We Were Warned and Salmon Spawning

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Its not often that a hurricane hits Ontario Canada. But it's happening now. I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of rain on the roof, lots of it. My husband was up and I heard him leave so I thought it was 6AM and he left for the YMCA. I looked at the clock and it said 3:30...What? I got up to see what was going on and found him saving our newspaper from soaking up all the water it could. He must have heard the driver throw it onto our driveway. There nothing as frustrating as getting up in the morning and finding the newspaper sitting in a puddle of water. Yes its in a plastic bag but it's often wet because the knot in the bag doesn't stop the water. The news last night was the rain would start in the middle of the night and will continue all day. The winds are going to show up later and I imagine our leaves will be off the trees and on the ground when that happens. We're told it will be a major storm. Flooding is expected so everyone is warned to stay away from the streams that move water to Lake Ontario. There are hundreds of those streams in our area. The salmon are spawning right now. The paper had a photo of one of the huge fish that come out of Lake Ontario and go up stream to spawn in smaller and safer lakes and ponds. In the spring the water is full of babies heading back to the Great Lake. Its fascinating to watch and photograph. Its a struggle for those huge fish to wiggle their way up the shallow streams to find a place to spawn. This storm today with its flooding should make their trip a lot easier. Before I moved here I'd only seen the salmon migration up stream on TV. Have you been lucky enough to see it in person too? If you are in this storm today, stay safe.