photos from toronto flood

[iceman]

These photos were from the kipling and belfield underpass of the etobicoke north go station

[billybob476]

Here's the underpass at Dixie and Lakeshore, part of my normal 10K running route.

[billybob476]

I ran through the ravine that we normally run through yesterday with Fran. Big chunks of the paved path are washed away, as are parts of the riverbank. Trees are down, again I'm glad my house is on high ground. I didn't realize until yesterday how severe the damage was just a few minutes away from home.

Fran used to work at Kipling and Rexdale (literally one block north of iceman's photos). I'm glad she wasn't in the area when it hit.

[Rico]

Wow!  Mother nature is a beast sometimes.

[moyer777]

CRAZY!  I'm glad you guys are safe

[Bromptonboy]

Wow, mudslides.  Has this type of flooding hit you guys before?

[billybob476]

Not since I've lived here but that's only been about 6 years.

I took a little photowalk though the ravine and took some pics. Damage isn't awful but it's noticeable.

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[iceman]

Nothing like this has hit toronto since hurricane hazel as far as I know, as this was the last time as far as I know that toronto had to even close to this much rain which was surpassed by Tuesdays storm

[iceman]

Yes it was a pretty scary experience, with a 126mm of rain in 2 hrs, which is a months worth of rain for the average July up here in toronto, it took 3 1/2 hours for my wife to get home because of all the obstacles with this storm Plus 300 000 people in toronto were without power some for a few days after.

The giant tiger by us will be closed for a month as it needs to be gutted and rebuilt because of the water damage with four feet of water needing to be pumped out of the basement.

[Ktrek]

I know that seems like a lot of water but honestly in Texas we get flash floods like that all the time. When I lived in Oklahoma in the early 1980s we had over 8 inches of rain in 24 hours. Most of the city had flood damage. You would not believe the devastation! I am glad you are fine though as water can be quite dangerous.

Kevin

[billybob476]

Yeah, the issue is that Torontos sewage system is incredibly outdated and insufficient to handle even slightly more rain then normal. This was more rain then we've had since we started recording rainfall.

[billybob476]

Though the lawyer that abandoned his Ferrari California in the flood has become a mini celeb.

[Feathers]

I remember the underpasses near homing flooding like that a few years ago, back when I worked near home and walked every day. The water was also approaching the office car park but fortunately the rain stopped before we got too wet at our desks.

Glad you guys survived undampened :)

[billybob476]

I actually just found out the poeople two houses away from me had their basements flooded knee deep. That being said, those are new constructions where they decided to be fancy and dig 12' basements. The power went out, their sump pumps failed and they flooded.

[Bromptonboy]

Yes we have that issue in our house - I have a battery powered backup unit just in case.  Thankfully, we don't get much water in the basement (even after Hurricane Sandy) - but our neighbors have not been so lucky..