The CanaDoper Café (2012 edition of The great, ongoing Canadian current events and politics thread.)

[Spoons]

Originally Posted by Northern Piper

Live streaming on http://tornadohunter.ca/live-streaming/ is showing an extremely dark, green cloud system in the Regina Beach/Lumsden area.

I've got the live stream up and things don't look good. It is quite dark and it looks like there is a truck overturned in a ditch.

Stay safe, NP!

[Northern Piper]

Intense rain starting now.

[Northern Piper]

getting lighter as the rain comes down; TalkRadio says the wind is gusting over 100 k.

[Northern Piper]

Originally Posted by Spoons

Stay safe, NP!

we're doing okay, thanks - the tornado by-passed Regina, and the skies are clearing.

[Spoons]

Northern Piper, how will the roads be? As I recall, Highway 1 was completely washed away near Maple Creek in 2010. I know that is quite a distance from you--but based on those rains and these rains, do you think there will be any similar washouts?

[Northern Piper]

Prince Albert Residents without Power, Water

A few of the P.A. hardware stores are still open (Canadian Tire, Rona) to sell goods like flashlights and generators, but only if you have cash - the debit card and credit card readers aren't functioning without power...

[Northern Piper]

I don't think it will be a problem, Spoons - in 2010, we had heavy rains for about two months, from May 24 to mid-July. This is more of a summer storm - intense, but we've not had that much rain overall this spring.

[Spoons]

Good to hear--thanks!

[Northern Piper]

Mayor of P.A. being interviewed right now on talk radio - pointed out that even if you have cash, you may not be able to re-fill prescriptions right now in P.A., because all the pharmacies now keep the prescription records on their computers.

[Cat Whisperer]

Holy crap - is all of Saskatchewan a disaster zone? (And no cracks about how that's normal for SK, please.)

[Northern Piper]

all tornado and severe weather watches are now ended. off to bed.

[Uzi]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

(And no cracks about how that's normal for SK, please.)

Drat!

[Spoons]

Originally Posted by Northern Piper

Mayor of P.A. being interviewed right now on talk radio - pointed out that even if you have cash, you may not be able to re-fill prescriptions right now in P.A., because all the pharmacies now keep the prescription records on their computers.

I did see a CTV news report about how only one gas station was operating in Prince Albert, thanks to generators; and how the city may not have power until Thursday.

ETA: Given some of the storms and wind we get, I wonder if I should invest in a generator. I was living in Ontario at the time of the 2003 blackout, and I missed my morning coffee!

[Muffin]

Just remember to disconnect from the grid before you start running your home on a generator -- don't want to zap the lineman,

[Gorsnak]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

Holy crap - is all of Saskatchewan a disaster zone? (And no cracks about how that's normal for SK, please.)

Well, no major drama in Saskatoon this time round, just a few heavy showers and some flashbangs. But last week the river bank between Sask Crescent and 11th St E collapsed just west of Victoria Ave and pretty much the entire block had to be evacuated. We've had waaaaay above average rainfall this year.

[the Lady]

No kidding. In Calgary it seems like it has rained every day.
We've gotten off really easy compared to places in the BC interior (Sicamous is under water, pretty much) but I'm getting really sick of rain.

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by Gorsnak

Well, no major drama in Saskatoon this time round, just a few heavy showers and some flashbangs. But last week the river bank between Sask Crescent and 11th St E collapsed just west of Victoria Ave and pretty much the entire block had to be evacuated. We've had waaaaay above average rainfall this year.

So, has the Bessborough completely slid into the river now? (I would add a smiley, but it's probably too close to reality to be all that funny.)

Originally Posted by the Lady

No kidding. In Calgary it seems like it has rained every day.
We've gotten off really easy compared to places in the BC interior (Sicamous is under water, pretty much) but I'm getting really sick of rain.

I'm also getting sick of the news stories talking to people concerned about the flooding in High River and with extremely expensive homes backing onto the Elbow River. Hey guys - the town is called "High River" - you could almost have anticipated that flooding might be a problem. The same goes for people who bought a house that backs onto a river - you do know that rivers flood periodically, right? In all fairness, though, most of the people they talk to are very pragmatic about it.

[Raygun99]

Originally Posted by Gorsnak

Well, no major drama in Saskatoon this time round, just a few heavy showers and some flashbangs. But last week the river bank between Sask Crescent and 11th St E collapsed just west of Victoria Ave and pretty much the entire block had to be evacuated. We've had waaaaay above average rainfall this year.

Rotary Park has always been kind of dodgy as far as that goes, hasn't it? I remember them having to do some major reconstruction to keep it from falling into the river about ten years ago.

the Lady, it's 22 out of 27 days so far in June, counting the sprinkles we got this morning.

Cat Whisperer, it's High River because the Highwood River is high in elevation, not that the water level is high.

[Gorsnak]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

So, has the Bessborough completely slid into the river now? (I would add a smiley, but it's probably too close to reality to be all that funny.)

The Bezz is on the other side of the river, and I know of no instability on that bank. It's nowhere near as steep over there.

Originally Posted by Raygun99

Rotary Park has always been kind of dodgy as far as that goes, hasn't it? I remember them having to do some major reconstruction to keep it from falling into the river about ten years ago.

The concern these days is that the Victoria Bridge will fall on someone's head. I don't recall any riverbank reinforcement work there, but if there was I expect it would have been right down at the river. This collapse is quite a long way up from the river. The park itself is dead flat between the actual edge of the river and Sask Cres, and then the riverbank slopes sharply up to 11th St, as seen from a Google Street View shot evidently taken before they condemned the bridge. The collapse occurred just on the other side of that largish apt block.

[Kenm]

Check out the bubble clouds over Regina.

Über weird.

[Leaffan]

Originally Posted by Kenm

Check out the bubble clouds over Regina.

Über weird.

The apocalypse is nigh.

[Northern Piper]

Originally Posted by Gorsnak

The concern these days is that the Victoria Bridge will fall on someone's head.

Par Toutatis!

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by Raygun99

<snip>

Cat Whisperer, it's High River because the Highwood River is high in elevation, not that the water level is high.

{Johnny Carson} I did not know that.

Well, the river does get high most years, too.

[Le Ministre de l'au-delà]

Just dropping by briefly to wish everyone a Happy Canada Day tomorrow!! Off to my in-laws for a couple of days...

[Ibanez]

Yup, Happy Dominion day all !!!

[Cat Whisperer]

Has anyone done any research into the On-To-Ottawa Trek from 1935? I first heard about this fairly recently, and my husband hadn't heard about it at all.

[Sunspace]

It seems like this day leading up to Canada Day is longer than usual. Oh wait. It is.

[Ike Witt]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

Has anyone done any research into the On-To-Ottawa Trek from 1935? I first heard about this fairly recently, and my husband hadn't heard about it at all.

I heard about it a year or so ago on a CBC radio show.

[Muffin]

Happy Canada Day.

[Spoons]

Have a great Canada Day, friends! I'm thinking I just may spend it exploring the hiking trails in the nearby Waterton Lakes National Park. Hope that all of you have some similarly fun plans!

[Flutterby]

Happy Canada day!

I plan to hit up some of the city stuff then just relax at home. Tomorrow will be for exploring nature, if I have enough energy.

[Muffin]

I live in the country/bush, where my high speed internet connection is not at all high speed, so for Canada Day, I am planting a file sever farm.

[The Flying Dutchman]

Originally Posted by Muffin

I live in the country/bush, where my high speed internet connection is not at all high speed, so for Canada Day, I am planting a file sever farm.

What? You are planting a paper shredder on the muskeg ?

Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians.
I'm taking the grandkids to the local day long celebrations and parade for face painting, games and entertainment. I'm 62 years old, and I tell you this country has come a long way when it comes to celebrating Dominion Day.

[Northern Piper]

sitting in the back yard in the sun, Camp Coffee in hand. The Cub is watching Wonder Pets, Mrs Piper is sleeping in. We plan on going to the LT Gov's annual garden party this afternoon, and fireworks tonight.

[Spoons]

Originally Posted by Spoons

Have a great Canada Day, friends! I'm thinking I just may spend it exploring the hiking trails in the nearby Waterton Lakes National Park. Hope that all of you have some similarly fun plans!

Change of plans--a friend called and suggested a day of golf. So, we'll do that instead. Hey, I'm easy!

[Muffin]

Originally Posted by Northern Piper

We plan on going to the LT Gov's annual garden party this afternoon . . .

Love those historic costumes in the photo.

[Muffin]

Originally Posted by The Flying Dutchman

What? You are planting a paper shredder on the muskeg ?

No, shredding isn't a problem. It the excessively slow speed of my internet connection that is a problem, for often it takes a very long time to download a file, and in the last few weeks for hours at a time the download speed has been 0.02 (as opposed to its usually slow speed of 1.2). The solution was to plant a dedicated server farm on the property, rather than suffer delays and service outages when being served files from either my office the cloud. Now I'm well on my way to having my own server farm. Here's a pic of my server farm -- one or two days away from harvest (the farm a couple of lots up just brought in his first crop of hay yesterday). I'm pretty excitied about it! http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3...serverfarm.jpg

[Bookkeeper]

Originally Posted by Muffin

No, shredding isn't a problem. It the excessively slow speed of my internet connection that is a problem, for often it takes a very long time to download a file, and in the last few weeks for hours at a time the download speed has been 0.02 (as opposed to its usually slow speed of 1.2). The solution was to plant a dedicated server farm on the property, rather than suffer delays and service outages when being served files from either my office the cloud. Now I'm well on my way to having my own server farm. Here's a pic of my server farm -- one or two days away from harvest (the farm a couple of lots up just brought in his first crop of hay yesterday). I'm pretty excitied about it! http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3...serverfarm.jpg

Dude! You're obviously growing rooted cuttings from old stock, and will only get a low capacity harvest. You need to plant seeds!

[Muffin]

Originally Posted by Bookkeeper

You need to plant seeds!

[Cat Whisperer]

In honour of the Calgary Stampede's 100th anniversary, I share with you this awesome website - Flapjack Finder! To be used to help you find every possible Stampede breakfast that you can cram down your gullet.

[Cat Whisperer]

This just in from somewhere in western Canada - RCMP officer jams with campers in the woods. I gotta say, that isn't the worst music I've ever heard.

[Le Ministre de l'au-delà]

My favourite cop drummers - Rock On.

[Moonlitherial]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

In honour of the Calgary Stampede's 100th anniversary, I share with you this awesome website - Flapjack Finder! To be used to help you find every possible Stampede breakfast that you can cram down your gullet.

Ha that's awesome Cat. My boy is hitchhiking his way across Canada for the 2nd year in a row and is in Calgary right now. His girlfriend is with him this time and I'm encouraging them to stay for a couple days and see a few Stampede sights.

[Flutterby]

I should use that. I smelled pancakes an sausage as I drove up to work this morning (but it probably wouldn't be on there, it was likely a 'private' function for vendors/company/customers only so I may have been able to sneak in that way)

[Leaffan]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

This just in from somewhere in western Canada - RCMP officer jams with campers in the woods. I gotta say, that isn't the worst music I've ever heard.

Cops are people? Who'd a thunk it?

[mnemosyne]

I was given tickets to see Amaluna last night... I think it's my favourite Cirque performance ever! Go see it if you get the chance, it's worth it!

[Le Ministre de l'au-delà]

The Gazette trailer looks incredible!

[newcomer]

OT: just wanted to show off an MP for my riding, Eve Adams at some function for Veterans.

http://a.yfrog.com/img878/2255/n6midt.jpg

Now, I have yet to see a female MP (or, any female MPP for that matter) that carries summer dress more elegantly. I'm so impressed I might turn Blue (Tory)

[The Flying Dutchman]

OMG. for a moment it looked like she was talking to Russell Williams

[mnemosyne]

Originally Posted by Le Ministre de l'au-delà

The Gazette trailer looks incredible!

Doesn't even begin to do it justice. Seriously, that trailer is bland compared to the show. I was agape nearly the whole time - there are some things I've never seen before (and I've seen a lot of the Cirque shows!).