What did you guys actually do? After 8 or so buses they announced that they had enough for the original mission and then started grouping people to find their own way to neighbourhoods to assist with the clean up.
My group first met up at McMahon, filled out the forms, but weren't able to get onto a bus. We ended up heading down to Sunnyside. We parked at the Safeway and walked east into the community. We found a couple of residences that were happy to have some help in getting stuff out of their basements. We helped to rip out carpet, and removed damaged furniture and wet building materials such as drywall and insulation (we stopped at Home Depot for gloves and masks).
Not to pat myself on the back, but it was a great experience and it helped to make the flood much more real to me than just something I watched on TV last Friday.
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I feel like this lady needs a taste of what Andy got yesterday...
I couldn't follow her logic but I got her drift. Yeah stop the O&G flowing and Calgary would be spared of this disaster. But there will be no Calgary as we know it without O&G flowing.
My Brother just took this picture Of Theo Fleury buying diapers and water for those in need at the Okotoks Costco. He had 3 carts full of stuff. Awesome!!!
(Thanks Acey)
I know Theo has made a lot of mistakes throughout the years, but definitely proud he's a Calgarian.
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Yeah, going to be a huge home construction boom in Calgary the next year or so.
and all the scams that will with it. I just had someone copy my ad exact word by word with my work pictures with their phone number lol
he didn't take pictures down until i get to get hold of him and contacted kijiji. he still has the same ad but with pictures taken down
I wouldn't worry about the person who tweeted ( a green party politician), I'd worry more about the Calgarian whose article she tweeted, which has choice lines like
"Alberta's sprawling cities suddenly rediscovered that mountain water moves downhill"
"Yet most Albertans still can't believe the scale of the multi-billion disaster that has dampened Calgary and environs because affluence tends to dull the senses."
Wow, that's awesome and also makes me emotional to watch.
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I wouldn't worry about the person who tweeted ( a green party politician), I'd worry more about the Calgarian whose article she tweeted, which has choice lines like
"Alberta's sprawling cities suddenly rediscovered that mountain water moves downhill"
"Yet most Albertans still can't believe the scale of the multi-billion disaster that has dampened Calgary and environs because affluence tends to dull the senses."
Whats funny is that the sprawling suburbs were spared from most of the flooding. Even in the low lying areas like chaparral valley they engineered the grade of the homes to withstand 100yr flooding events.
The flooding area was concentrated in the 75 to 100yr old sections of the city that were built near water supplies out of necessity with with less thought to worst case flood scenarios.
If there's any question, that stampede pic is legit. I was on the grounds today and they have done an amazing amount of clean up in the short time. The grounds are essentially bone dry and there were already setting up tents for exhibits at the stamepde. Only thing that still has water was the Saddledome but they expect that to be cleared within the next 24-48 hours.
It looks as they have done a pretty good job so far:
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and all the scams that will with it. I just had someone copy my ad exact word by word with my work pictures with their phone number lol
he didn't take pictures down until i get to get hold of him and contacted kijiji. he still has the same ad but with pictures taken down
The biggest scam will probably be flooded used car for sale. I hope Mike Holmes do a program in Calgary/High River/Canmore.
This is Jason walking with his son. Jason drove in with his hydro vac truck from Saskatoon. He is going door to door and pumping out peoples basements for free.
He came by my site today and emptied the basement in 20 minutes. One of our everyday heros
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I managed to get the day off tomorrow and secure a 5000 watt generator and hopefully a wet dry vac and I have a couple of fans and stuff. Could anyone in sunnyside use this tomorrow? I dont want to come down and just be in the way or anything.
overland flooding (ie: the river flowing into your home) no. Sewer and storm drains flooding I believe IS covered, but you have to find out from your Condo board if they have it.
This is what happened to me, I have yet to call my insurance company (as I don't think our building as a whole has flood insurance), so I don't know definitively. I was going to wait a few days to lets things calm a bit.
Some condo policies (not the boards policy, but the owners) have coverage in place that will help you out if your condo boards master policy is not up to par. This only comes into play for insurable events so that would assume the condo boards policy has some form of flood insurance.
He is actually from Prince Albert (my hometown). Ironically about this time last year, PA suffered from what was deemed "Blackout 2012" as a giant storm knocked out the entire city's power (~35,000) for over 24 hours. Several homes were victims of sewer or water damage. I'm guessing that may have been in part what motivated him to come help.
Of course that event had nowhere near the damage Calgary is suffering from "Flood 2013"... just an odd coincidence.
So does Condo insurance have flood coverage usually? I expected not like residential but it could be different. My unit has no damage but just wondering if I should expect a huge special assessment.
Most condo policies are effectively commercial which is the only kind where you can get flood coverage. Insurance broker friend of mine says that most condos will have it, but it will have very high deductible (think 25k-100k) depending on risk and some locations may be excluded from coverage altogether. The way to check is to look at the insurance certificate you should have received when you bought it and see if flood is listed as one of the insured perils, or call your condo mgmt co. and ask.
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It's the Tyee. That publication's editorials often feature people whose reality is not shared by anyone else.
Yeah the article was slanted but it also put the blame on the government for not acting when climate change is a given.
Here's an article more to the point.
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Liberal MLA David Swann said he doesn’t find much fault with the province’s reaction to the immediate crisis, noting it was difficult for officials to anticipate the flooding or how quickly problems would escalate across southern Alberta.
However, the Tory government ignored its own report from the 2005 flood to limit developments in flood plains, hasn’t taken the threat of climate change seriously, and hasn’t properly looked after its own financial situation — running six consecutive deficits and mowing through most of its rainy day fund, he said.
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Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith, in an interview prior to Redford’s news conference, noted that she had been advocating for years for greater flood mitigation and the release of Groeneveld’s report.
“Sadly they haven’t acted on any of the recommendations,” she said.
Most condo policies are effectively commercial which is the only kind where you can get flood coverage.
Yeah, I thought it could be different than the typical residential rules.
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Insurance broker friend of mine says that most condos will have it, but it will have very high deductible (think 25k-100k) depending on risk and some locations may be excluded from coverage altogether. The way to check is to look at the insurance certificate you should have received when you bought it and see if flood is listed as one of the insured perils, or call your condo mgmt co. and ask.
My condo management contact (not a company, just someone the board hired I guess) hasn't even changed their voicemail or updated the website lol, though it could be that person is dealing with their own issues, some communication would be nice but it's not a big deal.
Good point about the insurance, I'll have to see if I can track that down.
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