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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Jun 21, 2013 - 04:12pm PT
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Between the climbing community and my office branch is Calgary, plenty of reasons to cross my fingers and toes for you. Just heard the the employees in Calgary are OK - and invited them to come to PDX for refuge.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Jun 21, 2013 - 04:14pm PT
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Luckily I live on high ground. Most of the city is 30+ meters above the river valleys but many low areas are toast right now.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Jun 21, 2013 - 05:32pm PT
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My heart goes out to the residents -- and people who know residents, like Riley -- there. Pretty powerful imagery.
John
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 21, 2013 - 08:06pm PT
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It is disgusting how little press this has received. There was a pic in the LA Times today but I've seen nothing on the so-called Weather Channel
or CNN.
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ecflau
Gym climber
CA
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Jun 21, 2013 - 08:10pm PT
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Riley - can you go North through Jasper, Rocky Mountain House, then HWY 2?
Sad pictures... supposed to go there next week. Guess climbing is out.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Jun 21, 2013 - 08:22pm PT
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ecflau, ^ apparently the Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise and Saskatchewan River Crossing is closed right now.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jun 21, 2013 - 08:23pm PT
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No doubt Reilly. I was hoping to see what was going on at lunch and there was nothing, but lots of talk about tropical depressions in Mexico. WTF
BTW we have been getting some crazy weather around here today on a much smaller scale, but there was 4.5 inch diameter hail. That is a big chunk of ice falling out of the sky.
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ecflau
Gym climber
CA
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Jun 21, 2013 - 08:36pm PT
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Damn that sucks. I'm hearing the worst of it will be tonight or tomorrow morning. Some of the damns may have release some water to take the pressure off or something?
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ecflau
Gym climber
CA
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Jun 21, 2013 - 08:41pm PT
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Cool thanks Reiley.
Dumb question, but would climbing there in 10 days be sketchy? I hear its a bit chossy there... never climbed in the Canadian Rockies, just Yosemite granite...
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ecflau
Gym climber
CA
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Jun 21, 2013 - 09:10pm PT
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Thanks Bruce and all... hope you are all safe. I grew up there and spent the majority of my life there, really shocking to see those pictures right now.
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nah000
climber
canuckistan
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Jun 21, 2013 - 10:37pm PT
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nenshi [calgary mayor extraordinnaire] just mentioned on the ctv news that city officials are preparing for two outcomes regarding the bow river.
the first and most likely being that the bow river flow, while essentially at its max, will not reduce for quite a few hours.
the second being that there might be upstream "events" [he specifically mentioned the minnewanka dam near banff] that cause another surge in flow rates. in the latest media scrum he's called the likelihood of this happening as "not unlikely". nice and vague as i'm sure it has to be.
hmmm...
nenshi quoted 1700 m3/s as being the current rough bow river flow rate. for reference the 2005 flood had peak bow river flow rates of about 800 m3/s [these numbers are at calgary prior to the confluence with the elbow].
having been here in 2005, as well, and being under the belief that that was essentially a 1 in 100 or so year event, both the numbers and the pictures this go round are quite mind boggling.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Jun 21, 2013 - 11:21pm PT
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I was told the Bow used to flood 100 years ago before dams and control.
Cougar Creek is amazing. It is usually a little stream but where it exits the canyon near the houses it goes onto a 300 meter wide floodplain with lots of big boulders. If it flooded only once every 500 years most of this area should have grown back with trees. The geological evidence is that it floods regularly in a big way. The house at the head of the canyon (the big one being eroded away in one of the films) supposedly belongs to the developer who built the subdivision on the floodplain. Maybe there is justice in the world.
When will city authorities stop issuing building permits on floodplains? Makes you think of the North Carolina vacation homes built on barrier islands. Ask any geologist what barrier islands do over time. They are constantly being eroded and deposited elsewhere. It is lunacy to build homes on them
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 21, 2013 - 11:28pm PT
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hey there say, riley, and all those that have loved one there... wow, sorry to be late, to wish well and pray for you all, but i just learned of this, (your post, riley, at facebook) ...
i did see the title here, but thought it was a climbing issue that i could easily just pray and hope about, but that no lives were affected by it...
man oh man, as i wrong, :O
it is much more...
*dial up, folks, i do not get to check ALL the titles like
i used to... :(
my sincere prayers for you all... especially tonight, :O
god bless, in the midst of this terrible flooding and keep lives
safe, :O
whewwww... :O
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moacman
Trad climber
Montuckyian Via Canada Eh!
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Jun 21, 2013 - 11:36pm PT
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There was an earthen type dam in Cougar Canyon used as flood control but it blew out in the late 80's. You should have seen the mess that made. People still continue to build in these areas anyway......
Stevo
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Jun 21, 2013 - 11:49pm PT
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View of the flood this morning from a Calgary police helicopter. It's an hour long, so covers lots of area.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Jun 22, 2013 - 12:01am PT
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^^^Holy crap....I hope your folks are OK kunlun_shan, further west if I remember and hopefully on higher ground.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Jun 22, 2013 - 12:04am PT
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Hey Charlie, they are quite alright in the Shuswap. It has been raining, but not like in Alberta.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jun 22, 2013 - 12:05am PT
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That looks devastating. Looks like a beautiful city, I hope things settle down up there.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Jun 22, 2013 - 12:45am PT
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As said up thread, Holy Crap!
That is an amazing show of force by mother nature.
My thoughts go out to people affected and hope the casualties are few.
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