Calgary Alberta Floods 2013 - Re-entries slowly starting

[Vagabond142]

Water levels in Sunnyside a few hours ago... I used to live a quick bike ride away from Sunnyside/Hillhurst...

[Redlyne_mr2]

I took these about an hour ago... 06/21/2013 6:30pm
Glenmore reservoir

[ianmcc]

Reports of power out in Mackenzie, Douglasdale-confirmed?
Copperfield has power but we are running low on beer!

[eur0]

Got power just fine in new brighton.

[GoChris]

Originally posted by xnvy
How's Sheep River looking? Some of my friends in Okotoks said they had to evac so we let them come stay with us for the weekend in Cranston.

I went into Okotoks this morning for a meeting (no work, office was still sand bagged and closed) at about 8:30am. Roads were all open, seemed fine and the Sheep was going down all day.

Edit: Yes also heard power out in Douglasdale, Cranston is fine.

[Vagabond142]

Smooth, Chief Hansen, smooth

Global Calgary ‏@GlobalCalgary 9m

Police chief Rick Hanson calls #yycflood "a very fluid situation," says no one will be allowed back in 'dangerous' areas. #YYC

[Vagabond142]

Originally posted by ianmcc
Reports of power out in Mackenzie, Douglasdale-confirmed?
Copperfield has power but we are running low on beer!

Douglasdale down by the river confirmed power out. MacKenzie had about an hour outage, but we are currently okay. Power flickers every 10 or so minutes tho.

[ianmcc]

My brother in law and his two kids went back to Okotoks earlier today. Only 8 extra house-guests now!

[LollerBrader]

Originally posted by Power_Of_Rotary
over hyped flood... wasn't any real "danger" went around town today to find puddles only.. even dt area that flooded was merely a foot high with no need to really "evacuate" people. Just needed shorts and sandals.

Agreed. Like I said, Canadians are pussies.

Our "state of emergency" is what passes for normal in many parts of the world...

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally posted by jibber


EDIT: we've decided to bide some time at the Timmies near the south end if Southridge Drive in Okotoks. Anyone in the area that would like a free coffee is welcome to join us . Look for two sad people with a heavily loaded silver Xterra.

Shoot, jibber, I missed your post saying you were out and about. My home is small but if you and yours need somewhere to stay I can make it work here.

[Vagabond142]

Calgary Legion stepping up to help evacuees and emergency services personnel:

https://www.facebook.com/CanadianLeg...81654165245434

EGION HELP FOR CALGARY EVACUEES... Please share!

With the severe flooding and calls for evacuation in the Calgary area, Legion branches are opening their doors to the public to help.

Five Legion branches are open to evacuees offering food, tea, coffee, as well as a place to rest and regroup for emergency personnel.

CENTENNIAL CALGARY BRANCH
9202 HORTON ROAD SW
403-255-5772

NORTH CALGARY BRANCH
1910 KENSINGTON RD NW
403-283-5264

BOWNESS BRANCH
138 BOWNESS CENTRE NW
403-247-1234

CHAPELHOW BRANCH
606 38TH AVE NE
403-276-1775

FOREST LAWN BRANCH
755 40TH ST SE
403-272-5585

Stay safe, Calgary

[rage2]

Originally posted by Vagabond142
Smooth, Chief Hansen, smooth

Global Calgary ‏@GlobalCalgary 9m

Police chief Rick Hanson calls #yycflood "a very fluid situation," says no one will be allowed back in 'dangerous' areas. #YYC

There was another tweet earlier about how the insurance industry is expecting a flood of claims.

[AndyL]

http://metronews.ca/news/calgary/715...armas-a-bitch/

[eblend]

Originally posted by kenny
Pretty crazy damage that I saw today. The South LRT tracks are damaged between Victoria Park and Erlton station as the "new" elbow river path is eating away at the ground under the tracks. Portion of macleod trail are also gone as the water is just eating away at the dirt underneath.

The Elbow river, instead of going around Talisman has decided to veer East right before Talisman and is running down what used to be 22 Ave just destroying everything in its path. Pretty sure downtown will remain closed on Monday.

I guess I picked a good week to go on a vacation. So is the train tunner behind city hall completely flooded? I would assume so.

[schocker]

Originally posted by LollerBrader


Agreed. Like I said, Canadians are pussies.

Our "state of emergency" is what passes for normal in many parts of the world...

They want people out of the way unless the water gets high and so emergency traffic can get through. Oh, and the transformers are underground so you could be electrocuted?

Originally posted by AndyL
http://metronews.ca/news/calgary/715...armas-a-bitch/

$60 fruit tray at coop, that is regular price

[sputnik]

Originally posted by LollerBrader


Agreed. Like I said, Canadians are pussies.

Our "state of emergency" is what passes for normal in many parts of the world...

In many parts of the world a couple thousand dead people as a result of a natural disaster is normal too.

I suspect there would be a body count if towns like High River weren't under a mandatory evacuation.

[Redlyne_mr2]

Originally posted by Redlyne_mr2
I took these about an hour ago... 06/21/2013 6:30pm
Glenmore reservoir

Lets try this again



You can see Ikea


The zoo

[Vagabond142]

Talisman Center current water levels

[Vagabond142]

Calgary Weather satellite. Looks like another storm cell forming over the rockies and and circling towards Calgary

http://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/cal...er-radar/52479

[rage2]

Originally posted by Redlyne_mr2
Lets try this again

You can see Ikea

The zoo

Did the automall get flooded?