I don't know if anyone in the US noticed, but in June there was crazy rain and flooding in Alberta, Canada. We happened to be there when it happened, and it actually started the day Eric got there, so Canada, you can blame Eric for bringing crappy Nebraska weather with him. It rained like crazy for over 48 hours. We woke up one morning and they had evacuated the campground by our cabin. Turns out it rained over 220 millimeters in 36 hours (yeah, I don't know what that means in
real terms either), which means it rained half of the YEARLY average in just over a day. There was flooding everywhere, and it even destroyed and entire town. CRAZY.
We were lucky to be in Mini-Versailles (my new name for the cabin) and stayed warm and dry, but by the end I think we were just on the verge of voting someone out of the cabin, hokey ceremony and all, just to alleviate the cabin fever.
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| We were on a walk when we saw this beautiful site across the lake. |
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| Ethan was a good sport about going on this long walk...of DEATH |
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| We ended up getting stuck under trees while literal sheets of rain came down. Eric had to drive over from the cabin just to rescue us. |
The change in the park was remarkable:
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| Little waterfalls came down ALL over. Even in the road. |
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| Cameron Falls before |
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| Looks more like Willy Wonka's waterfall, after |
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| The river from the falls to the lake, before |
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| After |
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| Red Rock canyon normally has a river actually flowing through it with deep parts throughout. Normally you can't make it anywhere near the top without getting soaking wet. |
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| When I went with the kids after there was so much silt and tiny rocks that had been brought down that there were just a few inches of water across the now flat bottom. |
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| Normally the waterfall is quite the site... |
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| Now the bottom is much higher and the waterfall is no more because... |
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| There is a hole punched in the back of the cavern from the force of the water. |
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| The wonderful slide we go down... |
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| Now merely a small dip into a tiny pool. |
On-the-bright-side the kids were able to go down the new, tiny water slide all by themselves.
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| or with a little help in Livi's case. |
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| All in all, I didn't suffer loosing my house, or worldly possessions, but we definitely lost something special in that flood. |
2 comments:
Oh man! I'm glad you got those before and after shots. You can really tell the difference. This makes me so sad! I hope it all goes away soon-ish. . . Erosion, do your thing!
The before & after pictures are really striking! And I laughed at the idea of Survivor, Waterton Park style.
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