Totally effed in these parts - Page 3

Particle Man · 07-08-2013, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Well I've got a couple of small streams running across my basement floor, but not much really. Just small foundation cracks. Toronto, on the other hand, has two major highways that are under water, commuter trains that have their lower floors half full of water, and rivers running in the streets. Buses and subways are apparently shut down.

Mississauga, the city immediately west of Toronto, has 3/4 of its residents without power. I've got friends whose basements and lower floors are under water. What's worse is that it's not going to stop raining all night.

http://www.cp24.com/heavy-rain-cause...haos-1.1358702

http://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=706871

Freaking crazy

'73 H1 Triple · 07-08-2013, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

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Mississauga, the city immediately west of Toronto, has 3/4 of its residents without power. I've got friends whose basements and lower floors are under water. What's worse is that it's not going to stop raining all night.

Crap, I just got a Kawi triple oil pump to helicoil for a guy from Mississauga. Hope he's OK

Papa_Complex · 07-08-2013, 09:54 PM

I'm just lucky that Brampton has flood control channels and higher elevation.

Papa_Complex · 07-09-2013, 06:41 AM

Well Toronto got its entire normal rainfall, for the month of July, in less than an hour last night. The total was almost 5 inches which broke the record set in 1954, by Hurricane Hazel. No casualties reported.

A few subway stations are closed, due to flooding, and 3 of the 7 commuter train lines are closed for the same reason. The last of the one thousand train passengers, that were stranded when the track and their train flooded, were finally pulled off by boat around 1:00am.

Minimal water damage here, at work, which is quite a change given that we're in a sub-basement and have had ongoing issues with leaks.

By comparison Hamilton, which is just 40 miles to the southwest of Toronto, got something like 2 inches of rain.

azoomm · 07-09-2013, 10:16 AM

Wow, y'all stay safe.

We had .2 inches of rain yesterday. WooHoo!!!! /ugh

Papa_Complex · 07-09-2013, 10:51 AM

This city generally bounces back pretty quickly. The most circulated pictures were of the Don Valley Parkway which looked more like a muddy Venetian canal, than like a major highway. It was reopened, in both directions, by 7:30am today. Most of the subways are back up and running. Just a few stations are still closed for cleanup. There are still some local roads closed due to fallen trees and flooding, and Disco Road (yes, we have a disco road) had a major sink hole open up in it.

*EDIT* Pictures and video:

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/dramati...ater-1.1358806

CasterTroy · 07-09-2013, 01:08 PM

That's NOT a storm drain!!!!

[youtube]7UxcvQVgDhw[/youtube]

Trip · 07-09-2013, 02:35 PM

Rivers are starting to get worrisome down here. people on the mississippi are going to get fucked again. We are spilling constantly right now, have fun with that Ohio River and Mississippi River people.

Gas Man · 07-10-2013, 09:38 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=NLaVUc3Pzdo

Papa_Complex · 07-10-2013, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by CasterTroy

That's NOT a storm drain!!!!

Actually yes, that's a storm drain.

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=NLaVUc3Pzdo

Whoever made that video would open his veins after one season in Seattle or Vancouver.

07-08-2013, 09:54 PM	#3
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	I'm just lucky that Brampton has flood control channels and higher elevation. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

07-09-2013, 06:41 AM	#4
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Well Toronto got its entire normal rainfall, for the month of July, in less than an hour last night. The total was almost 5 inches which broke the record set in 1954, by Hurricane Hazel. No casualties reported. A few subway stations are closed, due to flooding, and 3 of the 7 commuter train lines are closed for the same reason. The last of the one thousand train passengers, that were stranded when the track and their train flooded, were finally pulled off by boat around 1:00am. Minimal water damage here, at work, which is quite a change given that we're in a sub-basement and have had ongoing issues with leaks. By comparison Hamilton, which is just 40 miles to the southwest of Toronto, got something like 2 inches of rain. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

07-09-2013, 10:51 AM	#6
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	This city generally bounces back pretty quickly. The most circulated pictures were of the Don Valley Parkway which looked more like a muddy Venetian canal, than like a major highway. It was reopened, in both directions, by 7:30am today. Most of the subways are back up and running. Just a few stations are still closed for cleanup. There are still some local roads closed due to fallen trees and flooding, and Disco Road (yes, we have a disco road) had a major sink hole open up in it. EDIT Pictures and video: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/dramati...ater-1.1358806 __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/ Last edited by Papa_Complex; 07-09-2013 at 10:58 AM..

07-09-2013, 01:08 PM	#7
CasterTroy ................ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NC Posts: 3,028	That's NOT a storm drain!!!! [youtube]7UxcvQVgDhw[/youtube] __________________ “Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.” Viktor Frankl

07-09-2013, 10:16 AM	#5
azoomm moderator chick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hill Country TX Moto: Pasta Rockets Posts: 8,917	Wow, y'all stay safe. We had .2 inches of rain yesterday. WooHoo!!!! /ugh

07-09-2013, 02:35 PM	#8
Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	Rivers are starting to get worrisome down here. people on the mississippi are going to get fucked again. We are spilling constantly right now, have fun with that Ohio River and Mississippi River people.

07-10-2013, 09:38 AM	#9
Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=NLaVUc3Pzdo