Manitobans brace for another wet weekend as communities ramp up flood preparation
CBC
Manitobans whose properties flooded last weekend are worried about what another storm will mean for their homes.
A third major low pressure system in as many weeks is set to bring more precipitation to southern Manitoba starting Friday.
That's bad news for residents like Barb Cieszynski, who is still cleaning up after water from the retention pond behind her Selkirk condo flooded into the basement.
She lives with her husband in a 55+ complex in the Creekside development in the city, which has walk-out basements and patio doors.
At one point, there were nine people with seven shop vacuums frantically trying to keep the water out of her home, but it was no use.
"I bet you we took 300 five-gallon pails out of here," she said.
But then, part of the wall next to the basement door started collapsing, and then it was no use.
"At that point, you kind of took a minute and felt like, this is all for naught. it's all going to go," she said.
"And then of course the tears started coming. My daughter said to me, 'It's OK mom, it's just stuff.' And she's very right. It's just stuff."
Selkirk Mayor Larry Johannson says no homes are in danger from the Red River rising, and that the city has drained the retention pond at the Creekside subdivision. The city will also have crews on standby over the weekend.
"I'm hoping that this weekend we're going to not have those torrential rains like we had. I'm crossing my fingers. But we've left everything in place. All our pumping is in place."
But Cieszynski says she and her husband aren't taking any chances, and have borrowed an extra water pump just in case.
People in other communities in Manitoba are watching the weather, and getting ready too.
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