Friday, 21 June 2013

Flooding in Calgary June 21, 2013

The news has been full of the incredible flooding this year. Alberta has shallow rivers, not very wide.You can wade across it in the summer, but it is rising up to the bridges.
Hubby lived in downtown Calgary, in the block below. It is 6 blocks and uphill from the river. There are lots of photos at the Calgary Herald. Hubby lived in a basement, near this spot!

LIVE: High River, six Calgary neighbourhoods, ordered evacuated as flooding threatens to top...

http://www.calgaryherald.com/new...

Follow the latest developments on flooding across southern Alberta; our Twitter feed gives minute-by-minute updates.

Tens of thousands told to evacuate their homes as floods engulf southern Alberta

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/n...

Calgary bracing for one of the worst natural disasters in its history

For more information about the floods, you can read CBC's devoted page:

Calgary floods: What you need to know now

Schools closed, emergency rooms open in Calgary

This is scary footage of Calgary flooding with people risking their lives.
A reporter

Then there is flooding on some farmer's fields, caused by the recent rain, and RVCA keeping the water high enough for boats. A conflict has ensued. (Note: 'sue' is involved!)

Farmers want government to pay up for flooded crops

CBC.ca ‎- 21 hours ago

A group of nearly two dozen Ottawa-area farmers want financial ...Rideau system is high, then the water won't flow out of our fields," he said. North Gower, S.E. Ontario

Flooding in Fort McMurray:

McMurray Musings: Search results for flood

Lots of flooding there, with the gym floor under quite some water.

Fort McMurray, once named McMurray, is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada.

Here is some good info, from the city of Ottawa, about flooding with sewers.

Backups and flooding | City of Ottawa

http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/wa...

Property owners who have incurred damages to buildings or contents should contact their insurance companies for assistance. Your insurer normally submits a claim to the City for investigation and response, on your behalf.

Muskoka flood –April 2013.
I found video of the 2011 Manitoba floods, January, 2011 floods in Australia. The power of the water is amazing and to be respected.

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Muskoka flooding photos from Facebook 2013

Highway #11 between Highway 60
and Muskoka Road 3

Huntsville

There is no way to figure out WHO took these photos. They float in cyberspace on Facebook, posted and reposted, with many making photo collections they have scrounged.

I would like all to know how hard all of these towns are being hit by this runoff and rainfall.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Seven cottage country communities have declared emergencies, including Bancroft, the Burnt River area of the City of Kawartha Lakes, Minden Hills, South Algonquin Township, Hunstville, Bracebridge and Markstay-Warren. Last week, warm weather combined with more than 50 mm of rain caused waterways to rise rapidly.

There are many towns, not just with cottagers, but people who live here year-round, and depend upon the tourism in a three-season economy.

Beer store

For that reason I thought it important to demonstrate the magnitude of the damage, especially since I've been blogging about Muskoka for so long. When I lived there, I was the Muskoka blog queen!
The stories are very sad.

Buttermilk Falls Dam, Hwy 35

Stephanie's basement: Lake of Bays

Buttermilk Falls Dam, Hwy 35

" There is one woman who is drying out her photos and is thankful to have just gotten those out of her house. She says the memories she has from all the trips she has taken, of everything in her house other than family and pets her photos are all she wanted to get out. She had 3 boxes of waterproof photo boxes and those were all fine, but one box just in a large shoebox of photo`s needs to be dried out."

Some are funny.
"best flood story so far -- Terry Glover saw a fish swim across Brunel Road at Baysville."