2005/07/18
ME fail English? ...that's unpossible.
We were out at the lake when the storm hit Winnipeg (see entry below). We had no clue as to what had taken place in the city. Out at Gimli on the lake we had rain in the range of 40 - 50 mms but no damage by the wind. Meanwhile over Saturday night in Winnipeg there was widespread damage, downed power lines, uprooted trees, etc. The winds were in the 100 to 110 KM/hr range, and in the St. Vital (southeast Wpg) area 90 - 100 mms of rain fell. Most damage was from the wind and that occured mostly in the Maples, St. James and West and East St. Paul, and St. Boniface. Some streets were made immpassable because of felled trees and power poles. A sort of mini hurricane. There was not as much as a turned over patio table at our place. Some houses had storm drain backups but our area was fine. There is a couple of large retention ponds up on Bishop Grandin and that helps store the excess water during a storm such as this. In the areas where basements flooded there was electrical outages and the citys pumps shut down.
Well, this summer has been interspersed with blazing heat and stunning thunderstorms. Is the world coming to an end?....I'll keep you posted.
Peace
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We were out at the lake when the storm hit Winnipeg (see entry below). We had no clue as to what had taken place in the city. Out at Gimli on the lake we had rain in the range of 40 - 50 mms but no damage by the wind. Meanwhile over Saturday night in Winnipeg there was widespread damage, downed power lines, uprooted trees, etc. The winds were in the 100 to 110 KM/hr range, and in the St. Vital (southeast Wpg) area 90 - 100 mms of rain fell. Most damage was from the wind and that occured mostly in the Maples, St. James and West and East St. Paul, and St. Boniface. Some streets were made immpassable because of felled trees and power poles. A sort of mini hurricane. There was not as much as a turned over patio table at our place. Some houses had storm drain backups but our area was fine. There is a couple of large retention ponds up on Bishop Grandin and that helps store the excess water during a storm such as this. In the areas where basements flooded there was electrical outages and the citys pumps shut down.
Well, this summer has been interspersed with blazing heat and stunning thunderstorms. Is the world coming to an end?....I'll keep you posted.
Peace
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