Flooding hits Alberta province, forces 75000 people from their homes in Calgary

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SlurpTASTY wrote on 2013-06-21 19:03

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/21/world/americas/canada-calgary-floods

Look at all the pretty cars go by.... at least I don't have to go to work tomorrow.

Here's an imgur album to see the chaos

http://imgur.com/a/mIqED#0
Elleanior wrote on 2013-06-21 20:33

Damn, the weather forecast wasn't kidding when they said that our hell of a storm would transfer to the prairies...
SlurpTASTY wrote on 2013-06-21 22:26

Quote from Elleanior;1110288:
Damn, the weather forecast wasn't kidding when they said that our hell of a storm would transfer to the prairies...

Thanks alot!

[S]kidding[/S]
Campylobacter jejuni wrote on 2013-06-24 19:03

I guess the world likes flooding places right now. India, Central Europe, Canada...
Elleanior wrote on 2013-07-01 10:33

Aaaaaand people were convinced that global warming is BS... :fail3:
SKochiya wrote on 2013-07-01 10:45

Quote from Elleanior;1115162:
Aaaaaand people were convinced that global warming is BS... :fail3:

Commence operation Global Cooling.
Micho wrote on 2013-07-01 10:52

Quote from Elleanior;1115162:
Aaaaaand people were convinced that global warming is BS... :fail3:

Well you have to consider that Calgary is actually pretty low when it comes to the land. I was there a week before the flood happened and I saw the rivers, there's not much height when it comes to the river and downtown so I wasn't surprised when you guys got flooded.

But yeah, the flooding was actually one of the worst floods we've seen in Alberta, $1 billion damage overall and it'll take up to 10 years to make everything back to normal.