22 Replies to “If only they hadn’t invented SUV’s”
I’m just waiting for the looting and the raping to start.
Oprah said after Katrina that it would happen to anyone.
Move to Calgary, buy a boat?
Envirofascists believe that history is only about 20 years long. That is the only way they can keep their hysteria alive.
can they just not dig the rivers deeper to prevent this flooding????
Tail is wagging the dog. Anyone who thinks that we can control/influence Mother Nature……I got a downtown Calgary condo for sale. Lake views out of every window and doors! Must see. (Bring your rubber boots).
All we ca do is learn and adapt. She has been teaching us that for generations.
The power of water!
They should have run it through a series of hydro-electric generating stations to extract it’s bellicose-ness!
I can’t remember who originally said this but, to paraphrase:
“Men talk, nature acts”.
can they just not dig the rivers deeper to prevent this flooding????
Absolutely, right after they force the rest of us to pay for it. They’re entitled to their entitlements. The Rat Queen said so…
I was there for the flood of ’95.
Not impressed. I drove my 1983 Pontiac Gran Prix across washed out hi ways.
My friends with lifted trucks just smiled, shifted into low range, and dug through it.
‘Get er done”
They laugh, until one of those “wierdos” drags your ride out of the flood.
And just might save your life.
We just Get It Done.
dwright
I had to borrow a pick-up truck today and the radio was set on the CBC. I didn’t want to change the station as I wasn’t about to fiddle with too many knobs, bells and whistles in someone else’s ride. Alas, the CBC had some babbling idiot on about climate change causing the Calgary floods. The atmosphere continues to get warmer he asserted without a shred of evidence or any questioning from the host. I came close to ripping the offending receiver from the dashboard. The preceding and following programmes were some artsy-fartsy drivel. Why, oh why, must we pay for this crap!
That said, I do feel sorry for the folks driven from their homes and for the loss of life; it’s too bad they are then used for propaganda.
And I recall the past 30 years of AGW warmists saying that AGW was going to turn the Canadian West and the U.S. Midwest and West into new dust bowls. So which is it?
Both, Andy. That is the only way they can keep their stupid hallucinations alive. They live in a mindset which twists reality into pretzels to keep their illusions alive. That is what keeps them from complete madness…..but it is just a small push into complete lunacy.
I had no idea Calgary floods so often,on average about every five years since 1897.
Now I know why so many people from Calgary I meet are such avid fishermen.
Aviator, a few month a ago I had the radio in my wife’s car on,permanently tuned to CBC-1,and there was a panel discussion on global warming. There was one fellow from the Suzuki Foundation,one from the Green Party, one from the NDP, and one a professor from UVic. Now,that’s balance!
Shockingly,the prof from UVic was very much against belief in AGW,and the moderator just about crapped her drawers arguing with his sensible points. I doubt he was ever invited back again.
The article only list floods in Southern Alberta. We have floods in Edmonton too and of course Fort MacMurray has recently seen flooding. The North Saskatchewan is on flood watch right now and the river has risen over 10 feet in the last two days. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Saskatchewan_River#Flooding
The most famous Edmonton flood was in 1915 when there was fear that the Low Level Bridge would be washed away from all of the debris ramming against it, including a house. They actually parked a train on the bridge to stabilize it. They kept up the steam in case they had to make a quick getaway if the bridge started to go. Great picture here
For years after that, few homes were built on the flood plain and most of it became parkland. But about 30 years ago the city started issuing some building permits in the river valley and of course the developers ate ’em up. One day those houses and condos will get wiped out. Idiots!
My first peek on web since evac from High River Thursday evening. My town is under water – still. The Highwood river has flooded almost every year since my family moved there (in the 70’s). Lived thru both ’95 & ’05 big floods. People don’t seem to understand the absolute devastation. But keeping the stiff British upper lip and looking forward to enjoying that lake front property – whenever we are allowed back in that is.
Oh and stocking up on bug spray. We’ve joked that by mid August we will be pining for a bit o’ rain to get the farmers to harvest….
Remember the flip side of this. In 1867, the year of Confederation and just 17 years after the commonly accepted endpoint of the ” Little Ice Age”; the North Saskatchewan was so dry that canoes had to be portaged through Edmonton. To be honest I am not sure if the reference was to the small 2 man type or the larger Voyager ones. But still, one years’ memorable extreme event does not a climate make.
I am in Forest Lawn Calgary and if there are any SDA out there who need a place to crash for a day or two; kids, pets welcome. Call me at 58* 351 302*. The asterisks are the latest year Kate won best Canadian blog.
Sincerely
Robert Albin
The Highwood river has flooded almost every year since my family moved there (in the 70’s)….People don’t seem to understand the absolute devastation.
No sympathy from me. Government aid is the only enabler in this equation. Without parasitism on the rest of us you would have moved to high ground long ago.
Flood victims won’t get a penny from me, I’ve already been forced to donate.
“…can they just not dig the rivers deeper to prevent this flooding????…”
Course not. Silly Boy!
That would have a deleterious effect on the spawning grounds of the vewy, vewy wae and ewusive bow river chub sucker. 😉
In 1932 or 1933 there were similar floods. Global National had pictures of the Centre Street bridge then and in 2013 side by side. They were identical, except Calgary looked more like a lake then as there weren’t as many high buildings.
In Sask when I worked in the Potash industry we were mandated to build our Tailings Ponds for a 100 year rain. That is 12″ of rain in 12 Hours. It’s amazing that developers and builders are allowed to build stuff near to rivers and flood plains without the same standard.
Maybe we should take a lesson from the Americans and build a Levy system similar to that on the Mississippi. They got tired of being flooded out so they build the levy system to contain the spring snow melt which can be magnified if spring rains happen at the same time.
Like Mayor Nenshi said on TV It was never about the Rain in Calgary but the Watershed from the mountains with snow still melting from winter combined with heavy rainfall.
Hope the re-building process takes a hundred year rain into account.
Why do you think they call High River,—–High River
Duh
Calgary is at the confluence of two rivers, the Bow and the Elbow, and given that June tends to be the rainiest month of the year, just when the mountain snowpack is at its highest rate of melt, very susceptible to flooding. The issues have always been when and how much. Most years the standard flood control measures are adequate; occasionally, such as this year, not. Given the topography of this area and the volumes of water involved in this event (Elbow River flowing three times its previous maximum), it’s hard to imagine what sort of measures realistically could have been taken to prevent or mitigate the damage that has occurred. A few point control measures might have been taken for places like downtown High River but as someone pointed out when I lived there years ago, “The water is going to go somewhere.” We simply have to pitch in, help each other through this event, then plan within economic reason for the water flows we can realistically expect.
So who is paid to monitor the snow pack, the temperature in the mountains, and rain in the foothills?
As we are awash in bureaucrats, I am sure there are at least 3 agencies all collecting funding to perform this vital service, yet the towns were caught flatfooted.
Maybe the cities should talk to the farmers more often as obviously the govt provided service ain’t working.
I’m just waiting for the looting and the raping to start.
Oprah said after Katrina that it would happen to anyone.
Move to Calgary, buy a boat?
Envirofascists believe that history is only about 20 years long. That is the only way they can keep their hysteria alive.
can they just not dig the rivers deeper to prevent this flooding????
Tail is wagging the dog. Anyone who thinks that we can control/influence Mother Nature……I got a downtown Calgary condo for sale. Lake views out of every window and doors! Must see. (Bring your rubber boots).
All we ca do is learn and adapt. She has been teaching us that for generations.
The power of water!
They should have run it through a series of hydro-electric generating stations to extract it’s bellicose-ness!
I can’t remember who originally said this but, to paraphrase:
“Men talk, nature acts”.
can they just not dig the rivers deeper to prevent this flooding????
Absolutely, right after they force the rest of us to pay for it. They’re entitled to their entitlements. The Rat Queen said so…
I was there for the flood of ’95.
Not impressed. I drove my 1983 Pontiac Gran Prix across washed out hi ways.
My friends with lifted trucks just smiled, shifted into low range, and dug through it.
‘Get er done”
They laugh, until one of those “wierdos” drags your ride out of the flood.
And just might save your life.
We just Get It Done.
dwright
I had to borrow a pick-up truck today and the radio was set on the CBC. I didn’t want to change the station as I wasn’t about to fiddle with too many knobs, bells and whistles in someone else’s ride. Alas, the CBC had some babbling idiot on about climate change causing the Calgary floods. The atmosphere continues to get warmer he asserted without a shred of evidence or any questioning from the host. I came close to ripping the offending receiver from the dashboard. The preceding and following programmes were some artsy-fartsy drivel. Why, oh why, must we pay for this crap!
That said, I do feel sorry for the folks driven from their homes and for the loss of life; it’s too bad they are then used for propaganda.
And I recall the past 30 years of AGW warmists saying that AGW was going to turn the Canadian West and the U.S. Midwest and West into new dust bowls. So which is it?
Both, Andy. That is the only way they can keep their stupid hallucinations alive. They live in a mindset which twists reality into pretzels to keep their illusions alive. That is what keeps them from complete madness…..but it is just a small push into complete lunacy.
I had no idea Calgary floods so often,on average about every five years since 1897.
Now I know why so many people from Calgary I meet are such avid fishermen.
Aviator, a few month a ago I had the radio in my wife’s car on,permanently tuned to CBC-1,and there was a panel discussion on global warming. There was one fellow from the Suzuki Foundation,one from the Green Party, one from the NDP, and one a professor from UVic. Now,that’s balance!
Shockingly,the prof from UVic was very much against belief in AGW,and the moderator just about crapped her drawers arguing with his sensible points. I doubt he was ever invited back again.
The article only list floods in Southern Alberta. We have floods in Edmonton too and of course Fort MacMurray has recently seen flooding. The North Saskatchewan is on flood watch right now and the river has risen over 10 feet in the last two days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Saskatchewan_River#Flooding
The most famous Edmonton flood was in 1915 when there was fear that the Low Level Bridge would be washed away from all of the debris ramming against it, including a house. They actually parked a train on the bridge to stabilize it. They kept up the steam in case they had to make a quick getaway if the bridge started to go.
Great picture here
For years after that, few homes were built on the flood plain and most of it became parkland. But about 30 years ago the city started issuing some building permits in the river valley and of course the developers ate ’em up. One day those houses and condos will get wiped out. Idiots!
My first peek on web since evac from High River Thursday evening. My town is under water – still. The Highwood river has flooded almost every year since my family moved there (in the 70’s). Lived thru both ’95 & ’05 big floods. People don’t seem to understand the absolute devastation. But keeping the stiff British upper lip and looking forward to enjoying that lake front property – whenever we are allowed back in that is.
Oh and stocking up on bug spray. We’ve joked that by mid August we will be pining for a bit o’ rain to get the farmers to harvest….
Remember the flip side of this. In 1867, the year of Confederation and just 17 years after the commonly accepted endpoint of the ” Little Ice Age”; the North Saskatchewan was so dry that canoes had to be portaged through Edmonton. To be honest I am not sure if the reference was to the small 2 man type or the larger Voyager ones. But still, one years’ memorable extreme event does not a climate make.
I am in Forest Lawn Calgary and if there are any SDA out there who need a place to crash for a day or two; kids, pets welcome. Call me at 58* 351 302*. The asterisks are the latest year Kate won best Canadian blog.
Sincerely
Robert Albin
The Highwood river has flooded almost every year since my family moved there (in the 70’s)….People don’t seem to understand the absolute devastation.
No sympathy from me. Government aid is the only enabler in this equation. Without parasitism on the rest of us you would have moved to high ground long ago.
Flood victims won’t get a penny from me, I’ve already been forced to donate.
“…can they just not dig the rivers deeper to prevent this flooding????…”
Course not. Silly Boy!
That would have a deleterious effect on the spawning grounds of the vewy, vewy wae and ewusive bow river chub sucker. 😉
In 1932 or 1933 there were similar floods. Global National had pictures of the Centre Street bridge then and in 2013 side by side. They were identical, except Calgary looked more like a lake then as there weren’t as many high buildings.
In Sask when I worked in the Potash industry we were mandated to build our Tailings Ponds for a 100 year rain. That is 12″ of rain in 12 Hours. It’s amazing that developers and builders are allowed to build stuff near to rivers and flood plains without the same standard.
Maybe we should take a lesson from the Americans and build a Levy system similar to that on the Mississippi. They got tired of being flooded out so they build the levy system to contain the spring snow melt which can be magnified if spring rains happen at the same time.
Like Mayor Nenshi said on TV It was never about the Rain in Calgary but the Watershed from the mountains with snow still melting from winter combined with heavy rainfall.
Hope the re-building process takes a hundred year rain into account.
Why do you think they call High River,—–High River
Duh
Calgary is at the confluence of two rivers, the Bow and the Elbow, and given that June tends to be the rainiest month of the year, just when the mountain snowpack is at its highest rate of melt, very susceptible to flooding. The issues have always been when and how much. Most years the standard flood control measures are adequate; occasionally, such as this year, not. Given the topography of this area and the volumes of water involved in this event (Elbow River flowing three times its previous maximum), it’s hard to imagine what sort of measures realistically could have been taken to prevent or mitigate the damage that has occurred. A few point control measures might have been taken for places like downtown High River but as someone pointed out when I lived there years ago, “The water is going to go somewhere.” We simply have to pitch in, help each other through this event, then plan within economic reason for the water flows we can realistically expect.
So who is paid to monitor the snow pack, the temperature in the mountains, and rain in the foothills?
As we are awash in bureaucrats, I am sure there are at least 3 agencies all collecting funding to perform this vital service, yet the towns were caught flatfooted.
Maybe the cities should talk to the farmers more often as obviously the govt provided service ain’t working.