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The Great 2013 Alberta Flood

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J.D.
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Shit's going down up here. Hundreds of thousands affected, 25 communities have been evacuated in Calgary. Surrounding towns have it worse.

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Jun 21 2013 9:26AM
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Shredsterr
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I think 23 neighbourhoods were evacuated, 100 000 people displaced, Grand Prairie, Red Deer, and Lethbridge are being affected too. It's sunny and cloudless outside my window right now (Our area isn't nearly as bad) But a bunch of kids aren't writing finals today and my highschool school along with downtown are dealing with tons of water. The Bow and Elbow overflowed their banks like fucking crazy and 2 people are confirmed dead, with 2 more assumed dead. For some reason city transport is still running even though half the city if fucked over and the zoo got flooded but all the animals are safe. A couple bridges were swept away and some homes as well.

Calgary has a reputation for having some stupid weather, it hails here consistently about once a year in the summer, and it's been raining on and off for about 3 or 4 weeks here, but it wasn't until a day or so ago that the weather went fucking crazy on us.

Just thought you guys could use some info. from a person on the inside. #WeAreTheNewVenice #LuckilySoManyCanadiansOwnCanoes
Jun 21 2013 9:55PM
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Dingo69
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Wow
Jun 21 2013 9:56PM
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EricCartman
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shit thats pretty sweet
Jun 21 2013 9:58PM
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Shredsterr
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It's a fuckin' bummer :(
Jun 21 2013 11:59PM
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chicken
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meh. sled island getting cancelled is more of a bummer for me. I'm glad the rodeo grounds/grandstand got hit the worst. Especially right after they made the modifications. Hopefully no rodeo this year.
Jun 22 2013 12:33AM
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saskskier
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But think of the economic reprocussions of the stampede getting cancelled. Between hotels, food, tourism, etc. how much revenue does that bring to the city every year?
Jun 22 2013 12:40AM
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chicken
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I highly doubt the stampede will be cancelled but I really don't care if it does. I'm not really cool with the stampede anyways.
Jun 22 2013 12:47AM
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mode2n
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Although stampede sucks and luckily I'm out in BC so I never have to deal with it, there is no way it'll be closed. Way too much revenue is made for it to be closed for the whole length it goes on. They'll just have lots and lots of work to get done in the next two weeks leading up to it
Jun 22 2013 12:53AM
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Tyler.A
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Stampede won't be canceled but it won't be good either. We are the first people to be allowed back to an affected community tomorrow (top of discovery) so ill bike down and get some pictures of it tomorrow morning. So pretty much we will be the only people allowed in
Jun 22 2013 1:15AM
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___ASP___
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Stampede being cancelled would be the worst thing that could happen to the city, i think we will be ready to go in 2 weeks, The Stampede will be the thing that brings all calgarians together, something everyone can celebrate and come together over
Jun 22 2013 1:19AM
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paige.
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The major set up for stampede hasn't really started yet so I feel like clean up is doable. Things like the grandstand might be harder but huge portions of the grounds are basically empty space - rides, 4h stuff, the showroom should be fine.

I'm definitely bummed about sled island and am interested to see how refunds work. I think I may be happy I decided against the full pass this year. I also wonder whether sled island will be able to afford to continue next year if they have to still pay venues and artists whilst refumdimg our tickets.
Jun 22 2013 2:06AM
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J.D.
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You want to see a video of the river, this is nutbar.


Jun 22 2013 10:34AM
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corona
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well be thankful you're not in India. the latest death toll on their current round of monsoon flooding is 600. turns out landslides suck.
Jun 22 2013 11:15AM
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EricCartman
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Meanwhile in canada
Jun 22 2013 11:29AM
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Bonzalo
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Read the Title as "The great 2013 Alberta Food", left hungry.
Jun 22 2013 11:30AM
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nagger
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nobody gives a shit what you think vegan go talk out your ass on another forum
Jun 22 2013 11:58AM
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KJacks
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I live in winnipeg and we barely even flooded this year actually! only a couple houses needed to be evacuated which is not normal...
Jun 22 2013 12:21PM
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J.D.
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Jun 22 2013 12:52PM
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jca
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holy shit, you guys only pay 114.9 for gas!?!? Solid 30 cents cheaper than what i pay.

Hope all you 'bertans are doing well and staying dry.
Jun 22 2013 1:24PM
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rudager
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Dark clouds to the north....

Storms coming up Annie
Jun 22 2013 4:22PM
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HungryHypocrite
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daamn son that is crazy.
vibes to you guys who are affected.

if i had any idea of a flood coming, i would seriously just stop giving a fuck and park on the highest point i can find.. it sucks to see all those cars completely fucked.
Jun 22 2013 4:59PM
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annex_
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holy tits. last time I filled up it was 130.5
Jun 22 2013 5:56PM
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chicken
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haha fuck you and fuck the rodeo. only place I'm glad to see underwater is that grandstand.
Jun 22 2013 6:05PM
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liftedresearcher
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lived in calgary for the past year and had to come back up to edmonton for a couple months to finish off some school. supposed to be moving back july 1st to a ground level condo in mission, im sure its under about 8 feet of water right now. dunno what ill do. hoping to be able to help out with the recovery once im back down there next week.
Jun 22 2013 6:13PM
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Caucasian_Asian
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Our site at the airport just got shut down until further notice due to mandatory water restrictions.
Jun 22 2013 7:45PM
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paige.
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Anybody know how hard Cochrane got hit? I'm headed to an outdoor wedding tomorrow. We're lucky it's happening as the groom is living in canmore right now.
Jun 23 2013 1:12AM
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annex_
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welp. the university got shut down till wednesday now.
Jun 23 2013 1:35AM
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Phil-X-
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Im going to be visiting in August for a few days to check out Banff and Jasper. How do you guys think itll look in 2 months?
Jun 23 2013 3:28AM
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chicken
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stay away from my country.
Jun 23 2013 11:27AM
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nagger
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are you native or something
Jun 23 2013 12:39PM
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corona
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won't notice anything in Jasper. if you'd been to Banff before you might notice some widened riverbeds or something. it's further downstream you'd see more destruction. but Alberta has the money to clean everything up and bring it back to new in a month after the water subsides.
Jun 23 2013 12:43PM
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Caucasian_Asian
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As far as I've heard, Cochrane was spared any major damage.  The water was high, but no major flooding.
Jun 23 2013 1:44PM
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Caucasian_Asian
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On another note, 93N has reopened for travel.

That means if you need to get from Calgary to BC your choice is either up to Rocky Mountain House and over to Saskatchewan River Crossing, or down through the Crowsnest Pass.

YYC to Golden via 93N:  535km
YYC to Golden via Crowsnest Pass:  625km


Jun 23 2013 2:32PM
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PacificRimJob
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Inside the Saddledome...

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Jun 23 2013 3:43PM
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lorida
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Wow, I've been following it on the news but it's always incredible to see photos of the damage.

It's not as if all damaged houses can be repaired in a week...there's a huge aftermath to this, vibes to all those affected.


Jun 23 2013 3:54PM
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notadoctor
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Never bought tickets to sled island but ended up at a couple house parties where some bands were playing this weekend. Actually was pretty sick even though its not really my kind of music, sucks if you paid for tickets you couldn't use though.

Saw some people with a slip and slide set up on their lawn in the rain. kinda funny.
Jun 23 2013 3:55PM
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will_powder
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Maybe parks will actually let them build a good one now...
Jun 23 2013 6:00PM
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saskskier
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I was planning on heading down to High River to help my aunt and uncle out this weekend, but it sounds like they got overland flooding in their area and the water has no place to drain. Hopefully next weekend.
Jun 26 2013 1:13AM
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corona
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I guess look on the bright side: there's no better place in the world to have a flood in a populated area like this.
Jun 26 2013 6:33AM
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MLB
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COP is ok on the bright side, and acting like shelter/emergency center.

Man the mudslides in cougar creek are just terrible. If I don't get this job today, gonna head back out west to help out the homies.
Jun 26 2013 10:55AM
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