Pray For The Dikes

I would be terrified if I was driving by and i knew that if a single part of the dike broke that i would be flooded and would probably drown. The brave city workers setting up the dies must be scared as well because if one worker messes up then they all are in danger of drowning from the litres upon litres that would be pouring onto the street.
Cam W

Free Pool

Imagine you get to go back to your home and you look in your basement and there is 2 feet of water how rattled would you be? I could not imagine the smell of the homes after the mould kicks in. I would be depressed if I saved my money to buy a house then it just gets flooded every year if you live by the flood zone and you have to repair it every year.
Cam W

Last weekend I went on a trip to Winnipeg and  when I went over the flood way I could not believe how much water there was in it! Also it was very windy thats day so there was white caps everywhere, it was quite a site to see. It looked so deep and we actually had a conversation in the car about how deep it must be. When I saw it I also thought that is what people backyards, streets and parks must look like! Hopefully the flood will be over soon so people wont have to deal with this anymore.
-brennan

I Thought Only In The Winter The Playground Closes

Just think not too long ago children were screaming with laughter but now all you here is the sigh of disbelief. This is where man and dog would probably play catch until they could barely stand but now all of the lost items that were buried in the ground in hopes somebody would find them now they are probably farther down than ever before.

Money gone to waste!!

This house is very nice I can't really tell because all the water is inside. The  house has a nice stuff... in the water most likely cost allot to those people and now it is all going to waste because you will need allot of money to fix the house up and get all new stuff to replace it. I would be so mad if that was my house because allot of people don't have that kind of money(Including me) to fix up my home every year that few years that it is going to happen. How would you  feel if you had to do fix your house up after the flood and you just did not have the money? That means after all of the damage is done you will need to  get another job just to get every thing done that needs to be done.

Ash

I Wanna Go To The (Skate) Water Park

I don't anyone will be shredding tonight or any other night for a long time at that matter. With this rate the whole skate park will be fully underwater in a matter of hours. People must be bummed out because of this because this was most likey like a billion (not really) peoples hang out where they could go to lose some steam, but now they are probably going back more steamed.

Lake?...I think not

I feel sorry for this kangaroo. The reason why is because this kangaroo is probably looking for his or her family and it cant because there is water all around him. The water is where it should not be because this is supose to be a flat surface in a hot area. If you think about all the water and the plants and animals it is killing you almost have to feel sorry for everything in the radius of the water flooding. It almost looks like a lake but really most of it is sand on a flat surface.
-Tristen.

Three little piggies and the big bad flood!!!!

When I saw these three little piggies I immediately thought, where are there owners??? Are they dead in there house?? Are they trying to save these little guys??? Or did they just completely abandon them them when they needed them the most?? All these thoughts just popped into my head at the same time. Many animals are losing there homes all because of the stupid floods. But what I'm also wondering is, how did the pigs get up on top of the piece of roof there on? I never knew pigs could swim and i don't think they were put up there. So many questions so little answers!!!

-Jason Wall   ;)

$$$ All about Money! $$

If Manitoba floods every year, causing flood damages, what is the point in living there?

I really dont see one, because I am pretty sure no one likes throwing money out the window, especially in todays economy. Maybe, these people live there because they have family, has sentimental value or other reasons. I really don think it would be the smartest place to live, because the cost of flooding is tons! I guess, if people like throwing there money away, its okay for them to live in a place like Manitoba.

~EmilyMary

How High is The Water?



Look at the water levels in the diagram above, man didnt the Great Flood of 1882 get the best of Brandon eh. Were lucky we dont leave somewhere, where it floods every year but most years its no this bad. But this year the flood is about as high as the The Great of 1882, but back then I dont think there was that much people. So the water didnt come as polluted as it is now because we have cars and more people which make more manuer, more car (which have gas and oil), and more garbage since we have factories that produce products. This flood is only off my like a meter of the flood of 1882 and they knew that there was going to be a flood this year, but they didnt know it was going to be this out of controll. Did they?

Riley

The Clean-up

Could you imagine being one of the many people who have to help clean up the mess this flood made!? like it goes through garbage dumps and it's all polluted and contaminated. Imagine how far it would spread because the water goes where ever it wants because it's so powerful, carrying all the garbage and pollution it picked up on it's way and spreading it into a bunch of water systems and polluting them also. Obviously, if you really think about it, these floods could be even worse than it is now and go into other water systems and maybe pollute a towns water like walkerton's tragedy. About the same thing could happen but hopefully the town's commitee would admit to the town's water being polluted/contaminated so that it doesn't kill people. But every year this happens, there's probably this big clean-up and it must be gross. I feel bad for the people who has to pick it all up.
-Wyatt :D

Every Year

Imagine having to deal with this flood every year without being able to completely save your home. I would not want to live any where near the river because the freezing water would come into your home every year. Imagine having to evacuate every single year or else you will be flooded and could be injured in your home.

I bet this is the happiest duck in the world with all the more swimmiing space but at the peoples home expense.

Cam W

Are we gonna learn anything?

All of us Canadians, espesially the one's around winnipeg, know that these big floods are gonna happen every year but it's it's always, "Oh my gosh the flood is coming the flood is coming!" and then everyone is freaking out and yet they could be A LOT more prepared for this flood every year. It's like they procrastinate this problem until it gets really big so that they get on the news or something. And another thing.... If people know that a big flood comes every year and it could get bigger and bigger every year.. why do they live in such an un-safe environment? Like, honestly, if your so scared of the flood and such, why don't you move away from there? How come so many people have lived there their whole lives and maybe they suffer all that money every year because of the yearly flood that they still can not control somehiw, with all the technology we have today they can't invent something amazing to stop it. But that's just my thoughts, I'm sure they have their reasons to do things.

-Wyatt

Floods Pollute Water Systems

Did you know floods don't just destroy homes and buildings, cover roads and stop people from getting where they want to go? They also pollute water systems. How you ask? Well, do you know what farmers have in their crops. Pesticides, and when the farm lands become flooded, all of the pesticides are in the water. Once the water flows back into large bodies of water all of the pesticides go with it. Once it enters the water systems all of the fish are living in the pesticides. Over time this could very well kill them. Although floods don't occur often in most places, the do happen. And we need to be prepared.
- Jenna

No Solution to the Pollution.

As the water runs through our parks, houses, companies and workplaces it drags somethign else along with it. Lets take a guess, shall we? Its gargbage and chemical floating amoungst the great body of water, but can we fix it? Can we filter it, use it, reuse it? The answer is no. When the water runs through a landfill or companies it's chemicals and pollutance densely corrupts the body of water from blue to brown. Event the farmers around manitoba have a great impact on the way the water turns for the worst, even small amounts of pesticide can do major damage. I wish we could reuse it, for our water is depleteing at an even more rapid pace then usual. The polluted water cannot be treated, for the chemicals churning inside may make people ill or cause disease. Also amoung the ranks is human and animal fecies and urine! How can you say.... Gross?
~krista...

A bit late don't you think?

This guy is a bit late to save his home by using sandbags. He looks like he is the average height and he has to use hip waders and carry the sand bag over his shoulder to get to where he wants to go. I am actually not sure if he is bringing the sand bag to his house or not but it sure looks like it.If he is he must have a long way to go unless there is a big hill right there. I wonder if he had the sands bags up by his house but then the current of the dikes carried them away and he is trying to get them back. But what ever he is still too late then. If I was him I would not even worry about them and leave them where they are. He does look pretty determined though so he must really want to save something that he has.

Remi

No more swimming for me :(

As you can see in the picture above, this poor dog can not get to his home anymore because the flood is in the way. He looks soooo sad! With his tail down and head down. It looks as though he tried to swim home because of his wet-looking fur but that might be just me. Imagine if you were the dog and you had no home to go to, would you be sad like him, or would you be the smart one to go try and find food?

-Wyatt

Imagine if this was your house being flooded, how would you feel? I would feel sad that everything I have .. went in the water. Things will start to feel different because the flood ruined the whole city / town. Where would you go if it got flooded? I would probably go to another place where my relatives are at. People buy a lot of sand bags to block the flood. That would cost more than 100 thousand dollars just to block the roads.

- Angel Mc.

Look A Rainbow!!!!

This is going to happen to Brandon because of all the cars that went under the water and the gas will soon leak out or if not it has already. The water in Brandon is going to be contaminated and theres nothing can really do about it exept sit back and watch the colors go down the river. Also there is going to all that sewage in the water and we cant really do anything about that either because theres is going to be lots of gas, oil, manure, and garbage in the lake and the garbage it still going to take long to clean up. So, everybody is pretty much going to have to sit back and watch pretty rainbows all day.


Riley

^ this is the floodgates in Louisiana of the raging waters of the Mississippi River

Thoudands upon thousands of homes are bieng destroyed because of the opening of the floodgates in Louisiana. Families are bieng forced from their homes only just to watch their whole life go down the drain.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/12/mississippi-river-flooding-photos-2011_n_861204.html
^ above is the link to a picture of what once was farming land but is now covered in water, accept for where the house is surrounded by sandbags. as you can also see water is seeping through the sandbags and throughout the yard.

Many people sre suffering through the devestation of losing their homes to water and this is a big deal all over the U.S. Many floods have started this year but from what I've seen, this is one of the worst.

~erin,