# The CanaDoper Café, 2013 edition. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736 "2013-01-01T03:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 71
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1401 "2013-06-21T02:41:58Z")
Huh. I spose you’re just gonna send all that water our way without even asking, aren’t you? 😛 (Do stay safe though) ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1402 "2013-06-21T02:42:18Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > It’s another plot by Harper to get rid of the CBC. Hahaha! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1403 "2013-06-21T03:13:28Z")
> [@EmAnJ](#): > > It looks like it’ll crest and flood Memorial if we keep getting rain and more surges tonight. Just saw a crawl on TV saying that now, Sunnyside and Eau Claire are being evacuated. Other riverside communities too, but those stood out to me as I know them well. That’s some serious river cresting–hope all in those communities are safe. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1404 "2013-06-21T03:19:39Z")
Just checked the [Calgary Herald](http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Calgary+emergency+plan+activated+officials+Elbow+rivers/8553449/story.html). Here’s a list of Calgary communities being evacuated, and those on alert (though some of those on alert are now being evacuated, if the TV crawl is correct): > [@Calgary Herald](#): > > By early afternoon, residents of Mission, Elbow Park, Stanley Park, Roxboro, Rideau and Discovery Ridge were told to leave their homes and bring sufficient supplies to last a week as the city declared a state of local emergency in anticipation of flooding three times as severe as 2005. > > Later in the afternoon, Inglewood, Erlton, Victoria Park and Cliff Bungalow were added to the list, and in the early evening residents in the low-lying areas of Sunnyside and Bowness were asked to be out of their homes by 7 p.m. > > At press time, residents in Eau Claire, Chinatown, Downtown, Montgomery, Bridgeland, Westmount and Beltline were on high alert. I was skating on the lagoons at Bowness last Christmas. If the river and the lagoons have risen enough to threaten homes in the area, the river must have risen quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1405 "2013-06-21T03:26:38Z")
Yes, it has risen a LOT. Some areas (outside of Calgary) have exceeded the 1 in 100 year flood levels and are still increasing. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1406 "2013-06-21T03:27:43Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Just checked the [Calgary Herald](http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Calgary+emergency+plan+activated+officials+Elbow+rivers/8553449/story.html). Here’s a list of Calgary communities being evacuated, and those on alert (though some of those on alert are now being evacuated, if the TV crawl is correct): > > I was skating on the lagoons at Bowness last Christmas. If the river and the lagoons have risen enough to threaten homes in the area, the river must have risen quite a bit. All the ones listed as on high alert in that message are being evacuated now. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1407 "2013-06-21T04:09:51Z")
> [@EmAnJ](#): > > Just popping in from Calgary to say hi and best wishes for anyone else in the area! They’re evacuating parts of downtown now and some of the bridges are closed down. My husband and I are on Canada Task Force and my husband is out on one of the water rescue crews right now while I’m on standby (I’m rear party and actually on leave, so I probably won’t be called on). I went down to Edworthy at around 6:30 (a park down on the Bow) and the river had almost crested it’s banks. It looks like it’ll crest and flood Memorial if we keep getting rain and more surges tonight. Missed you by _that_ much - we drove down to Edworthy Park at around 7:30. The Bow River is crazy high - I don’t think in my 23 years here I’ve ever seen it higher. We saw a crew working by the corner of Memorial and the 10th. Street Bridge, and a brigade of City trucks there - was your husband in that crew? > [@Gorsnak](#): > > Huh. I spose you’re just gonna send all that water our way without even asking, aren’t you? 😛 > > (Do stay safe though) Yup. 🙂 I took some pictures while we were driving around: [Driving around in another downpour - that oughta help things.](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Flood%202013/HPIM7656_zpsd0b3f9eb.jpg) [The weather has been awesome for a cloud-watcher like me - they’re just amazing!](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Flood%202013/HPIM7660_zpsb27cb2d4.jpg) [The Bow River at Edworthy Park.](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Flood%202013/HPIM7684_zpsb0dd1ca8.jpg) This river is usually clear enough to see the trout in it, and much, much lower. [Another view from the pedestrian bridge.](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Flood%202013/HPIM7692_zps4228d329.jpg) [The Bow with clouds and a high-rise in the background.](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Flood%202013/HPIM7702_zpscd0f5c25.jpg) I wonder if that building has been evacuated. [Memorial Drive, a fairly major artery, is closed off.](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Flood%202013/HPIM7713_zpscdd7c165.jpg) [A manhole gushing water after yet another downpour](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Flood%202013/HPIM7727_zps8ad99bc2.jpg) (with bonus Mustang!). 😃 [The waterfalls in the back alley across the street from us.](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Flood%202013/HPIM7729_zpsc3a9498e.jpg) 🙂 [Here’s the Bow as it normally looks around that area.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Calgary-Edworthy_Park.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1408 "2013-06-21T04:14:14Z")
This is just crazy. We live on fairly high ground, water would have to rise a loooong way to get to us. I had a call from my dad asking if we were ok (and I called him last week about the tornados!) This is crazy. BF is working from home tomorrow because it sounds like downtown is just being shut down, I’ll probably be making my way to work because though there are a couple spots affected along on my commute they don’t really affect my commute… We were supposed to go camping this weekend on our annual group camp out, now it sounds like we won’t be because the highways are all jacked up. The campsite might be A-Ok, but the getting there might be hard! ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1409 "2013-06-21T04:17:38Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Missed you by _that_ much - we drove down to Edworthy Park at around 7:30. The Bow River is crazy high - I don’t think in my 23 years here I’ve ever seen it higher. We saw a crew working by the corner of Memorial and the 10th. Street Bridge, and a brigade of City trucks there - was your husband in that crew? No, he was at the staging area and just got home half an hour ago. They were at the Stampede grounds but moved because apparently they expect that to be under water by midnight. I have heard that downtown is closed tomorrow too, so I think I’ll stay home. We have an emergency number to call so I’ll check in the morning and see if the office is closed. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1410 "2013-06-21T04:21:15Z")
I’m in one of the “on watch” neighbourhoods (and apparently are on advised, but not mandatory evac), though I’m a bit dubious of the idea that it could actually flood us - there’s a sizable ridge between us and the river. I don’t see how it could cut off our escape route either as it would be up a hill. All the same, I’ve packed a go bag. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1411 "2013-06-21T04:25:08Z")
My husband said that they are expecting the crest tonight to be double what it was in 2005, so I agree that it’s best to be prepared. Fingers crossed that you aren’t affected. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1412 "2013-06-21T04:41:51Z")
I was wondering what would happen with downtown tomorrow - I’m guessing a lot of people won’t be going in to work. > [@Raygun99](#): > > I’m in one of the “on watch” neighbourhoods (and apparently are on advised, but not mandatory evac), though I’m a bit dubious of the idea that it could actually flood us - there’s a sizable ridge between us and the river. I don’t see how it could cut off our escape route either as it would be up a hill. All the same, I’ve packed a go bag. I thought that about Sunnyside, too, but it seems to be under evacuation notice now. I didn’t see how it was possible for the river to get over the Memorial Drive ridge, but they seem to think it might happen. Crazy. Stay safe, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1413 "2013-06-21T04:49:57Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I took some pictures while we were driving around… You took a Ford Mustang out in that? I’ve got a 4WD Chevy here that would be more reliable and much safer, if you want to borrow that. Just don’t jeopardize your lives in a Ford! 😃 Seriously, **Cat** , those are great photos. The one at 10th and Memorial strikes home–I’ve walked along the riverside in that park, and had lunch/coffee in just about every place in that neighbourhood at one time or another. I hope the evacuation is more precautionary than necessary, and the shops and residents are okay. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1414 "2013-06-21T04:56:44Z")
It does seem to me to be an “abundance of caution” situation, but it wouldn’t take much for things to turn bad with how high the rivers are. I remember that in 2005, Macleod Trail actually got topped near the casino, which seems crazy to think about. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1415 "2013-06-21T05:01:15Z")
They just announced that all the schools, both CBE and Catholic, are closed tomorrow. They are recommending that people don’t go to work downtown tomorrow if possible as many of the roads will be closed. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1416 "2013-06-21T05:31:58Z")
Just wondering–how does this compare to the 1950 Winnipeg floods? Not that it’s a competition; I’m just wondering. My Dad was a volunteer during the 1950 Winnipeg floods, and told me stories about sandbagging, and building dikes, and similar. I’m wondering how this Alberta event compares to Dad’s stories from Winnipeg. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1417 "2013-06-21T05:43:35Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > You took a Ford Mustang out in that? I’ve got a 4WD Chevy here that would be more reliable and much safer, if you want to borrow that. Just don’t jeopardize your lives in a Ford! 😃 We take the Mustang everywhere! 🙂 > [@](#): > > Seriously, **Cat** , those are great photos. The one at 10th and Memorial strikes home–I’ve walked along the riverside in that park, and had lunch/coffee in just about every place in that neighbourhood at one time or another. I hope the evacuation is more precautionary than necessary, and the shops and residents are okay. I had a feeling you’d recognize a lot from my photographs. We saw some pictures of Sunnyside on the late news, and there was water in the streets there - mind-blowing. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1418 "2013-06-21T11:25:04Z")
I thought this was cute: [the comic “Tom the Dancing Bug”](http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2013/06/21) riffs on the photo of Rob Ford hanging with drug dealers by turning it into Michael Bloomberg drinking an illegally-oversized soda. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1419 "2013-06-21T12:04:30Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Just wondering–how does this compare to the 1950 Winnipeg floods? Didn’t they spend millions of dollars to build a diversionary canal around the city? I do hope all the Calgary dopers are OK. I remember when I lived in Calgary back in the 80s there were 2 ‘once in a century’ storms in 3 years. How many people in Calgary have flood insurance? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1420 "2013-06-21T12:27:42Z")
[QUOTE=Ike Witt] Didn’t they spend millions of dollars to build a diversionary canal around the city? [/QUOTE] Yup: [Duff’s Ditch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_Floodway). Hope all our Calgary Dopers are okay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=72)