We woke up this morning to reports that the city was being inundated by both the Bow and Elbow rivers and decided to do a little exploring to check out some of the affected areas.
I have to say I never in my wildest dreams thought I would see our city so completely swamped - even in the downtown core.
Many of the pathways we ride on are under 3 metres (10 ft) of water - I think it will be awhile before our city recovers from this.
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| 17 Ave SW and Centre St |
My Son: "Dad, it feels like we're in a zombie movie with all the sirens, the police everywhere, and all the power is out"
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| 5 St SW and 25 Ave SW |
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| 4 St SW in Mission |
So sad to see so much destruction in my city but I also know that Calgarians can pull together like no other community to clean up the damage, both to property and to people's lives.
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| Poppy Plaza almost under water. |
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| Shouldice Park looking west towards Bowness. |
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| Shouldice Bridge almost under water Friday night. |
Stay safe Calgary, our thoughts are with all those affected by this devastating event.
A random thought: We were able to get into areas that were inaccessible by vehicle really easily on the cargo bike we were riding - kinda reminding me that bikes are a solution for many things - including perhaps disaster relief.
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