As is usual for the news media pretty much all of Calgary is under water...maybe even several meters (yards) of water depending upon which news channel is reporting (Fox is the worst exaggerators). Any rate, the areas that were flooded were close to the river. The flooding was caused by snow melt in the mountains compounded by a bunch of rain on the mountains (speeding snow melt) as well as rain over Calgary and everything in between and when the water rush hit, imagine the flooding. The river dissects Calgary from West to East right about the middle and then after downtown it heads south through Calgary so downtown and lots of the southern parts were flooded. Keep in mind if you lived near the river, you probably got flooded. If you don't live near the river, you are probably ok.
In our case we live well north of the river and on top of hill. Our household stuff was delivered on flood day which should give you an indication of how safe we were. I think the water would need to rise another 100 meters (yards) to get to us...yes we are that much higher. With downtown flooded including the substations feeding it so there is no power, downtown is closed and that includes my employer's offices so I've had more time to unpack and organize instead of having to leave it to Penny. I lean on her heavily and she has been a huge trooper to get those kind of things done in the past, but this time I get to help. The bulk of the unpacking and organizing is done but still some to go and we've done it together which is pretty cool.
So fret not as we are ok. Do not believe everything the media reports since only a small part of what is reported is factual and be happy.
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