Alberta Flood Watch 2013

[surferguy]

i wonder what all of this flooding is going to do to an already burden rental market in Calgary. Yikes, glad I bought a home last month!

[Top Shelf]

Epcor has opened the spillway at the Brazeau Dam about 90 minutes ago

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Leondros

Did the burm they built on Elbow do anything? Or did the water pass over it?

They stopped building it, likely because they realized it wasn't going to be finished in time to do anything.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Top Shelf

Epcor has opened the spillway at the Brazeau Dam about 90 minutes ago

which direction will that flow

[ricosuave]

Originally Posted by valo403

I don't know, most of NYC was up and running just fine a few days after hurricane sandy, and that was salt water which causes a whole host of additional issues. There will certainly be a lot that needs to be cleaned and repaired, but 2 weeks is a lot of time to get things to a functional level for most areas.

You are also talking a much larger scale of funding, people, etc.

It is supposed to start 2 weeks today. And it hasnt stopped YET.

I hope your right, like Nenshi said, we are resilient, so lets hope so.

[Regular_John]

From the Mayor:

@nenshi
If you are in a non-evacuation zone. (E.g.at home) prepare for potential power outages. Charge your devices, save your work.

[surferguy]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

which direction will that flow

North Sask river

[GrrlGoalie33]

Originally Posted by gottabekd

Besides staying at home, is there anything we should (or should not be) doing? Should I avoid running the dishwasher, etc? Is the sewage system overloaded?

The city has asked that we not use any non-essential water right now. No dishwasher, washing machine and I think the old "if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down" applies right now too.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

I went out to the North Hill Mall Safeway to grab a few things, the entire mall is closed due to the power being out

woot. time to play out holding off the zombies in a powerless mall. my internet just went out

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by pylon

What is going to happen with Fish Creek Park? Man, last time it took them 2-3 years to rebuild all the paths.

In 2005, much of the damage to fish creek park was caused by the dam burst near Priddis golf club.

[ricosuave]

aaaannnd the gouging has begun



Flats being charged as individual bottles

[SuperMatt18]

Think there will be a Stampede but on a much smaller scale.

Maybe even no midway, just the rodeo and chuckwagons.

No chance the Saddledome is ready for concerts, maybe they move them to McMahon

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by ricosuave

You are also talking a much larger scale of funding, people, etc.

The infrastructure in NY is infinitely more complicated than here though. Tunnels, 100 year old Subway lines, stuff packed onto of other stuff et.

[dsavillian]

Originally Posted by Vox

I heard there are 400 BMWs underwater at Calgary BMW.

Thoughts and prayers go out to the CP 1%ers


This whole thing is crazy and oddly fascinating. Hopefully the number of people lost, hurt or killed is very low.

I'm impressed at how the city is handling things too; if I hear anyone ever speak ill of a police officer, fireman or EMT I'm going to hit them with a photo album containing photos of the flood!

[nik-]

that doesn't seem like gouging imo

that seems like buying all individual bottles and not getting the case price.

edit: I didn't see that was a case ... dick move

[GrrlGoalie33]

Just horrible to do that to people!

[Minnie]

Momo the High River Cat and his owner are famous(ish) - they're the image on the Red Cross donation page.

https://secure.redcross.ca/registran...eventid=126477

[InSutterWeTrust]

[Byrns]

Originally Posted by nik-

that doesn't seem like gouging imo

that seems like buying all individual bottles and not getting the case price.

I get gouged like that by my corner store normally.

[GrrlGoalie33]

Originally Posted by nik-

that doesn't seem like gouging imo

that seems like buying all individual bottles and not getting the case price.

According to her twitter post, the water was cheaper 2 days ago. I know not stated in the post here, but knowing that, it certainly is gouging.