#12: Newspaper Article

I blogged earlier about the flooding in Manitoba and its impact on the Canadian economy. Today the Toronto Star reported in the article, Water starting to recede in Winnipeg, that things are starting to look up. The article says “High water threatening some riverfront neighbourhoods in Winnipeg was expected to start receding Thursday – just hours after the city declared a state of emergency as a precaution.” This is great news for the people of Manitoba. I believe that the city and the people in that city grew very close during the dangerous time. The article confirms that by stating that “Hundreds of volunteers formed a human chain to heave sandbags to build up existing dikes.” It is good to see that even with all the hardships people are going through with the economy that they can still band together and help each other. It makes me wonder that if anything like that happened in this area how we as a community would handle it. It is also interesting to see that depending on where you live effects how the flooding affects you. “Depending on where you live, you are not impacted in any way, shape or form. For others, it's extremely terrifying to know that your home could be flooded. You watch the water rise. There are a lot of anxious moments right now,” said Mayor Sam Katz. So some parts of Manitoba are greatly affect while others are not touched, which is interesting to think about.