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Old 03-09-2017, 07:16 AM   #21
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I'm extremely prepared for flooding - I live at the top of a large hill.
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Old 03-09-2017, 08:21 AM   #22
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I'm extremely prepared for flooding - I live at the top of a large hill.
Have you been to the stampede yet?
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Old 03-09-2017, 09:17 AM   #23
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I'm extremely prepared for flooding - I live at the top of a large hill.
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Old 03-09-2017, 10:04 AM   #24
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In October I attended a Flood Mitigation workshop put on by the city, looking over 3 options that could be utilized in the future. The options were:

1) Upstream Reservoirs (Elbow and Bow river) http://engage.calgary.ca/flood/concept1
2) Barriers along the Bow and Elbow http://engage.calgary.ca/flood/concept2
3) Elbow reservoir and barriers on the Bow http://engage.calgary.ca/flood/concept3

The city couldn't stress enough that so much of these plans (especially the reservoirs) were dependent on the Provincial government to make a reality. I really did like the idea of a new wet reservoir upstream on the Bow. In addition to flood mitigation I was thinking the retention a a precious resource like water via this new reservoir would be in the best interests of our area.

I did not like the idea of barriers, as from some reading it appears as though making our riverbanks more like their natural state can be a more effective means of flood prevention and mitigation. Barriers while they may work will cut off our river from us, and also speed up the water so the consequences of that could be to the detriment of folks downstream of them.
Did the underground pipe from the reservoir to the bow come up at that mitigation workshop?

To me that sounds like he best option and one where you wouldnt have any upstream nimbys (which is one of the only times I would take the side of the nimbys) to deal with.
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Old 03-09-2017, 10:17 AM   #25
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As someone who lives in East Village and lived in Victoria Park in 2013...

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Living a block away from the bow river in Sunnyside always gets me a bit antsy during the spring/summer melt times.

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Old 03-09-2017, 10:40 AM   #27
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Did the underground pipe from the reservoir to the bow come up at that mitigation workshop?

To me that sounds like he best option and one where you wouldnt have any upstream nimbys (which is one of the only times I would take the side of the nimbys) to deal with.
It did, but since it is only Elbow mitigation from it they deemed it too expensive for the potential benefits/savings. So it was cut.
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Instead of colours can we use Defcon style numbering? Call it Floodcon?
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Old 03-09-2017, 01:30 PM   #29
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It did, but since it is only Elbow mitigation from it they deemed it too expensive for the potential benefits/savings. So it was cut.
Thanks, I always thought the major reason the flood affected the downtown area was because both rivers flooded at the same time. If you could prevent one, then the others affect would be severely muted.
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Old 03-09-2017, 01:49 PM   #30
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Thanks, I always thought the major reason the flood affected the downtown area was because both rivers flooded at the same time. If you could prevent one, then the others affect would be severely muted.
It wouldn't help anywhere upstream of the Elbow/Bow confluence, like Sunnyside or downtown.
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Is there a map of what the actual flood plain in Calgary is? The wife and I are starting to look at houses in West Hillhurst, and friends that already live there are telling us it is OK, but I have my doubts.
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I know a couple houses on Bowness Road(in Hillhurst) just near 14th st that didn't have flooding issues in their basement, FWIW.

This is probably the best map I have seen
http://maps.srd.alberta.ca/floodhazard/
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If West Hillhurst floods from the Bow I've got a big problem...
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Is there a map of what the actual flood plain in Calgary is? The wife and I are starting to look at houses in West Hillhurst, and friends that already live there are telling us it is OK, but I have my doubts.
West Hillhurst is completely out of the flood plain I believe. Hillhurst is partially (mostly?) in it, but had no flooding at all in 2013 so I'm not really worried about it. We were in the middle of building our house in Hillhurst during 2013, so it was scary at the time, but the water didn't come over the bank until close to the Peace Bridge in Sunnyside. Even Sunnyside, which had flooding, only had it in the lower half of the area.
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I know a couple houses on Bowness Road(in Hillhurst) just near 14th st that didn't have flooding issues in their basement, FWIW.

This is probably the best map I have seen
http://maps.srd.alberta.ca/floodhazard/
I distinctly remember having to cross a new river almost knee deep by car around Broadview and 14th St on the day of the flood, before crossing the 14th St bridge (was the only bridge still open at the time and was closed shortly after). Had a picture of it can probably dig it up later.

The flood map doesn't show that happening.
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I distinctly remember having to cross a new river almost knee deep by car around Broadview and 14th St on the day of the flood, before crossing the 14th St bridge (was the only bridge still open at the time and was closed shortly after). Had a picture of it can probably dig it up later.

The flood map doesn't show that happening.
14th st west? There wasn't any flooding around there as I remember.
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I distinctly remember having to cross a new river almost knee deep by car around Broadview and 14th St on the day of the flood, before crossing the 14th St bridge (was the only bridge still open at the time and was closed shortly after). Had a picture of it can probably dig it up later.

The flood map doesn't show that happening.
That doesn't sound right...
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I am willing to bet we have another major flood event before our government gets off its ass and actually does something and completes a mitigation project.
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No need for mitigation, just invest in this:



and as a bonus, any potential fires will be put out by the flood.
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Old 03-09-2017, 03:38 PM   #40
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Is there a map of what the actual flood plain in Calgary is? The wife and I are starting to look at houses in West Hillhurst, and friends that already live there are telling us it is OK, but I have my doubts.
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I know a couple houses on Bowness Road(in Hillhurst) just near 14th st that didn't have flooding issues in their basement, FWIW.

This is probably the best map I have seen
http://maps.srd.alberta.ca/floodhazard/
This is the provincial map. The City of Calgary also posts flood inundation maps for the following scenarios:You may have to click "try again" after clicking the link to get them to show up. I gather the 100 year is basically what 2013 was.

The Province's map is somewhat less pessimistic than the city's 50 and 100 year maps. The place I just bought is fine according to the province's map, but the surrounding areas are subject to local flooding (light blue) on the 50 year map and inundation (dark blue) on the 100 year map. However, my house itself isn't coloured in - not sure what that means if everything around it is inundated. Maybe it's slightly elevated I guess?
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