The Great 2013 Alberta Flood

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.
 
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?
 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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.
 
You want to see a video of the river, this is nutbar.

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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.
 
I live in winnipeg and we barely even flooded this year actually! only a couple houses needed to be evacuated which is not normal...
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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?
 
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.
 
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

 
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.

 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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