Martin Rehak isn’t quite sure what to make of it yet, as he sees some of the houseboats around him on Yellowknife Bay sitting on ground that’s normally underwater.
His own home is still afloat.
“I don’t know if it’s supposed to be concerning or not,” he said. “I mean, it’s different — but I don’t know if it is good or bad.”
“There’s at least two or three [houseboats] right now, I could think of off the top of my head, who normally would be floating but are sitting on the floor of the lake.”
According to the latest water monitoring report, issued by the territorial government last week, Great Slave Lake is the lowest it’s ever been recorded at this time of year. The low water means there are vast areas of exposed land in Yellowknife Bay that are typically underwater.
maybe they accidentally discovered a new construction technique…
just flood an area, float in some houseboats, drain it, and now you have a bunch of houses in place!
i’m sure nothing could go wrong…
It’s so foolproof it’s genius!
Yeah, that’s some scary levels of cognitive distance on full display here. But, at times like this, we must try to suppress any desire to say, “I told you so.” When somebody makes a statement that might imply they are somewhat aware at least of the effects of such cognitive dissonance, they need compassion, not contempt, to find a way out of their own mazes.
That’s very true, "I told you so"s never help anything. Still, I’m flabbergasted that someone can look at this situation and not see it as bad.