After the Flooding
The Tay River flows through Perth, winding its way through town, except after this last rain. The Tay splits around Haggart Isl., we took Yam to visit: Yam's Visit to Southeastern Ontario.
The grass is gone, and they are trying to keep the soil intact! We had 100+ mm rain in October, over three days! The Tay is a pretty river, that wends its way around the town. They closed the foot bridge, too. I wonder what the people who live on this island did! There is a heritage home.
More rain on Sunday...Nov. 5th, we went back. It's down a tad, but not enough.
The 'Before' Photos
The photos below are from Sept., 2016 => Dry Stone Legacy Bridge in Perth, after the bridge was first completed. The grass is gone. The water still quite high. It was Nov. 2015 it was refurbished. Haggart Isl. Dam and Bridge repair on the Tay River
Then, back in May, it was a mess with the spring melt, and the heavy rains. This is highly unusual for Perth! It's not as bad as May, see below, but I'm glad the bridge was untouched.
The power of the water is amazing.
Perth Dry Stone Bridge from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
5 comments:
So this is just on the edge of the park? I am not sure that I remember it. Of course, that's not saying a lot. :)
Holy cow, how did this not make the news?
Very high water levels! We still need a couple of weeks of dry weather after the summer we've had.
That's some serious flooding. We are dry but we could never tolerate that much rain as the subsoil is clay and the land is flat.
Mother Nature has been going wacky. Hope it all settles down for you soon.
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