Taylorton Bridge No Longer Under Water

A day makes a difference.  The Souris water level has dropped a couple of feet in the past 24 hours. 

Here is Taylorton Bridge as of this afternoon

River is still high

Lovely blue sky and puffy clouds

Tracks in the silt on the washed-over road.  Mink, I think

Not quite idyllic, but getting better.....

(As always, click on pix to enlarge, if you want to)

Estevan Area Flooding - Roche Percee

More photos from our local flooding disaster going on - from the Roche Percee and Shand areas.  I'll return to the regular birdy sort of blogging soon.  Meanwhile, I guess I'm as mesmerized by the water levels in the Souris as anyone.  Some people who read this blog are originally from this part of Saskatchewan, now living far away.  So this is what is going on 'around home'.

Old concrete bridge at Roche Percee  (as always, click on pic to enlarge, if you want to)

In Roche Percee

A couple of dogs sloshing along their road

Pallets of sandbags at the ready

Where Short Creek pours into the Souris, just west of Roche Percee

Upstream side

This is the Souris crossing south of Shand Power Plant.  There are two super huge steel culverts under the road (both of which are underwater)

Upstream whirlpools where water is sucking through the culverts

Downstream eddies and currents

Along the road south side of river, still south of Shand

Later, I will post some 'before' photos of some of these places, if I can find them.