Calgary flooding could force up to 100,000 from homes (video)
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I'm glad to see you exercising your opinion but you have to remember that's ALL it is! -
It's OK, Petros, stuff like that on a Saturday night is allowed.
I really don't like gerryh, I thing he's a rude, crass and is off his meds with 90% of his posts..
But in this case I think what he was referring to by "end of the line," is from Los Angeles everything is dumped into the ocean.. the run off will not effect other communities down stream, as with Calgary, it's already effecting Medicine Hat.
Calgary's Katrina is going cost the government and taxpayers billions.. Insurance companies are already planning on raising rates to cover their loses.
This is so, so sad.. today I met a gentlemen climbing stairs up the hill to his vehicle, his home below and the parking stall had 10 feet of water in it.. for me that really hit home.. as amazing the pictures are of all the destruction and natures force, there are real people in serious hardship because of this.. and talking to them and feeling their pain is maybe the best way to understand this tragedy better.
The water will recede, and people will forget about those that truly need the help, because everything will be cleaned up and people do have short memories.
I really don't like gerryh, I thing he's a rude, crass and is off his meds with 90% of his posts..
But in this case I think what he was referring to by "end of the line," is from Los Angeles everything is dumped into the ocean.. the run off will not effect other communities down stream, as with Calgary, it's already effecting Medicine Hat.
Calgary's Katrina is going cost the government and taxpayers billions.. Insurance companies are already planning on raising rates to cover their loses.
This is so, so sad.. today I met a gentlemen climbing stairs up the hill to his vehicle, his home below and the parking stall had 10 feet of water in it.. for me that really hit home.. as amazing the pictures are of all the destruction, there are real people in serious hardship because of this.. and talking to them and feeling their pain is maybe the best way to understand this tragedy better.
Oh, I know I just love "pulling his chain", it's hard to have fun with Gerry in the normal sense, it's all black or white, there's no room for banter. Life is too short for that bullsh*t! -
Your kidding right?
If not for these oilsands, and the province of Alberta, Canada would be in dire straights. I do not like Alberta, but I am certainly not going to blame the oilsands entirely on climate change or this flooding. That would be radical thinking.
These oilsands/fields etc, employ a lot of people, in and out of this province, and not just in Fort Mac, but all over.
EXTREME born again fundies like Durry need to be, AHEM , taught slowly about science.
A hundred year storm does not mean' God will NOT send it again!!!!!! next year.
IT is A PREDICTION OVER TIME..
Because we historically move through wet /dry cycles, its is actually more likely to show up next year.
BUT if you BLUSTER out 'beeg talkin' words' like ' S-deviation' with only a vague logic link, you can sound sort of rational -
- RIGHT durry?
Well- Moving the Stampede Grounds was long overdue, and building the Saddledome in a flood zone was. 'ahem' DUMB'.
MIGHT AS WELL BITE THE BULLET.
"Les Flambes"??:lol:
Heck, this is ALBERTA. the Flames & the Saddledome are privately owned by rich people. We will pay out of the public purse FIRST to fix the place.
More photos I took from hillside
Hi Boomer- My sister and nephew are moving to Calgary later this week and will be renting in the area near Sarcee Trail and Stoney Trail. I've advised them that area would be fairly safe. Did I give her good advice?
That puts them in the uplands, so yep- good advice.
Just make sure that they aren't in an area of filled in marshland. I have one acquaintance who's daughter had a half above ground half basement apartment - in a marsh fill.
Six feet of water. No insurance. Rest of the building stinks.
Oh- in Calgary - rent only in concrete construction. When I lived in the continental towers, we had a late night 'revenge fire bombing'. Being concrete, it stopped in one suite....
They need to rename their list Southern Alberta flooding history or Calgary Area. There has been flooding north of Red Deer...