LOL Toronto Right Now!!

[Ron in Regina]

The worst one I remember was about ‘82-‘83 where we got 7’ in 6hrs (about 175mm). They all suck, but that one was especially nasty. I lived in North Regina at the time.

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We get our share of natural nastiness. No hurricanes though…

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

How many millimetres in an hour?

 

[Ron in Regina]

How many millimetres in an hour?

From the link a few inches above, in the north end of the city in that storm…

“Regina SK, July 8-9, 1983. Regina Airport received 50 mm of rain in one hour, and 117 mm in a 24 hour period, while northern Regina received up to 150 mm, with 83 mm coming in one hour; the storm overloaded the sewer system and caused severe flooding, mostly in basements.”

So 83mm in one hour.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

From the link a few inches above, in the north end of the city in that storm…

“Regina SK, July 8-9, 1983. Regina Airport received 50 mm of rain in one hour, and 117 mm in a 24 hour period, while northern Regina received up to 150 mm, with 83 mm coming in one hour; the storm overloaded the sewer system and caused severe flooding, mostly in basements.”

So 83mm in one hour.

So. . . a millimetre is a bit less than a minute? 47 seconds or so?

Metrics are SO confusing! But I'll figure it out. Might could take a few millimetres, though.

 

[B00Mer]

My home town in the GTA was hit pretty hard. Lots of flooded basements etc.

Sorry to hear that harrylee. You're okay?

 

[B00Mer]

Don Valley

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1813378011447644305

 

[Ron in Regina]

So. . . a millimetre is a bit less than a minute? 47 seconds or so?

Metrics are SO confusing! But I'll figure it out. Might could take a few millimetres, though.

Doesn’t sound like much, but that hour is bracketed on both sides by rain…& that’s a bit more than 3” in that hour, so it does add up.

It was weird enough that more than 40 years later I remember that night, & morning. I was between grades 8 & 9, and had three broken bones in one of my feet so I had this monstrous cast, but it kept breaking, and they kept adding more and more roles of plaster to it…& I couldn’t get it wet.

(My buddies started showing up about 5 AM on bicycles and they had been driving through 4 feet of water down second Avenue north to get to my place, having one hell of an adventure, and I was in a cast from my toes to my knee that I couldn’t get wet)

 

[B00Mer]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1813378136999928126

 

[harrylee]

Sorry to hear that harrylee. You're okay?

Yeah...I live 60 miles (100 Km) away now.....on a hill.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1813378136999928126

He is partly correct. Old areas of Toronto combine sewer and storm drains. Most of the city has upgraded to a separate system. In the old parts, when overrun by storm water, the unprocessed sewage will drain directly into Lake Ontario. But it would not be in the floodwater.

 

[Ron in Regina]

He is partly correct. Old areas of Toronto combine sewer and storm drains. Most of the city has upgraded to a separate system. In the old parts, when overrun by storm water, the unprocessed sewage will drain directly into Lake Ontario. But it would not be in the floodwater.

The overloaded storm/sewer systems don’t become completely overloaded back up into peoples homes? That’s always fun when your shower and bathtub and toilets become fountains.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

The overloaded storm/sewer systems don’t become completely overloaded back up into peoples homes? That’s always fun when your shower and bathtub and toilets become fountains.

I think as they make more of it separate, this happens less and less. I didn't hear of any occurrences yesterday. If it happens they reporters love reporting on that shit (forgive the pun).

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

The Don Valley Parking Lot has become a swimming pool once again.

 

[B00Mer]

No it's not Climate Change, it shit infrastructure

 

[pgs]

No it's not Climate Change, it shit infrastructure

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Hey weather never used to happen , this photo must be a fake .

 

[Ron in Regina]

No it's not Climate Change, it shit infrastructure

Now this is interesting. This is back when, after driving through a flood, with a carburetor, pulling air from the top of your engine as opposed to an airbox intake low in the grill… You literally just drove through it, and then changed your oil if you notice the white scum in it within the next day or two. Done deal.

Today’s vehicles get written off due to potential corrosion in the electrical systems. Oh well….

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Now this is interesting. This is back when, after driving through a flood, with a carburetor, pulling air from the top of your engine as opposed to an airbox intake low in the grill… You literally just drove through it, and then changed your oil if you notice the white scum in it within the next day or two. Done deal.

Today’s vehicles get written off due to potential corrosion in the electrical systems. Oh well….

Some of the videos showed cars and trucks driving through the water. I think they were stupid. Flood waters can rise quickly without any notice and it wouldn't take much more water to kill the engine (unless you have a James Bond car).

 

[spaminator]

Some of the videos showed cars and trucks driving through the water. I think they were stupid. Flood waters can rise quickly without any notice and it wouldn't take much more water to kill the engine (unless you have a James Bond car).

 

[pgs]

Kitt could talk as well . Almost as smart as Mr. Ed .

 

[Ron in Regina]

It's not climate change that flooded Toronto, it was rain.

We have an infrastructure problem in Toronto but the city is obsessed with bike lanes and renaming things.

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