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River levels to recede in days; WORST SHOULD BE OVER WITH

River levels to recede in days; WORST SHOULD BE OVER WITH

by TREVOR TERFLOTH WITH FILES FROM ERICA BAJER, BOBBOUGHNER, ROBERTSON SAID THE NORTH BRANCHOF THE THAMES RIVER PASTLONDONEXPERIENCED A LOT OF SNOW, FOLLOWEDBY RAINTHE WATER RECEDESA LITTLE FASTERTHAN IT RISES, HE SAID IT WILL BEA COUPLE OF DAYSBEFORE IT'S OFF THEPARKING LOTSLEO DENYS, CHATHAM-KENT'SGENERALMANAGER OF INFRASTRUCTURE ANDENGINEERING, SAID THEMUNICIPALITYIS ALSO KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THEFLOOD WATERSROBERTSONSAID THAT BECAUSE OFTHE HIGH WATER LEVELS, THE DAM ONMCGREGOR'SCREEK WAS CLOSED TUESDAYAND PUMPING OPERATIONS WEREINITIATEDHE SAIDTHAT BY CLOSING THE FLOODGATES, STARTING UP THE PUMPS,IT PREVENTSWATER FROM BACKING UPMCGREGOR'S CREEK INTO THE SOUTHCHATHAMAREADENYS SAID IT'S NOT UNCOMMONFOR THE DAM TO BE USEDIT'SUNCOMMON FOR THIS TIME OFYEAR THIS IS MORE TYPICAL FOR WHATWE SEEIN THE SPRING THAW, HEADDEDROBERTSON SAID CHILDREN SHOULDNOT PLAYALONG THE RIVERBANKS ANDBOATERS SHOULD AVOID THE RIVER DUETO THETURBULENT FLOWHE RECOMMENDED THAT MOTORISTSALSO EXERCISECAUTIONIF WATER IS FLOWING IN A FLOODEDAREA, YOU SHOULD NOT DRIVEON IT,HE SAID IT'S HARD TO TELL HOW DEEPTHE WATER IS, IF THEWATER IS MORETHAN EIGHT TO 10 INCHES DEEP, YOURCAR BECOMES AFLOATATION DEVICEALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE ELEVATEDAND YOU HAVE NOTRACTIONBRAKES ALSO DON'T WORK PROPERLYAFTER DRIVING THROUGH THEFLOOD,ROBERTSON SAIDBRIAN MCDOUGALL, OF THE ST CLAIRCONSERVATIONAUTHORITY, SAID THESYDENHAM RIVER PEAKED EARLIER THISWEEKWE'RE ONTHE DOWNWARD TRENDAND IN GOOD SHAPE AT THIS POINT,HE SAIDYESTERDAY I WOULD SAY WEWILL BE BACK NEAR NORMAL WATER LEVELSEVENDURING THE DAY AS EARLY ASTODAYMCDOUGALL SAID LEVELS DON'TRECEDETODAY, IT WOULD LIKELY HAPPENDURING THE WEEKENDHE SAID THE RECENTFLOODING, WHILESIGNIFICANT, HELPED LESSEN THE RISK OFANOTHEROCCURRENCEWE'VE TOOK ALL THAT VERY WETSNOW WE'VE HAD ON THESURFACE,MELTED IT, GOT IT INTO THE SYSTEMAND FLUSHED IT THROUGH,MCDOUGALLSAID WE'VE GOT SOME SNOW BACK,BUT WE'RE INSIGNIFICANTLY BETTERSHAPE THAN WE WERE BEFORE FROM AFLOOD THREAT
Published in Chatham daily news (02.01.2009)
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Immigration Justice

Immigration Justice

by Higgins, Peter
Year of Publication 23.08.2013

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