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2023 Nova Scotia Floods for Globe & Mail
On December 10, 2023 by jmwebI got home late on a Sunday night (in July) after covering the floods for Reuters. My Monday was pretty regular, went into the office. Monday night I was off to Baba’s for comedy night. While there, I received an email from the Globe & Mail asking if I’d go back to Nova Scotia to cover it for them.
Around 9-10pm, the amazing photo editor did her thing and got back to me saying to go ahead. Except I had to be there for a house walk through at 7am (Halifax is a 3 hour drive away). Off we went home and I went to bed, eventually waking up at 4am.
On my way over I received a text from the reporter saying things were gonna be delayed. This allowed me to take my time on a “leisurely Sunday drive”. I eventually would meet up with the reporter in the Sobeys parking lot before heading down the street to the heavily impacted area.
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The first thing we came across from a house which had their processions in the laneway. As we continued on, we ended up talking to an individual. He was helping his friend clean up his house.
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The friend ended up pointing out the water line, which was visible on the house during the peak of the floods. After this, we ended up talking with a home owner on the other side of the road. He reported a car had been stalled outside on the road for a bit. He was lucky, he didn’t experience the massive damage others did as his house was on a bit of a hill.
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As we continued walking down the street, we spoke with more residents. More devastation.
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The next home we’d come to would invite us inside. As we stepped into their basement, I realized this was their first time back downstairs. I realized a lot of pain was about to impact them. The backyard, was grey as grey could be.
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Their neighbours had towels out drying and some of the brush in front of it was still grey.
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As we went further down the street, we’d talk to more people. Not all the imagery has been published by the Globe & Mail yet, so I am gonna hold off posting some of it.
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