, we had a helluva lotta snow. And now, it is melting. And Fredericton, my home city, is experiencing one of the worst floods in recent memory, which may top the record set in 197....8 I think? maybe 3?

Anyway, there are some images of non-flooded fredericton downtown in this old facebook holiday album

Here is a news story with images for comparison. Right now the waters are 8.3 m above the river banks and may go as much as 8.6!

Fredericton is a lovely city but the fact that both the library and the art gallery are right by the river worries me a bit in time like this. I know that emergency services have been on high alert and active where need. fritzleonardt 's road has been closed and they're shutting off power to his area soon... And to a lot of places downtown.

ETA: Someone's flickr set of the flood from 4 days ago

more recent flickr set

Anyway. Be safe, Fredericton! And everyone else on the river D:

Comments

Anyone want some surplus water? O_O

[3headedmonkey.livejournal.com]

please send sponges and any other absorbent materials to Fredericton NB

PLEASE!!

[roshatheundying.livejournal.com]

So, you're studying old ships, I need design schematics for an Ark... this old doing it by eye leveling and gut instinct isn't working, I stopped to try and get the lion and zebra to breed, must have striped lions in the new world.

Ah well, I'm all on my island again, had one in 2005, this time it comes with the sounds of rushing waterfalls (in the basement), and a gentle hum of sump pumps.

Fun fun, or as Fred says Glub Glub!

[elanya.livejournal.com]

Yeek! Stay dry :o

Alas they never did manage to take the lines for the ark - I guess the trip back up mount Ararat was a bit too much of a hike for the biblical shipwrights ;p

[rumor-esq.livejournal.com]

"Up north"? You mean, relative to your current location? :P Because otherwise, I don't count that as north!

[elanya.livejournal.com]

Yes relative ;p It's pretty frickin' North from where I'm sitting!

[rumor-esq.livejournal.com]

Anyway, why worry, everyone in Fred knows how to use a canoe, right? :P