06-06-2024, 06:44 AM
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Major Water Main Break in Bowness Area
I saw the pictures on Reddit last night. Just got the emergency alert saying water usage should be avoided at all costs, including showering.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...ures-1.7226254
Posted by the city early this morning:
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On the evening of Wednesday, June 5 The City discovered an extensive water main break in the Bowness area. This is a significant break on one of the critical transmission lines (called a feeder main) that enables us to move water across the city.
It has caused water outages in Bowness and is impacting water pressure in several other areas, including the communities of Parkdale, West Hillhurst, Hillhurst and Scarboro.
A boil water advisory is in place for Bowness, along with mandatory outdoor water restrictions, voluntary indoor water restrictions, and there are traffic impacts to the area. More information is below.
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https://www.calgary.ca/water/drinkin...munities1.html
Last edited by Cecil Terwilliger; 06-06-2024 at 06:47 AM.
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06-06-2024, 06:47 AM
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Monster Storm
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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There are photos on twitter of the shouldice fields all flooded out
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06-06-2024, 06:50 AM
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#1 Goaltender
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I got the alert about 6:30. Scared the heck out of my dogs. And I was hoping to sleep in today.
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06-06-2024, 06:52 AM
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Franchise Player
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Any idea if this affects city wide or just north of the river?
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06-06-2024, 06:53 AM
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Monster Storm
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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Pretty sure it’s city wide
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06-06-2024, 06:56 AM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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City wide alert...they just used the emergency broadcast option.
Avoid ALL water use.
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06-06-2024, 06:58 AM
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First Line Centre
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If my alarm didn't wake me up at 6:30 the emergency alert at 6:37 sure as hell would have. Sheesh.
Pretty sure the south side of the city, fed from the Glenmore Reservoir, would be entirely unaffected by this break, but anyway... 
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06-06-2024, 07:02 AM
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I live right at the top of Home Road and our water seems normal.
I was watching the news at 3am and the entire Safeway parking lot in Montgomery was flooded and 16th ave next to it looked like a river.
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06-06-2024, 07:02 AM
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First Line Centre
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*City literally scares the sh#t out of over 1,000,000*
Critical water alert….don’t wash those newly soiled drawers!
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06-06-2024, 07:05 AM
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Yeah it was actually in Montgomery by the Dairy Queen next to the Safeway... I've seen water spilling out there before but obviously not this much.
Apparently people were flooding (ha) 911 with calls about their water being off. Morons.
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06-06-2024, 07:14 AM
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I wish the alert would have specified if whore baths were allowed
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06-06-2024, 07:14 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by timun
If my alarm didn't wake me up at 6:30 the emergency alert at 6:37 sure as hell would have. Sheesh.
Pretty sure the south side of the city, fed from the Glenmore Reservoir, would be entirely unaffected by this break, but anyway... |
Emergency alert and the news say city wide, so maybe let's go with that instead of playing armchair expert.
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Looks like you'll need one long before I will. May I suggest deflection king?
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06-06-2024, 07:28 AM
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Monster Storm
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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City wide alert tells me that this break is significant enough and will probably take a while to fix resulting in water being redirected (is that possible?) from the Glenmore for the whole city now.
At least that’s my take as an armchair expert
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06-06-2024, 07:29 AM
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Man, if one of my lines failed and impacted this many people I’d go to jail. Why the hell do we allow this. This line would score pretty damn high on the old risk matrix on the consequence side. Imagine if this was a gas line? CEO would be lynched. But it’s water so whatevs.
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06-06-2024, 07:31 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Flames Town
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
Emergency alert and the news say city wide, so maybe let's go with that instead of playing armchair expert.
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You are a sheep, man!
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06-06-2024, 07:39 AM
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electric boogaloo
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Should have recalled Gondek and this NEVER would have HAPPENED!
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Exactly. Pipeline eroding chick she is.
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06-06-2024, 07:40 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Ya, sorry Timun, we all share...
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The Bearspaw Plant mostly supplies water to the north of the city, while the Glenmore plant supplies the south. However, water is interconnected through large diameter transmission mains to ensure a reliable supply to all times.
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https://www.calgary.ca/water/drinkin...er-supply.html
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06-06-2024, 07:48 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Flames Town
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Are we sure Trudeau didn't come and do this? Does Theo have any intel for us regular folks?
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06-06-2024, 07:56 AM
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electric boogaloo
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Originally Posted by keenan87
Are we sure Trudeau didn't come and do this? Does Theo have any intel for us regular folks?
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Pretty sure Kenny or Harper are responsible, or all the vax from big pharma in the hydrosphere that are the cause of the erosion. Obama might have played a part as well.
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