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Thread #112011   Message #2365839
Posted By: Bee
14-Jun-08 - 12:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: Floods in Iowa/Other US Midwest States
Subject: RE: BS: Floods in Iowa/Other US Midwest States
Hope everyone there stays safe. There has been a lot of coverage on Canadian television of these massive floods.

Related is that some locals here in Nova Scotia are quite angry with our national media and their local affiliates (CBC, CTV, etc.) because while we see lots of 'human interest' stories about these US floods, which granted affect a lot more people, the 10km by 2+km fire burning out of control here since yesterday has had minimal coverage until this afternoon, and media still is full of conflicting info and lack of up to date content. Over 3000 people have been evacuated, many left pets behind, roads are closed, water bombers have been called in, homes have been destroyed (no one knows how many or which homes), power is out in many areas. I am about 15km east of this fire, and had no power for seven hours yesterday, and may lose it again.