When I arrived at the moor on Thursday, I was expecting to see some extra water on the river, but when I pulled up to the bridge I saw that the secondary forest was actually, now a part of the river. Our little six foot wide river had totally swelled past its banks and was now about 80 feet wide and had a flow across at least half of that! The ice sheets from one to three feet in depth and some as large as a hay wagon were spread across the land, into the forest and the noise from the flow was simply smashing! The next morning when I woke, I was drawn out to see where the banks were and was astonished to see that the river had again gone back to its normal place and was only faster than normal now. Amazing! The power of nature! The ice sheets left in place of the flood are totally astonishing!
February 17, 2009
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Wow. I see what you mean! Such volatility in a sometimes-small river.
Incredible picture provided in this post’s link.(Click “ice sheets” above, readers.) Loobie hasn’t one word of exaggeration.
Comment by prisonteacher — February 25, 2009 @ 11:59 pm |