It’s been 10 years since the historic floods of southern Alberta that devastated sections of the province and claimed several lives, but also brought communities together. dallasflexhaug speaks with some of the prominent faces of the floods. yyc abflood
When he got to the town he says the force of the water was so intense. “On top of the water you could see it moving, but underneath the force is just unreal and the fact that they could move vehicles is just powerful.
For as calm as Naheed Nenshi was during Calgary’s local State of Emergency in 2013, he does admit there was a moment he got scared. It was June 19, 2013, the night before floodwaters took over parts of the city.“I stood on the banks of the Bow River by the Peace Bridge. It was dark. I have never heard the Bow River so angry and so loud before,” remembered Nenshi. “In that moment, for the first time, that’s when I actually felt a bit scared. I didn’t know what was going to happen.
In all the devastation, Nenshi says there was no single moment more powerful than the sense of community that magnified out of the floods. It’s that sense of community that led to Neighbour Day being created. It’s marked every year on the third Saturday in June and is an opportunity for Calgarians to celebrate community spirit and kindness.The head of Calgary’s Emergency Management Agency during 2013 floods shares his memories
He also remembers diverting construction workers from a then under-construction Crowchild Trail LRT expansion project, to help rebuild washed away roads. “We brought them downtown and we repaved Macleod Trail in a day-and-a-half and we rebuilt the Erlton and Stampede CTrain stations.” Penner says they were told to pack an overnight bag and that they should be home the next day. So, they did, but decided to leave their cats at home, putting out some extra food and water for them.
Photos show a water mark part way up their basement door depicting exactly how high the water pooled. Their basement stairwell was washed away. Penner lost keepsakes including photos, a wedding dress and school textbooks, and the family returned home not knowing where their new hot tub went. A neighbour eventually found it 500 metres away as the flood water had taken it on a journey.Ten years later, Penner is still in the same home. She cleaned it up and made it her dream home.
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