rjd75 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 What is everyone's take on these flooding issues. I don't particularly remember this to be some kind of Noah's Arc spring for rain and not for snow either. Certainly have seen worse in terms of rain fall and snow fall. So what gives? I can only assume this is some kind of man made mishandling of the water system being blamed on climate change, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04nightfire Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 One mayor said it was doug fords fault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjd75 Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 I was waiting for Fail to say that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin george Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 The Burnt River had gone up 10ft and is now receding. The Gull River not so much. It's going to rise more once the ice melts on the lakes and the snow melts in the bush. It's bad up there and the rain isn't helping much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1trailmaker Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Can't be mismanagement with these results, you can't make lake Ontario rise like that without the massive amounts of rain/water. So its not Doug's fault lol frozen ground with tons of snow on it, with rain dumps of 40mm every other day, melts too fast and can't soak in the ground. Its a pretty wet year with low temps and no sun..... The melt down this year seemed to be from Barrie to North Bay all at the same time period. Makes for alot of water all at once. Pretty hard to sell a place that floods out every other year, I feel for these people on the River Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskoka1 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Been on Lake Muskoka for 65 years. Lake was not drawn down as low as last year with a lot more snow pack to the north. Was in Abitibi/Temiskaming P.Q. in Feb.-headwaters of the Ottawa-way more snow than normal. Dams are a human construct controlled by humans-errors made! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Muskoka1 said: Been on Lake Muskoka for 65 years. Lake was not drawn down as low as last year with a lot more snow pack to the north. Was in Abitibi/Temiskaming P.Q. in Feb.-headwaters of the Ottawa-way more snow than normal. Dams are a human construct controlled by humans-errors made! There was talk of mismanagement/incompetence with regards to the locks, etc, but I don't personally know. My SIL recently said Rice Lake was way down? Where my trailer is in Marmora on Crowe lake, the water has crested and has entered the park somewhat again. It's not to 2013 levels but according to the park owner, they effed up yet again? Lots of snow this year and lots of rain currently so I am not surprised by any of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04nightfire Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 In February they opened lock 42 to drain down Couchiching and simcoe. Worked well as those lakes just reached their normal levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Rookies... Global Warming caused an earlier than normal start to winter which had below average temperature, above average snowfall and a longer than average season. Nights were still below 0 right up until 3 days of rain. Canadian Shield has very little soil to absorb rain and what there is was still full of frost. Ponds and swamps still ice covered and full as well. We had very few thaws all winter and the water content in the snow was very high when the fast thaw hit... the granuals of ice pellets in the snow pack were huge. I got off the lake with tons of ice left knowing it was going to flood up fast and wreck the shore access but yes I think it should have been let down lower and sooner. Weslemkoon was drained 1 log lower than normal but it didn't help, the lake went up 5ft in 5 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, Tinker said: Rookies... Global Warming caused an earlier than normal start to winter which had below average temperature, above average snowfall and a longer than average season. Nights were still below 0 right up until 3 days of rain. Canadian Shield has very little soil to absorb rain and what there is was still full of frost. Ponds and swamps still ice covered and full as well. We had very few thaws all winter and the water content in the snow was very high when the fast thaw hit... the granuals of ice pellets in the snow pack were huge. I got off the lake with tons of ice left knowing it was going to flood up fast and wreck the shore access but yes I think it should have been let down lower and sooner. Weslemkoon was drained 1 log lower than normal but it didn't help, the lake went up 5ft in 5 days Denier, racist and antivaxer!! How dare you not believe these floods were caused by man made global warming!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 11 minutes ago, Tinker said: Rookies... Global Warming caused an earlier than normal start to winter which had below average temperature, above average snowfall and a longer than average season. Nights were still below 0 right up until 3 days of rain. Canadian Shield has very little soil to absorb rain and what there is was still full of frost. Ponds and swamps still ice covered and full as well. We had very few thaws all winter and the water content in the snow was very high when the fast thaw hit... the granuals of ice pellets in the snow pack were huge. I got off the lake with tons of ice left knowing it was going to flood up fast and wreck the shore access but yes I think it should have been let down lower and sooner. Weslemkoon was drained 1 log lower than normal but it didn't help, the lake went up 5ft in 5 days Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskoka1 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 11 hours ago, Muskoka1 said: Been on Lake Muskoka for 65 years. Lake was not drawn down as low as last year with a lot more snow pack to the north. Was in Abitibi/Temiskaming P.Q. in Feb.-headwaters of the Ottawa-way more snow than normal. Dams are a human construct controlled by humans-errors made! Also in the case of Lake Muskoka the stop logs @ Bala weren't pulled quickly enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfish Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 9 hours ago, irv said: There was talk of mismanagement/incompetence with regards to the locks, etc, but I don't personally know. My SIL recently said Rice Lake was way down? Where my trailer is in Marmora on Crowe lake, the water has crested and has entered the park somewhat again. It's not to 2013 levels but according to the park owner, they effed up yet again? Lots of snow this year and lots of rain currently so I am not surprised by any of it. Rice lake was down about two weeks ago, dry land for about 10 feet around my dock. Today the water is almost over the dock (2 feet above normal water level) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 6 hours ago, Bigfish said: Rice lake was down about two weeks ago, dry land for about 10 feet around my dock. Today the water is almost over the dock (2 feet above normal water level) Figured it was only a matter of time before it did but I was surprised to hear, when my SIL told me, that it was as low as it was considering the amount of flooding that was going on elsewhere. I found out today Crowe lake is finally receding so I assume they are letting more water out than they originally were? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) 20 hours ago, irv said: There was talk of mismanagement/incompetence with regards to the locks, etc, but I don't personally know. My SIL recently said Rice Lake was way down? Where my trailer is in Marmora on Crowe lake, the water has crested and has entered the park somewhat again. It's not to 2013 levels but according to the park owner, they effed up yet again? Lots of snow this year and lots of rain currently so I am not surprised by any of it. Yup it's MNR fucking everything up all the old timers that knew how it was done for years all retired and the hippy tree hugging faggots think they know better than the old ways and they are complete fuck ups Edited May 3, 2019 by Momorider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Momorider said: Yup it's MNR fucking everything up all the old timers that knew how it was done for years all retired and the hippy tree hugging faggots think they know better than the old ways and they are complete fuck ups I can relate! Lots of knowledge left the last few years and not once were any of the new guys brought in to shadow/learn from them. It was basically out with the old and in with the new, we know everything types. What a mess! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin george Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Large cottage for sale! Cottage comes with a moat, wet bar, water view from every room and good fishing from the porch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 our larson bowrider is going to need a new starter motor in the next few weeks. Sitting in the boat house on muskoka with the hull plugs out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskoka1 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 13 hours ago, Tommy said: our larson bowrider is going to need a new starter motor in the next few weeks. Sitting in the boat house on muskoka with the hull plugs out Prob. better than rammed up thru the roof! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 11 hours ago, Muskoka1 said: Prob. better than rammed up thru the roof! Definitely is best case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sksman Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 On 5/3/2019 at 9:15 AM, Tommy said: our larson bowrider is going to need a new starter motor in the next few weeks. Sitting in the boat house on muskoka with the hull plugs out How high was the water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskoka1 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 35 minutes ago, Sksman said: How high was the water? Approx. 31/2 feet above normal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poncho Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Takeoff, east direction, runway 12, from Orillia today. My prior Landing was toward the west, runway 30, I didn’t have the camera ready for landing, too bad it looked more impressive. Here are a couple during departure, engine failure was no option..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1trailmaker Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 nice pic poncho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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