I hope that all our friends in Bragg Creek, Canmore, Black Diamond and High River etc are ok.

They're saying this could be three times as severe as the flooding of 2005, just before we got here!
http://www.google.ca/m/search?q=albe...I&ved=0CCoQqAI

Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for parts of southern Alberta, forecasting up to 100 millimetres of rain in the next two days.


Pfft.

Mere drizzle.

And with it being Alberta, it'll probably be dry rain anyway.

it's pretty severe guys...

http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/several-ca...rder-1.1334012

http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/photo-gall...ather-1.908708

thing is, its not even raining at the moment...all i can hear out my window (in the North-East thankfully, away from any water bodies) is helicopters and sirens

Not to worry. Water and Oil don't mix.

G'wan, get your Mayor to call in the army.

The army are headed to High River to help out apparently...

I hope they help and that everyone in the affected area does OK. But, can I hope that Albertans will stop mocking Toronto because a decade ago their last idiot Mayor (before the current idiot Mayor) called in troops during a perceived emergency?

Calgary Police are asking on behalf of the High River RCMP if anyone can assist in High River with a Passenger carrying motorised Boat!

https://twitter.com/CalgaryPolice/st...61578722066432

Woodmanbg lives in Bragg Creek. That's been evacuated now .... How awful. They think 100,000 people may be affected by this.

Key word here is "perceived".

The last thing I would categorize this flooding as, would be a perceived emergency.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...storify-w.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...y-plan-ch.html

Pfffffft we don't need the army. What dya need the army for when you have farmers.

(legitimate picture taken in High River earlier)

It is a bit damp out.

Wow! Just seen a you tube clip of what they have done to Elbow Drive and 5 Street... An 8 feet high, 100 foot long berm right across Elbow!

It looks way higher than in 2005 to me.

We were here in 2005 and all the trails along the river were washed out in Red Deer, the have called for a local state of emergency here due to water being released from the damn. Its not good, just seen a clip of someone's house floating down the river at Bragg Creek. It's not good, mstay safe people