The Days of Mud and Hoses 02.04.08

The melting is upon us. We had warm rain yesterday and it fogged up the MRDC cameras like no body's business. The snow banks are in full retreat and at sometime the freshet rush of water will lift the ice on the river and we will have the spring break-up. But for now warm days and cold nights will moderate things a bit. We may have some cold, we may have some snow but I feel the weather has finally turned. If I don't miss my guess there appears to be a bug on the Copps Loop Road camera and the heavy winds we had today reduced the camera sharpness considerably.

I do not however get what happened to the Fred E-zone River camera. It used to have a field of view that included a long stretch of road, a bridge approach and the bridge. This is the image on 30.03.08, useful for traffic monitoring and the local environment.And this is it now ...

Now it has just a tiny corner of the street and a very good view of the river. I doubt that it was deliberate but it will make a good view of the river when it rises. Speaking of the Fred E-zone cameras it would appear that they are serious about doing some work on the new fire hall. If you check out the flags in the Fredericton images you get an idea how hard the wind was blowing today.

The Beaver Harbour camera is now frozen on an old image and is not updating so I guess it is officially unloved. For a summary of how the province looked this afternoon on a warm and windy day look below.