Freddy Beach is Sinking and I Don’t Want to Swim

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My hometown of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada has been flooded…BIG TIME. With a higher than average snowfall, rapid melt, and a torrential downpour upstream, the Saint John River overflowed its banks.

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The devastation is widespread, damage will be in the millions of dollars, thousands of people will be displaced, and the clean up will be a long drawn out process.

At time of writing, the river has crested here, but downstream is getting it far worse than us tonight. The military has been called in, aiding in the rescue of people that were too stubborn to head the warning of authorities. There have been over 135 people rescued thus far.

In Mad Ape fashion I have created a video of the destruction, set to appropriate music. Definitely not your 5 o’clock news.

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