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Originally posted by transplant99@Jun 7 2005, 05:35 PM
I assume you mean 1 foot on the walls where you are now Cow?
When I went thru the 95 debacle, the water was well over 4 ft up in the business i owned. In fact when i arrived in town that morning i had to canoe into it...in fact had a Calgary Herald photographer in the boat with me to document things. Of course this wasnt directly downtown either, and much close to the river.
I also recall that there was a culvert at the end of a street (name escapes me right now) that had a bridge over it to that little 9 hole golf course, and the whole bridge was gone...completely.
Water does SO much damage its hard to fathom until witnessed with your own eyes.
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To clarify, the person running this joint - where I settle a few days a week - had an expectation we might see a foot or two up the wall if it happens and said that was the extent of damage in 1995, which was a one in 100 year event . . . nothing has happened as of yet. He wasn't here in 1995 though.
In 1995, I left town about 4 in the evening and the water was lower on the bridges than it is now. I got home, flipped on the 5 p.m. news and there was High River underwater and, as you say, good for canoeing.
It didn't take long.
EDIT - sorry, my bad - the bridge you're talking about is on the east side of the Rio Vista golf course (what a murderous course that is!!). Not sure what's happening over there. The town has put in a lot of new anti-flood measures, including an imposing drainage canal. Maybe they'll work. But they divert the water out and under the bridge you're talking about.
I hear the secondary highway out by Cargill is nearly cut in half. That's no where near the river. Just a big puddle.
Cowperson