#5: Newspaper Articles

So its been a long time, but I am back. So lots has been going on in the news and the world. There is always articles about another company going bankrupt or laying off more people; the reccesion is affecting everyone in some way. Its pretty much all we talk about in all our classes, so for this write up I have decided to read about something a little different. The article Manitoba town fears worst actually has nothing to do with layoffs or people having no money. Its about the potential flooding they are facing. The first sentence in the article says “The mayor of a Manitoba town says he's bracing for the "worst two weeks" in the community's history as ice-clogged culverts, ice jams and the rising Red River threaten dozens of homes.” Now not only do these people have to worry about losing their homes because of money troubles, but they have to worry about physically losing there homes to a flood. The people of Manitoba have been trying to break up the ice, but it seems that by the time they have made progress at one point the ice has resettled in another area. Already 40 homes have been evactuated and another 100 people have been up on alert. This effects us because the economy is so fragile right now, and any problem in any part of Canada could greatly effect us all. I luckily have no family out there to worry about, but I feel for the people who do.