Alberta Flood Watch 2013

[GGG]

Originally Posted by surferguy

i get the feeling we are well beyond the 100yr flood. I hope I am wrong but all signs are pointing to something a lot more significant

Once the rivers breach there banks it takes a lot more water to raise the water level because you have so much volume to spill. So I am not sure that the 1000yr flood and the 100yr in terms of the area that gets flooded.

[Table 5]

Hopefully nobody has to use this, but I found a nice little guide on what to do before/after flooding that the City put out.

http://www.smcalgary.com/storage/Cit..._awareness.pdf

There's a list of neighborhoods that have a higher risk of river flooding.

Bow River:
Bowness
Sunnyside
Chinatown
Eeu Claire
City Hall / East Village
Monthomery
Westmount
Hillhurst
Bridgeland
Inglewood
Point McKay
River Bend
Deer Run
Douglas Glen
Douglasdale Estates
Deer River Estates
Bonnybrook

Elbow River:
Riverdale
Mission
Elbow Park
Stanley Park
Parkhill
Erlton
Rideau Park
Roxboro
Victoria Park
Connaught
Discovery Ridge
East Village
Altadore
Lindsay Park

[drPepper1]

Originally Posted by flameswin

They announced police will be providing 24 hour security for the evacuated areas.

time to pull out the stripper police costume

[chemgear]

EDIT:

Originally Posted by Table 5

Hopefully nobody has to use this, but I found a nice little guide on what to do before/after flooding that the City put out.

http://www.smcalgary.com/storage/Cit..._awareness.pdf

^ Interesting map on Page 27.

[surferguy]

https://twitter.com/Crackmacs/status...748736/photo/1

Getting close to the Peace Bridge. I'd like to think it is fine but any way we lose the Peace Bridge??? I cant imagine the horror/relief the city would feel.

[surferguy]

Originally Posted by GGG

Once the rivers breach there banks it takes a lot more water to raise the water level because you have so much volume to spill. So I am not sure that the 1000yr flood and the 100yr in terms of the area that gets flooded.

Good points.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by flameswin

They announced police will be providing 24 hour security for the evacuated areas.

Oh no! Beta.

[Regulator75]

Originally Posted by chemgear

^ Interesting map on Page 27.

Oh dear, no discussing page numbers.
Psssst, we're only on page 11 now

[Resolute 14]

The city needs to get its communication in sync. The CPS is saying on Twitter that all of Bowness is under an evacuation order, but the maps on calgary.ca show only very small portions, which affects only 270 residents.

[fuffalo]

anyone know if they're asking for volunteers at all?

[Wood]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

Oh dear, no discussing page numbers.
Psssst, we're only on page 11 now

He said there's an interesting map on page 27 of the PDF Table 5 posted

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Ducay

Best is to just look at the City's flood maps (ones used in the evac maps), which show 100yr flood levels, gives a good indication of topography and possibility of getting wet.

Servers seem to be overwhelmed.

[surferguy]

Originally Posted by fuffalo

anyone know if they're asking for volunteers at all?

Not yet, but they will make posts once people area needed.

EDIT: lower level of centre street bridge now closed

[Nehkara]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

Oh dear, no discussing page numbers.
Psssst, we're only on page 11 now

He was referring to the linked flood document.

[KelVarnsen]

Originally Posted by fuffalo

anyone know if they're asking for volunteers at all?

No, they are not.

[Free Ben Hur!]

What would be the best source for video and photos? And what about the Calgary Zoo?

[KelVarnsen]

City of Calgary ‏@cityofcalgary 1m
Due to rising water levels the lower deck of Centre Street bridge has been closed. Be careful #yycflood

I am shocked it wasn't closed a long time ago.

[nik-]

At my mom's now. Looking around my little place, which is below grade, and then looking out the window and seeing water running in the streets at the level my chest/shoulders get to inside my place is a horrible feeling.

There's no way that my place isn't flooded within 2 hours at the pace that water was rising ... just starting to sink in now. Damn this sucks.

[fleuryisgod]

Originally Posted by Nehkara

Westmount and Montgomery are now under mandatory evacuation notice.

Calgary Police ‏@CalgaryPolice 4m
Westmount & Montgomery are now under evacuation. Please assist by checking your neighbors, and leaving and X on your door #yycflood #yyc

Any idea if it's all of Montgomery or just the parts closer to the river right now?

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by Nehkara

He was referring to the linked flood document.

Sorry for any confusion, I didn't quote the initial post and didn't post fast enough to sit sequentially.