05-07-2024, 08:09 AM
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#5081
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by keenan87
Someone was telling me all this rain (and snow over the past few months) has really started to help with the water levels. That's good news as I am hoping for no water restrictions.
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now i feel vindicated for not turning off my sprinklers last night
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05-07-2024, 08:32 AM
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#5082
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by puffnstuff
Reservoir levels all over Alberta are generally all low, some are extremely low. There will/should be water restrictions in place.
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Exactly, we are working off a deficit that started years ago.
"Lots of curiosity from media about the rain in the forecast for Alberta and whether it will pull us out of drought. Short answer: No! Our “tanks” have been emptying for 3 years now - river, lake and groundwater levels are very low. We really need a lot more than 2 days of rain to “fill it up” again. That said - every little bit counts and the timing of this rain is great news for agriculture producers!"
~Professor Tricia Stadnyk, Canada Research Chair in Hydrologic Modelling at the University of Calgary
https://twitter.com/user/status/1787607800488604054
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05-07-2024, 08:35 AM
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#5083
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
now i feel vindicated for not turning off my sprinklers last night
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You gotta take all the water you can before the Well runs dry!
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05-07-2024, 08:39 AM
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#5084
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
You gotta take all the water you can before the Well runs dry!
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The lawn is look sweet
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05-07-2024, 09:45 AM
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#5085
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: back in the 403
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I take it I'm the only pluviophile in here...immediately got changed into rain clothes after getting home from work yesterday and walked along the Bow for 2 hours, it was glorious.
I mean the wind can fata off, but the rain can stay (as long as it doesn't get torrential). Wish we got more rain days in this city.
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05-07-2024, 10:07 AM
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#5086
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sainters7
I take it I'm the only pluviophile in here...immediately got changed into rain clothes after getting home from work yesterday and walked along the Bow for 2 hours, it was glorious.
I mean the wind can fata off, but the rain can stay (as long as it doesn't get torrential). Wish we got more rain days in this city.
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Not at all! I love the Rain! I dont like the wind.
But a little water never hurt anyone! Right Residents of Sunnyside and....Noah?
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05-07-2024, 10:33 AM
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#5087
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: the dark side of Sesame Street
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Originally Posted by Locke
Not at all! I love the Rain! I dont like the wind.
But a little water never hurt anyone! Right Residents of Sunnyside and....Noah?
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Didn't do her much good:
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05-07-2024, 10:56 AM
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#5088
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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The rain, while better than snow (at this time of year), blows.
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05-07-2024, 11:25 AM
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#5089
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: wearing raccoons for boots
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The wind blows, the rain falls
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05-07-2024, 11:43 AM
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#5090
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by puffnstuff
The wind blows, the rain falls
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Shaka...when the rain fell!
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05-07-2024, 02:43 PM
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#5091
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary Satellite Community
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I am just enduring this day with the hope the rest of the week forecast is true. Bring on the sunny weekend pls.
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05-08-2024, 01:58 PM
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#5092
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CP Gamemaster
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Gary
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Expect sunny with a chance of mosquitoes.
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05-08-2024, 02:02 PM
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#5093
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by greyshep
I am just enduring this day with the hope the rest of the week forecast is true. Bring on the sunny weekend pls.
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I hope so, I am down at the Rugby Park all weekend, Friday to Sunday!
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05-08-2024, 02:52 PM
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#5094
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by greyshep
I am just enduring this day with the hope the rest of the week forecast is true. Bring on the sunny weekend pls.
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I have a golf tourney to play in on Saturday
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05-09-2024, 05:45 PM
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#5095
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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Are the potholes worse than ever this year?
I'm legitimately from a third world country with better roads than Calgary. Kidnapping (including myself before we left), endless gang killings, rampant sexual assault... and still far better roads when I was there last year than this dump of a city. Embarrassing.
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05-09-2024, 06:20 PM
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#5096
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CP Gamemaster
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Gary
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Originally Posted by Acey
Are the potholes worse than ever this year?
I'm legitimately from a third world country with better roads than Calgary. Kidnapping (including myself before we left), endless gang killings, rampant sexual assault... and still far better roads when I was there last year than this dump of a city. Embarrassing.
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Looks like Calgary has been in a "treading water" pattern on road rehabilitation for a while based on this tweet from Evan Spencer.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1788659594589606110
In a perfect world, roads get repairs before cracks get bad, or a full depth replacement before the roads are so bad you can't patch them. In the long-term it's way cheaper than waiting for the road to fail. That doesn't happen often because proactive maintenance is generally considered a luxury by those who approve budgets. They probably think short term, and they probably don't tax residents enough to cover all the lane kilometers the city adds every year. That's how you get roads that get really bad and also cost a ton to fix.
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05-09-2024, 10:51 PM
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#5097
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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Yeah we do have the perfect storm of inept management, horrific urban sprawl, and absurd weather swings. Recipe for disaster if you're a vehicle wheel.
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05-09-2024, 11:02 PM
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#5098
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Acey
Are the potholes worse than ever this year?
I'm legitimately from a third world country with better roads than Calgary. Kidnapping (including myself before we left), endless gang killings, rampant sexual assault... and still far better roads when I was there last year than this dump of a city. Embarrassing.
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You got kidnapped? Did you bore them with opinions on road design so they released you?
I'm kidding, of course. That sounds scary.
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05-10-2024, 12:43 AM
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#5099
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DownInFlames
You got kidnapped? Did you bore them with opinions on road design so they released you?
I'm kidding, of course. That sounds scary.
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Don't remember much, was 2-years-old. They wanted ransom, ended up just leaving my brother and I somewhere. Cops got at least a couple of the guys a while later for grand theft and accessory to homicide or something, not sure they were even prosecuted on the kidnapping.
I'm glad the ring road is done, I'm glad they're spending half a bill to fix Deerfoot but man the rest of the roads are crumbling.
Back to weather for a moment... I recall that this is roughly the time fire smoke started to roll in last year so given the dire predictions of drought this summer if we can make it to the end of May with clear skies I call the month a win.
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05-10-2024, 06:57 AM
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#5100
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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It was 25 C at 5 pm yesterday.
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