You may have seen this on our office cam...
Well, we had to leave because of this...
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It came out of no where. There has been a lot of rain lately. Where we are situated is at the base of the Rocky Mountains. There is a river called The Bow which is a glacier runoff of beautiful clean water from the Rocky's. The river is also fed by a few other rivers and lakes from north and west of the city.
This is what Calgary normally looks like...
Yesterday we were aware that the river had risen quite a bit. Alan and I were preparing to go to the gym when an officer came to our office and handed us an evacuation notice. There are a few dams up stream from Calgary that are unable to hold the water back any longer. They will be opening the damn and there was a concern that the city would flood.
Well, they were right... and no one expected what had happened.
I woke up this morning to this... Here is a short video from my iphone of in front of my house, and next to our office. My home currently has intermittent electricity, no gas, no hot water, no heat, and no drinkable water. Sirens are on constantly as fire trucks and police patrol the city.
We live in a beautiful city. I'm so grateful to watch the entire city work together. As homes are evacuated, everyone is offering couches to sleep on. With hundreds of thousands of people without a home and many without power, there have been no casualties. I'm very proud of our city!
Here are some photos that I had taken today near my home.
The Canadian Geese are happy
This is a very sad part. It's entirely emotional and hurts my heart. There is a great deal of destruction everywhere, however... This is the "stampede grounds". Also home of our NHL hockey arena for the Calgary Flames. The arena and grounds include historical material, such as trophies, jerseys, certificates and more. Generally, a long list of athletic records and awards. The arena (Saddledome) is currently filled with water up to the 10th row! All electronics, jumbo-tron and more are destroyed.
Now... here's facebook pics from other sources...
Here's some news sources with videos:
WOW it looks so very bad,hope you and your family is ok and nobody got hurt,thats the main thing. Stuff can always get replaced or fixed.
Canada is still the one of the best countries to visit.
This is very sad DJ. My prayers are with you and all in your city. Their is nothing good abo:ut a flood other than people coming together to help each other. I hope you and the ones you care about come through this OK.
I know there's nothing anyone can say to fix it , but Calgary is in our prayers man.
Time to work on an EZ-B Boat
@putt putt too soon man , too soon
I use humor to cover my stress, works for me and more people should try it, no ill will intended on my part
Well DJ, on the bright side your Flames were due for a new Cup Holder anyway
Maybe next year will be the start of an inspired NHL dynasty for you guys. On a more serious side, I'm glad to hear no one was hurt. My best wishes and thoughts are with you and your fair city.
Thanks everyone. We're in good spirits
lori just stopped by my house and we had a drink and chatted. It's going to be getting worse, but everyone is helping out! that's what matters most.
Here's a new video that summarizes the city. Just so everyone knows, I live in the south side IN the flood. My house is on a hill and at the bottom of the hill the streets are now a lake. It's just absolutely insane to imagine the force of mother nature! geeeeeeeeeez whiz
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