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Toronto, 2017.05.18

Lake Ontario was apparently at its highest ever yesterday, May 17 - I've put together a pic of what that looks like in Toronto. This photo was taken on May 8, when the water was marginally below where it was yesterday.

flooding on Toronto's beaches, May 8 2017

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At one point, the water is now all the way up to the board walk. Perhaps now the die-hard fans of calling the neighbourhood behind those beaches "The Beach" will finally relent. Though I'm not holding my breath.

rand()m quote

A creative person would prefer their music to be stolen and enjoyed than ignored. This is the dilemma for every creative soul: he or she would prefer to starve and be heard than to eat well and be ignored.

—Pete Townshend