The rain stopped and the sunshine finally returned this afternoon- but the river is running fast and high... and hrmmmmphhh the forecast is for gale force winds tomorrow.
Andrew it looks kind of grey in this photo- but it is more a dirty brown colour. It is always brown but is carrying a huge amount of sediment and logs and trees with this heavy rain. I never quite understand why the brown colour rather than clear as in the east coast of the South Island. Michèle, hopefully we won't get floods. The river gets this high a couple of times a year perhaps- and it has nothing to do with snow melt- purely the amount of rain we had.
The water is grey. I remember learning why the Fox? River runs grey, but I forget now. Is it fine sediment?
ReplyDeleteWell let's hope you don't have the flooding that Québec had last Spring with the Richelieu River.
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Andrew it looks kind of grey in this photo- but it is more a dirty brown colour. It is always brown but is carrying a huge amount of sediment and logs and trees with this heavy rain. I never quite understand why the brown colour rather than clear as in the east coast of the South Island. Michèle, hopefully we won't get floods. The river gets this high a couple of times a year perhaps- and it has nothing to do with snow melt- purely the amount of rain we had.
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