Calgary next flood.

[308 man]

Snowing in the mountains west of Calgary if we should have June rain like last time Calgary will flood again it is not will it happen again it will. Calgary is not properly finished there flood mitigation yet.

[stuckincity]

That's why the C-Train isn't underground downtown.

[JB_AOL]

Lol what?

Yep, snows every year in the mtns. We also get rain every year in June. If you're already worried about flooding, you must be fun at parties..

Best piece of advise... Don't worry about things you can't control..

[JB_AOL]

Originally Posted by stuckincity

That's why the C-Train isn't underground downtown.

You mean that's why the new leg won't be underground... (It already goes underground.

[JDK71]

with all the logging going on west Caroline /Sundre /Rocky if there is a flood there will be no trees to slow it down

[creeky]

It will likely rain during the next Stampede.


Creeky....


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[Sundancefisher]

Actually lot and lots of snow is good. Doesn’t cause flooding.

What causes flooding is when a system parks on Calgary and slams storm after storm up against the foothills. It’s a 1:100 year phenomenon.

Everything has to line up well. If it does and it’s warm enough and raining on the snow pack then the snow is a factor.

Let it snow. We can use some monster snowfalls which will come again.

[Grizzly Adams1]

Originally Posted by JDK71

with all the logging going on west Caroline /Sundre /Rocky if there is a flood there will be no trees to slow it down

I know places, never logged, like above Canmore, didn't make much difference in 2013. Downtown Calgary's water table is that of the Bow River, that rises, you have flooding.

Grizz

[RandyBoBandy]

If they quit fracking in Calgary, underground is the way to go

[Grizzly Adams1]

Originally Posted by creeky

It will likely rain during the next Stampede.


Creeky....


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That could be a few years away.

Grizz

[YYC338]

Originally Posted by 308 man

Snowing in the mountains west of Calgary if we should have June rain like last time Calgary will flood again it is not will it happen again it will. Calgary is not properly finished there flood mitigation yet.

Lived here all my life. Best as I can recall it's snowed every winter and rained every June. Doesn't mean we are in for a one in a one hundred year catastrophe though.

California will suffer a devastating earthquake and Yellowstone will have a catastrophic volcano. Doesn't mean you have to lose any sleep about it. Can't hide under the bed all the time.

[MyAlberta]

I had always kept an eye on spring ice jams on the bow as a flood indicator. Then along came 2013.

[The Cook]

There was a decent snowpack last year but cool temperatures made for a slow melt and June rains were snow at higher, cooler elevations which added to the slow melt.

[slough shark]

To be fair we need a lot of snow and or rain down south this year, all sorts of sloughs are empty and the water table is down a lot. There was next to nothing on the prairies out hunting last week so here’s hoping for more.

[Grizzly Adams1]

Originally Posted by slough shark

To be fair we need a lot of snow and or rain down south this year, all sorts of sloughs are empty and the water table is down a lot. There was next to nothing on the prairies out hunting last week so here’s hoping for more.

We need some snow here badly, thinking our drought isn't over, just colder.

Grizz

[jrowan]

Originally Posted by JB_AOL

Lol what?

Yep, snows every year in the mtns. We also get rain every year in June. If you're already worried about flooding, you must be fun at parties..

Best piece of advise... Don't worry about things you can't control..

Except not live in a flood zone, but hey city hall seems cool with approving new communities on flood plains. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[pikeman06]

Better get while the gettins good. Stock up on toilet paper.

[Ackleyman]

We need lots of snow and soaker rains in April. Every pot hole and larger slough i saw this year was baked dry....zero water

[Lornce]

Small streams in lower elevations are also at alarmingly low levels. Suprised F/W didn't close them this year.

[MyAlberta]

3+ meter base at Sunshine/ Louise = heaven. Let it snow

[elkhunter11]

When the next flood does come, be sure to take your firearms with you, if you have to evacuate.

[Glory Hills]

It will happen again and the pace seems to dictate that it is very possible within the next couple of years. The earths magnetic poles are shifting. Quite the blast of northern lights this year!

[Jims83cj5]

Originally Posted by 308 man

Snowing in the mountains west of Calgary if we should have June rain like last time Calgary will flood again it is not will it happen again it will. Calgary is not properly finished there flood mitigation yet.

Holy crap, lay off the sauce early in the afternoon bud

[Jims83cj5]

Originally Posted by stuckincity

That's why the C-Train isn't underground downtown.

Lmao, it won’t go underground because the cost to move all the utilities in the way multiplies the project cost by ten