The inside of the Calgary Saddledome is shown in this photo provided by the NHL’s Calgary Flames last week. The team said flood waters reached as high as the eighth row of seating in the stadium.
A GO train is also partially submerged on the Richmond Hill line that
left Union around rush hour. The murky brown water, which spilled
through the bottom floor of the train has left passengers stuck for (...) hours.(...) All flights at Billy Bishop Airport have now been suspended due to the
storm, according to Pamela McDonald, spokeswoman for the Toronto Port
Authority.(...) Toronto EMS are recommending people do not travel if they can as cars
are creating obstacles for paramedics. They also said they have received
a large number of people stuck in elevators. (...) The Toronto Region Conservation Authority also warned that the banks of
the Don River were at risk of collapse in the area of Hoggs Hollow in
the area of Yonge St. and York Mills.
Shit, it's like a cross between a natural disaster in a third-world country in the 1960s with the information age and a million levels of bureaucracy/government agencies. At least Canada's version of FEMA won't stall for days with their rescue mission.
Things are surely happening in My City these days, what with daily (and nightly!) student protests, three full levels of corrupt government (municipal, provincial and federal), the Canadiens not making the playoffs and going through a major overhaul, the soccer team (Impact) selling out the Olympic Stadium (60,000 fans - twice!), the F1 Grand Prix, the festival season nearly upon us, and most infrastructures crumbling of getting destroyed...
And things are also chaotic in my life, as I left my former apartment (of 3+ years), a two-floor dwelling that was getting too expensive on my own after a collection of unreliable roommates, a bunch of people kicked out of my life (and a few who almost went that way as well), underpaid-and-underworked job, music contracts drying up, practically dry sex life, a pending bankruptcy...
Now, with the flash storms (and flash floods that come with them...) happened to hit my new place, that I moved into a month ago...
Here's a look from the window:
Here's a look at just how much water made it in each time a car passed on the street:
And how high the water level was compared to the door (at this point, the foyer and basement were already flooded, so it couldn't get worse):
