At Least It Didn’t Last 40 Days

Some photos of the rising river I’ve recently mentioned (click for full versions). This is after it’s receded a bit, even, but unfortunately I don’t have ‘normal’ pictures to compare them against right now. (Update: There’s a decent view of the normal water levels around the middle of this page.)

Normally there are a few sprawling sandbars around the base of this bridge pillar.
Calgary 10th Street Bridge


The bike pathway at the north end of the bridge gets a little wet…
Calgary 10th Street Bridge North Bike Path

The path at the south end is littered with debris from when it was submerged earlier.
Calgary 10th Street Bridge South Bike Path

You can see from this debris where the high water mark was.
Calgary 10th Street Bridge Tree Line

This is normally a relatively flat, dry area a few feet above the waterline.
Calgary 10th Street Bridge Trees

Not really much danger around this area; it was the southern parts of Calgary and beyond that really got hit hard.

2 thoughts on “At Least It Didn’t Last 40 Days”

  1. Damn… I knew there was flooding, but those shots put the weather reports in perspective.

    You didn’t have to trade your chair in for a canoe, I hope…

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