More Rain and Flooding and Wind

After the spring flooding this year we have continued to get more rain.  Thursday night and Friday central and southern Saskatchewan got 50 to 75 mm ( 2" to 3") more rain and more flooding.  Many areas in southeast Saskatchewan that were disaster areas already are now in a state of emergency.

 

We took this picture of flooding in the fields near Midale on May 23 when we were heading south on our trip to the US.  Water was flooding the fields all the way south to the US.   So the rain this weekend further worsened the flooding problems in the area since the spring. 
 
We did not see much farming happening in either southeast Saskatchewan or in the midwest US.  All we saw turning in the fields were wind turbines.  There were wind turbines in all the midwest states for mile after mile in the fields.  Wind is certainly an abundant resource in southern Saskatchewan and the midwest US.  But we need some drying winds with sunshine to get the farmers back on the land. 

When we were traveling in the midwest US the water was flooding the low areas and up to the edges of the roads in many places.    We follow the Missouri River  all the way down on our trip from North Dakota to Missouri and we crossed it several times.  It was very high with adjacent valley areas flooded. 

One evening Elaine and Lisa rode about 6 miles on a bike path (see inset in the picture below) along the Missouri River starting at Washington Missouri.   Darlene and I sat on a bench looking at the river and visited and I took some pictures.  The river was very high and flowing very fast.  

 

The bike path was partly flooded as seen ahead of them in the picture above.  The river is quite wide and the trees on the other side are farther away than it appears in the picture due to dim lighting near sunset.   You can get an idea of the width of the river by the bridge in the distance in the upper picture. 
  
Meanwhile back at home this evening it is still raining ...