Guest Post Written by Cabot Martin
As you read this, various crews at Muskrat Falls
are involved in a potentially life and death struggle to contain the raging
Lower Churchill River.
They face a leaking coffer dam and rafting ice
backed by river flows that, in volume, are 25% greater than those at the mighty
Upper Churchill.
The greatest period of risk may well be the next
three weeks - they are racing Old Man Winter -
time is of the essence.
We can only wish them well.
Unfortunately Nalcor has not adequately
documented and explained the various "during construction" flood
risks posed to downstream residents.
However, we know enough to say that those risks ,
whether from collapse of the coffer dam or failure of the North Spur, are real
and substantial enough to warrant immediate action on the evacuation front.
