OT: Toronto Flood 2013

[diceman934]

Wow....I lived in Toronto for 48 years and I can honestly only remember a couple of under passes flood at areas by the Humber and the Don....looks horrible. Hope everyone is safe and the damaged minimal.

 

[Bravid Nonahan]

If anyone is concerned, the most populated part of Ontario, Huron County is OKAY!

lol...all we have to worry about is snowstorms closing 21..

CP24 news was saying the owner abandoned his Ferrari because he had to make a flight to Ottawa. #likeaboss

It was Clarke MacArthur

 

[Anthrax442]

It was Clarke MacArthur

 

[Paris in Flames]

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It was Clarke MacArthur

 

[Schenn]

lol...all we have to worry about is snowstorms closing 21..

And apparently tornadoes

 

[CanadianBruinsFan]

Stay safe everyone.

 

[Domenic]

As an Italian, this hurts.

Stay safe y'all. Rain's continuing through the night.

 

[rdmz]

left my house at 5:30pm got home at 11:20pm

 

[Dougie Gilmour]

I live in the yorkdale area, it's 11:44 and still no power lmaoo. Stay safe guys!!

 

[Leaftors]

leaving that ferrari may actually be smart, insurance will write it off, and he'll just get the money back to spend on a new one, even if it was clarke macarthur

 

[HEAVY DUTY]

woo, just got the power back on

hope everyone is safe!!!

 

[BonMorrison]

Out here in Etobicoke - still no power.

Stay safe, everyone.

 

[Pie O My]

just heard about this on the news. stay safe (and dry) you guys.

 

[Sonny21]

Got power back about 2 hours ago in sheppard/kennedy area.

 

[Lobstertainment]

WTF The Don River floods twice in the same year? That never happened when I lived there. She's starting to really turn on us huh? TG my fams OK. Hope all who are there are well.

two freak rainfalls in one year.

74 mm of rain in 1 hour between 5-6, 74 mm is the average for the month of july, 123 total for the day at around 10pm and it wasn't done. Previous record was set in 1956 for Hurricane hazel at 121 mm.

What's really messed up was how localized the storm was, out here in Ajax we didn't even get a storm just a light shower maybe 1-3 mm total, I heard Oshawa was dry and didn't get any rain.

 

[v-man]

What's really messed up was how localized the storm was, out here in Ajax we didn't even get a storm just a light shower maybe 1-3 mm total, I heard Oshawa was dry and didn't get any rain.

My friend in Burlington said they got nothing as well. CTV news said the system basically started up north and went on a diagonal line down along Brampton/Missy and Toronto, skipping everything to the east and west.

I got on the subway at Union just as the power first went out along the system (I came from the underground PATH tunnels, which were flooding everywhere, although nothing too severe yet at that point). We sat for ten/fifteen minutes, then started up and pulled into a dark and empty St. Andrew's station, only to wait again. We were told they're not going much further north, so many of us had to change our routes not knowing how the traffic was elsewhere. Ended up taking the Dufferin bus north, only to find my entire area blacked out. Luckily ours only lasted about 2 hours until 8:30 or so. I had no clue how severe the flooding was elsewhere until I got back on the net.

 

[MoeMoney]

Power went out here in north mississauga but no real trouble with flooding at all. Probably cos it's higher ground than right there by the lakeshore in toronto

Where in North Mississauga, Meadowvale?

 

[Zuuuuc]

I live in the northeast end of Markham, it was barely spitting here. Good thing I didn't end up going Downtown like I had planned early afternoon, I would have got stuck :S

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Hope everyone is safe and sound!

 

[Nalens Oga]

Where in North Mississauga, Meadowvale?

N West Mississauga is okay though traffic lights were out in some parts.

Seems like it is S Mississauga which was flooded cos of lakeshore.

Which river or lake area caused this btw?

 

[LeafsMonster]

Hope everyones safe!

Not too bad where I am in brampton, some areas are dry while others are quite flooded.

 

[FlareKnight]

Wish everyone the best over there. Just hard to imagine the Toronto area getting flooded like that. Best wishes to everyone dealing with power loss and flooding.

Had to deal with well over a week of power loss while I was away for school this past year so can sympathize to how bad that can be.

 

[TootooTrain]

Just had my basement slightly flooded for the 2nd time this year. Crazy the amount of heavy downpours we've had lately. I'm in scarborough by the way.

 

[StringerBell]

Stay safe everybody! Thoughts are with you guys.

 

[Mindrust]

leaving that ferrari may actually be smart, insurance will write it off, and he'll just get the money back to spend on a new one, even if it was clarke macarthur

Insurance never covers natural disasters. It's like one of the main things in any kind of insurance.