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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2005OT: Flooding in Calgary
Yikes! We don't get a lot of rain here and we're having what they call a hundred year flood right now. Our basement has flooded, though not terrible badly, 2000 people have been evacuated here and thousands more throughout the province. I'm sending my thoughts out to all those worse off than we are and am hoping for that water table to subside quickly. Rain ends tonight for three days and then it starts again. We're just about at more rain this month than we usually get in a year. http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=fb6fea09-cc24-4e1 a-9973-fa99cc2c72ca I can't imagine this - the dam that creates our water reservoir has breached for the second time in history tonight - the only two times in history have happened this month. Very scary. This is all the water that lies behind it - lots of fast water flooding in at the beginning of the reservoir: http://www.scorbett.ca/photos/biking/heritage/heritage4.jpg Yikes - the snowpack from the mountains hasn't melted yet either and the rivers don't usually peak until July or August. Susan M Otis and Chester Just read the stats on the river flow and pasted here: "It's flowing higher than it ever has in the recorded history of the Bow River," said CFCN News' Kevin Green from the river's bank in Calgary. The normal flow is 100 cubic metres per second. "Right now, it's flowing at 2,000 cubic metres per second," he said, noting one could see park benches zipping downstream from washed-out parks. CFCN reporter Kevin Rich said water is flowing over top of the Glenmore dam on the Elbow River. "That means it's risen three metres in the last 24 hours." Susan M Otis and Chester > Yikes! We don't get a lot of rain here and we're having what they call a > hundred year flood right now. Our basement has flooded, though not [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester Yikes!! I hope it does not get any worse! Please be careful!! > Just read the stats on the river flow and pasted here: > > "It's flowing higher than it ever has in the recorded history of the Bow > River," said CFCN News' Kevin Green from the river's bank in Calgary. <snipped> Egads, Susan. Purrs that the flooding subsides soon. Sam Yikes! That's just crazy! Dennis' mom had mentioned something about it in an email a few days ago, but we didn't clue in that it was so bad. Purrs for your basement, Susan. Dennis wonders when will his mom and sister get out of that crazy place. They've lived there long enough. (This is the comment that we get from them whenever something happens here...ie. tsunami) -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Just read the stats on the river flow and pasted here: > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> though not terrible badly, 2000 people have been evacuated here and >> thousands more throughout the province. I'm sending my thoughts out >> to all those worse off than we are and am hoping for that water >> table to subside quickly. Rain ends tonight for three days and then >> it starts again. We're just about at more rain this month than we >> usually get in a year. http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=fb6fea0 9-cc24-4e1a-9973-fa99cc2c72ca >> I can't imagine this - the dam that creates our water reservoir has >> breached for the second time in history tonight - the only two times [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> Susan M >> Otis and Chester > Yikes! We don't get a lot of rain here and we're having what they call a > hundred year flood right now. Our basement has flooded, though not [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Rain ends tonight for three days and then it starts again. We're just > about at more rain this month than we usually get in a year. I know what it's like living in fear of flooding - as I have a stream at the end of the garden... My thoughts are with you. helen s > Yikes! We don't get a lot of rain here and we're having what they call a > hundred year flood right now. Our basement has flooded, though not terrible > badly, 2000 people have been evacuated here and thousands more throughout > the province. Lots of purrs on the way to you and everyone else affected by the flooding. Please keep us updated.  SignatureMarina, Frank and Miranda. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Yikes! We don't get a lot of rain here and we're having what they > call a hundred year flood right now. Our basement has flooded, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > starts again. We're just about at more rain this month than we > usually get in a year. http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=fb6fea09-cc24-4e1 a-9973-fa99cc2c72ca > I can't imagine this - the dam that creates our water reservoir has > breached for the second time in history tonight - the only two times [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester Purrs that you all stay safe. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > Yikes! We don't get a lot of rain here and we're having what they call a > hundred year flood right now. Our basement has flooded, though not terrible That's very scary! Be sure to keep dry! SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com Purrs to you, and all the Calgarians, both humans and cats, during this difficult period. It seems severe weather is affecting many parts of Canada. Flooding in Albert and the east coast, and the heat waves and smog in Ontario. Winnie > Yikes! We don't get a lot of rain here and we're having what they call a > hundred year flood right now. Our basement has flooded, though not [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester > Yikes! We don't get a lot of rain here and we're having what they > call a hundred year flood right now. Our basement has flooded, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > it starts again. We're just about at more rain this month than we > usually get in a year. Scary. Purrs for you and everyone else in that area. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Yikes! We don't get a lot of rain here and we're having what they call a > hundred year flood right now. Our basement has flooded, though not terrible [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > tonight for three days and then it starts again. We're just about at more > rain this month than we usually get in a year. http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=fb6fea09-cc24 -4e1a-9973-fa99cc2c72ca > I can't imagine this - the dam that creates our water reservoir has breached > for the second time in history tonight - the only two times in history have [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Yikes - the snowpack from the mountains hasn't melted yet either and the > rivers don't usually peak until July or August. Purrs that you & yours stay safe. Us Aussies could only *wish* for that amount of water at the moment - the Eastern side of Australia is in its third or fourth year of drought, our water supplies are way below the half way mark, and we're on very tight water restrictions. The situation for farmers is dire. Still, floods are just as damaging as droughts, so wishing y'all return to your normal weather patterns quickly! Yowie >> Yikes! We don't get a lot of rain here and we're having what they >> call a hundred year flood right now. Our basement has flooded, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> it starts again. We're just about at more rain this month than we >> usually get in a year. http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=fb6fea09-cc24 > -4e1a-9973-fa99cc2c72ca >> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Yowie I saw a report about your drought on the BBC, some farms were more like deserts and third and fourth generation farmers were having to give up because of the lack of water. A very sad situation for all concerned. I imagine the knock on effects could affect most of the population with higher prices for agriculteral products. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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