State of emergency declared for Calgary
 

Looks like 8 communities along the Elbow river are on mandatory Evac


This is getting very Nasty!!!

Glenmore reservoir to reach flood levels

City crews are scrambling to protect people living in communities downriver from the Elbow River.

The Glenmore reservoir is flowing over the dam and is expected to reach 1.3 metres between 11 p.m. and 12 a.m.

When that happens, officials say there will be significant flooding downstream.

Waterworks officals say the Saddledome, Talisman Centre and Macleod Trail are all potentially threatened.


Jim

http://www.cfcn.ca/servlet/RTGAMArti...bnav=fullstory

Bannister Road is under water. Green Gate garden centre was flooded earlier today. Fish Creek Park is a complete mess. At least three of the pedestrian bridges are gone (washed out / off their footings). When I crossed Fish Creek at McLeod earlier this evening, the entire plain was flooded out, almost a kilometre wide stretch flooded/swamped out. The entire McInnish/Holloway memorial forest swamped out. This is Fish Creek, not the Bow. Absolutely devastating.

Most people I know have flooded basements. I am truly sorry to those who have to clean that up now. Having had flooded basement myself many times before, I know what a PITA it can be. Hang in there and good luck.

ya when i went out earlier tonite 6pm as I am driving over the Fish Creek Bridge and saw how high the water was I almost saif a few choice words (lucky I didnt my kids where in the car) The creek has definately rising a few meters that thing barely had any water in it


My Parents place is flooded (haysboro) but not much water, most of their basement is raised up ((whoever hsd the house before them must of had a flood before. Also alot of Haysboro is over top alot of under ground rivers as well.. the neighbor across the street has a sump pump in the basement.

my my parents other neight (who I know he is a cousins friend) he was over toight to get my dads wetvac as his basement has quite a bit of water in the basement as well


Devastating. Just devastating...


Jim

glad the rain has stopped, 23 and sunny for today :) maybe we won't break the 100 year old record for rainfall in june. :eek:

Let hope the weather man is right for once.

lookin good so far...BLUE SKY!!! SUNSHINE!!!! :eek: :eek: :biggrin: :multi: :multi: :smilecol:

Damn it do not Jinx it :)

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How's everything now?

I've got some friends in the Hamptons (NW)........... are they in any trouble?

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]

The Hamptons are sitting high up in the north, Vic, and the land falls away in two directions from that neighbourhood. They should be OK, unless the developer really screwed up the grades for the lots.

As for everything else, I dunno... the Bow River down below my place is a giant brown flood, and all the parks along it are closed / flooded. I have never seen the river look like that - it's like one of those disaster news clips you see.

We now have mandatory water restrictions in effect. Even the little creek that usually putters down thru our neighbourhood is a charging little torrent. It's bizarre.

This is one of the parks/catchbasins in my neighbourhood. Its normally full of pathways etc, and takes a day or two to drain out, down toward the river. ... (from Tony's link in the Pictures thread.)
http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...2/p6180003.jpg

I can see property tax going up for those guys bordering parks now that they own lake front property.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

How's things now?

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]

I am going to post a few pics tonight. do not have time right now.


Some of these pics are unbelieveable!!!



Jim

Hey Vic,

Your friends were fine I'm sure. :biggrin:

There were no problems at all in our area and I believe they are higher than us. The Bow River is still a mess. The other day I took the lower deck of the Centre Street Bridge and it was rather unnerving to sit there and watch the water run right under you... :eek:

I'm making RO at night...so no one sees me.... :lol: I had to turn the hose on the other day for a minute and I thought my husband was going to handcuff me right there and then. For turning on the hose that is.

I'm afraid to ask why your husband has handcuffs and why you felt you needed to explain his motive for using them :eek: :eek: :redface:

I finally turned my RO back on today, I was running low in the storage container, and need to do a water change soon on the FO tank. I had just done the reef tank the day they announced the water rationing, and had my TO containers nearly full too. That was fortunate timing.

Yesterday on my way home from work, I stopped at Lee Valley tools for a couple of items (non aquarium related). The ramp from Heritage Dr. onto Glenmore Tr. was closed due to it being underwater still, so I had to take a longer route to get out of there. Its going to be a while before things return to normal throughout the city.

Our crews reponded to over four hundred flooding calls last friday night. Our station was fortunate to only have to go to one.