Martin Rehak isn’t quite sure what to make of it yet, as he sees some of the houseboats around him on Yellowknife Bay sitting on ground that’s normally underwater.
His own home is still afloat.
“I don’t know if it’s supposed to be concerning or not,” he said. “I mean, it’s different — but I don’t know if it is good or bad.”
“There’s at least two or three [houseboats] right now, I could think of off the top of my head, who normally would be floating but are sitting on the floor of the lake.”
According to the latest water monitoring report, issued by the territorial government last week, Great Slave Lake is the lowest it’s ever been recorded at this time of year. The low water means there are vast areas of exposed land in Yellowknife Bay that are typically underwater.
If the lake is drying up … the land is becoming bone dry and ready to burn in forest fires
None of this looking good
It’s May and northern Alberta and NWT is starting to burn … they are supposed to have a ton of spring run off to saturate the forest for a month or two and they had none of it.
Wait until June and July come around, we’re all going to be wearing post apocalyptic full facemasks with oxygen and buying bottles from the biggest corporations that we will have to pay to breathe enough air.
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If the lake is drying up … the land is becoming bone dry and ready to burn in forest fires
None of this looking good
It’s May and northern Alberta and NWT is starting to burn … they are supposed to have a ton of spring run off to saturate the forest for a month or two and they had none of it.
Wait until June and July come around, we’re all going to be wearing post apocalyptic full facemasks with oxygen and buying bottles from the biggest corporations that we will have to pay to breathe enough air.