Calgary Flood Waters

Yikes! How much rain did you get in what time span? Any damage to your home?

That flash-flood rain-storm happened while I was at work .. the lightning and thunder and rain and wind was insane. Where those previous pictures were taken was about 5 min drive south of my house.

My house is on the top of the hill, so the water just flowed away and into the creek flowing at the base. The creek was swollen beyond normal capacity, which flowed into the river which was also swollen beyond capacity. My friend who works for the city roads division told me stories of all the areas of the city having flood zones as well.

For those pictures shown above, from what I can tell, the storm drain exploded and forced thousands of liters of water up and onto the road-way - completely closing it. Another roadway was also flooded - I saw pictures of an 18-wheeler virtually submerged. Other pictures of an under-ground parking lot show that cars were submerged over their dashes.