Your Selkirk commute might get wilder
Morning from the Interlake — here's what's happening in Selkirk today.
You know how when the wind picks up and you’re driving along the Red River, past Lower Fort Garry, sometimes you get that smell of damp earth? Well, yesterday wasn't that. It was dust. Fierce, relentless winds ripped through southern Manitoba, turning our familiar flatlands into something out of a old western movie. It wasn't just a breezy day; it was chaos. Visibility dropped to nothing on stretches of the highway, power lines went down, and folks are still out picking up whatever got tossed around.
### What happened yesterday
* Winds reached incredible speeds, kicking up massive clouds of dust across the region. * Hydro crews were swamped with calls, dealing with outages from the city all the way up through the Interlake. * Drivers reported near white-out conditions from the dust, making roads dangerous and slow.
It’s a stark reminder of how quickly the weather can turn here. You think about our local farmers, watching their topsoil literally blow away. It reminds me of the old stories from the Dirty Thirties, but this was right here, yesterday, blowing right through Selkirk. People driving into Winnipeg on Main Street or folks headed north on Highway 9 would have seen it firsthand. It's a real worry for our agriculture, and it makes you appreciate the calm days we usually get along the water. We need that rain Riley Laychuk is forecasting for Sunday, not more wind.
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