Alberta Flood Watch 2013

[darklord700]

Originally Posted by J pold

I live in Mission and am not allowed back in for 72 hours according to the emergency report.

That's tough to adjust not being to go back to your house for 3 days.

[You Need a Thneed]

More Canmore: The only other crossing of Cougar Creek, other than the 1A and the 1:

[comrade]

So I gather that 1995 was worse than 2005. How much worse? I looked at the city's floodway/floodplain map

http://www.calgary.ca/PDA/DBA/Pages/...inge-Maps.aspx

but what exactly is it saying? If all of the way/plain/fringe spots had water, is that comparable to 1995? 2005?

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by darklord700

That's tough to adjust not being to go back to your house for 3 days.

Not as bad as situation my boss is in.... they left for work this morning, everything was fine. Their dogs are at their house (in Bragg Creek) - and now they can't go home and there is no one who can get to their dogs.

[sun]

Wow, High River is fata'd. My mom is sending me cell phone pics of the carnage.

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by comrade

So I gather that 1995 was worse than 2005. How much worse? I looked at the city's floodway/floodplain map

http://www.calgary.ca/PDA/DBA/Pages/...inge-Maps.aspx

but what exactly is it saying? If all of the way/plain/fringe spots had water, is that comparable to 1995? 2005?

I think that the report that said 1995 was in error. The last "big one" was in 2005, not 1995. I don't recall if there was any significant flooding in 1995, but if there was any, it wasn't as bad as 2005.

[Bertuzzied]

i didn't watch the news yesterday but was all this unexpected?

[Jimmy Stang]

I do like how my Park Plus app is giving me evacuation notices as push notifications. Might as well get the word out any way possible.

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang

I think that the report that said 1995 was in error. The last "big one" was in 2005, not 1995. I don't recall if there was any significant flooding in 1995, but if there was any, it wasn't as bad as 2005.

A couple of us who are talking about 1995 are referring to Lethbridge. Calgary wasn't affected in 1995.

[You Need a Thneed]

High School evacuation centre in High River is now being evacuated due to having no sewer service.

[Aeneas]

The residents are abandoning Discovery!
school bus would not bring my daughter home.

neighbour asking if they should unplug everything? anyone?
(specifically her fridge freezer in basement)

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Drake

RCMP confirm the Canadian Military has been called in to help with the flood event in High River

I wonder what this entails.

[You Need a Thneed]

Dirt berm construction along elbow Drive:

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

i didn't watch the news yesterday but was all this unexpected?

It only seems unexpected for Calgary because it didn't rain much for you. We got a month's worth of rain in less than a day, and some places got almost double what we did.

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by Aeneas

The residents are abandoning Discovery!
school bus would not bring my daughter home.

neighbour asking if they should unplug everything? anyone?
(specifically her fridge freezer in basement)

I would leave it plugged in. It will stay colder up until the time the power may go off ( or be turned off). If they get all clear within 24 hrs, no sense spoiling food and dealing with odor.

[Arsenal14]

Originally Posted by Acey

I wonder what this entails.

Usually helping with sandbagging, building berms, etc.

[Icon]

As far as safety goes if you're worried about it flooding and shorting out - that's what your circuit breakers are for.

[You Need a Thneed]

Rainfall warning ended for Calgary, but still is in effect in the mountain areas.

[Hevishot]

Originally Posted by J epworth kendal

I was supposed to go camping north of Ghost this weekend. It's not too near Ghost River but I wonder if access will be blocked off, I haven't heard anything about Ghost River being high but that's probably just because no one lives near it anyways.

Supposed to be racing in the fallen timber area this weekend. It has now been postponed

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Rainfall warning ended.

For Calgary.... still on in other areas - like Canmore.