Global warming is knock-knock-knocking on Calgary's door.
Climate change.
Lets go drill some more oil…
Highway one shut down, state of emergency declared.
I'm driving vancouver to calgary on July 3. I'm curious if they'll have the highway opened by then or if i've got a 4 hour detour :P
The river flow rates are just so incomprehensible. Going from an average high of 60 cms to almost 3000 cms for the Red Deer River is just so destructive. That's over one Olympic-sized swimming pool every second.
I was at two railway sites yesterday, one in Crowsnest Pass and one in Okotoks where the bridge abutments had washed out. In Okotoks they had dumped 100 concrete interlocking blocks in to protect the bridge and the bank was sloughing faster then they could add material. You could only see about 3 of the blocks.
I took a few trains across that bridge in 2008… This flood is going to be a disaster for CP and Alyth.
A similar thing has happened/is happening in Europe, large areas of Germany, France, and Austria either drowning in river floods, or experiencing torrential rainfalls that easily destroy infrastructure. Last week I was literally inside a thunderstorm, in school. THe school is located about 300m above sea level, and a thunderstrom came rolling in, fast.
We could not see anything outside (no trees, no buildings), only clouds unreal amounts of rain and white lightning and thunder. The principal told everyone to not leave the building, and stay in the middle of the building. Not fun. Some five graders (one year after primary school) were crying and really afraid. I have never ever experienced anything like that.
On my way home I had to take some detours because of flooded streets and fallen trees.
I sincerely hope that the people who are flood-stricken in Alberta find a way to deal with this.
It definitely gets the people together and forget shitty politics and such sometimes trivial matters for a few days and get real.
"You don't learn from experience. You learn from reflecting on the experience."
- Kristen Ulmer
From Banff National Park,
I took a few trains across that bridge in 2008… This flood is going to be a disaster for CP and Alyth.
Heavy impacts to infrastructure all around, but it looks like CP will have this rail operating within the week based on the last two days. It's amazing what a well organized group of contractors can get accomplished in such a short time when they have resources available and cost is not an option.
From Banff National Park,
parking was already bad enough at Sunshine before this now. I think it's going to be quite a while before the full extent of the damage is realized. There are going to be some tough decisions based on priorities for what gets fixed. Good news is that water levels are starting to recede and people are starting to move back into their homes.
here is a good view of Calgary…
I normally work out of Bow Tower downtown Calgary, the scale of this is hard to understand without seeing it. I have friends and family that have lost everything and very little will be covered by insurence. I have been working the eoc at work all weekend and will continue into this week, so tired and feeling beaten down.
wonder if you can pick up some nice cheap river front property in the next couple months?
Ha Ha! Made you look.
Over 600 helicopter rescues carried out during this.
http://www.highrivertimes.com/2013/06/22/helicopters-rescue-600-people
Heavy impacts to infrastructure all around, but it looks like CP will have this rail operating within the week based on the last two days. It's amazing what a well organized group of contractors can get accomplished in such a short time when they have resources available and cost is not an option.
The cost of time lost can never be recovered, it is totally amazing. Railways also cut right through the red tape. 3-4 days lost is a disaster for a major terminal like that.
You know your mayor is working hard during a city crisis when the number one complaint of residents is he needs a nap.
You know your mayor is working hard during a city crisis when the number one complaint of residents is he needs a nap.
He was getting a bit antsy at yesterdays news conference so may be he should…
Shredding hypothetical gnarr
Clara Hughes blog report. Describing what they saw as it began.
http://clara-hughes.com/welcome-to-canmore-experiencing-the-force-of-nature-and-enduring-the-flood/
Trail and road updates from the CMBA.
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