IN WHICH THINGS ARE NOT SO "NORMAL"

WELL.

No flooding in River City. Things are a bit cleaner, for all the rain.

But continuing rain and soggy soil does lead to other things. Like soil erosion. And riverbank cave-ins.  

 These happened in roughly the same locations as the land slides about a year ago. People put enormous houses on the crest of the riverbank; the weight of the houses plus lots of water, have loosened the land and we got — landslide! Some of this is only a building or two from where we live. 

Fortunately, when the building of this apartment was done, lots of shoring was arranged for the riverbank. I don't think our building is about to move. Anywhere.  

Meanwhile, where the city removed one span of the Traffic Bridge, it thought it would seed the riverbank, in order to help it stay firm. Sadly, heavy rains have cut through some of the area — here are huge gullies in the land which has been seeded. 

But some things carry on. A Robin keeps watch from a very effective sort of sentry post.

And this just in . . . 

The City of Saskatoon issued a recommendation for residents of eight properties along 11th Street and Saskatchewan Crescent to voluntarily evacuate. The City has been monitoring a slope failure between the two streets since June 25 and is concerned over recent results showing approximately one metre of lateral movement since June 25 and a recent daily average movement of three centimetres.

I guess the landslide must be getting serious, or more serious. Or something. Fortunately, we're not included in this recommendation. Which is good.

Blessings and Bear hugs, folks.