The raindrops were the biggest she’d ever seen. On the desert part of the Canadian prairie, the soil contains a lot of clay, and will only absorb a small amount of water, and that very slowly.
Calyn knew they had an hour or perhaps two at the most, to get the dog, cat, rabbit, gerbil, hamster, and the two children who loved their pets into the car and up to higher ground before their basement suite flooded.
As the family headed for the Cypress Hills, the overloaded car had to pass through a low spot in the road. Would it stall in what looked like a water-filled trench? Calyn gripped the wheel and stepped on the gas.
News reporter Peter Halliday was the first to interview survivors after The Flood of ’09, and his book reveals culpability in everyone from the Harper government on down. In bookstores next week.
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14 comments:
I do hope this is fiction! Floods are awful, scary things. You've set the stage for a nail-biter here.
I love your pics of Lindy! Every time I come to your blog seeing her happy face makes me smile. She is obviously a waggy-tail!
It does look like an awful lot of rain coming down... This has the makings of a fine historical novel!
Great job! It's never wise to drive through standing water...what happened to them.
You need to finish the story!
Obviously some political chacanery here! Eminently readable.
Sometimes I see rain like that here in the desert... it scares me because it rains so hard that the ground can't absorb it and the water comes up to my door step. Then it stops raining and slowly the water retreats... somewhere...
Kiss Lindy's nose for me!
Love and Light
Rainey
I'm always concerned about the poor animals and people that suffering with floods.It's terrible.
Great post, and your picture is brilliant!
Léia
I've experienced high water in the desert of Tucson and surrounding areas...so, this blurb brought back to mind some terror in the wrath of nature.
Happy Friday to you.
RAIN SCENTS
Kay, this is really good. You have my interest, and I'd love to find out how that flood effected everybody. Way to go!
Kathy M.
Looks like a book full of real life drama...and I hate the thoughts of high water so it would be a thriller too!
That's what I almost had yesterday on my journey back to Brussels !
Couldn't stop in London it rained cats and dogs !
I met Janice from Jabblog, it was real nice ! too short ...
You set a chilling stage for me because I could relate to all of that--the mom just trying to take care of her children and pets. Even taking that little risk even though we all know not to drive in standing water, but what is she to do? And then to leave us hanging about what happened! Mean, but ever so effective! ;)
I have a mental picture of a dramatic helicopter rescue of a stricken family swept down river by a rising flood. Will the animals make it too?
As a civil engineer, I know just how difficult it is to deal with floods, let alone when politicians stick their oar in (so to speak!)
Thanks for your visit - I always appreciate them :) I managed to borrow a computer with a mouse - phew!
Well done, Kay...entirely believable! I was wishing the young family secure passage to safety, complete with their menagerie, and would love to read the news reporter's take on the floods.
But I was confused about the last paragraph; Harper...culpable...how can that be...LOL?!
I always look forward to your take on these tales...:)
Lynette
Sounds like a harrowing tale! It may be fiction, but it appears to be based on reality. Scary.
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