Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Under the ice

Re. yesterday's post, "How do you know," says my husband, "that the water is rushing along under there where you can't see it?"

Rideau River at the Hog's Back Falls, January 2011
"You can tell from where it breaks through," I remind him, "at the waterfalls."

Actually there's not as much water in the rivers as normal, this winter. Precipitation levels have been low and if this trend continues there'll be the same worries next summer as in 2010.

1 comment:

  1. Quite bemused by Natasha Wilson's choice of metaphor in the news story!

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