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Monkeyvoodoo:

Wow.
Just wow!

 I'm from the GTA originally and I just left Ontario on Sunday to drive back to BC. I'm glad I left a day earlier. I did catch the edge of the storm going through Michigan but I didn't know it was that bad.

I think I should be making some calls now back home.


Sent from a pineapple under the sea

ids:

Cheffo, sorry to hear about your troubles.  Hopefully tonight's rain is minimal and does not cause any problems for anyone.
Monkey - I'm sure those you left behind are ok, and they're likely to have some good stories for you.
It seems the flooding dissipated fairly quickly in some areas, but the loss of power was a big problem for many.  We got lucky there as well; power restored around  10:30pm
Some friends of mine commuting from down town to the burbs via GO Train didn't get home till after 10pm last night.

(fwiw: "GO Train" is a commuter train thing,  the green/white trains in some of the pictures)

More pics here: http://www.citynews.ca/2013/07/09/in-photos-massive-flooding-across-the-gta
Watch out for that 17th hole, the water hazard is really something:


CheffoJeffo:

It really isn't terrible, although I just heard likely no power until tomorrow morning. Can stay with in-laws, I suppose ... or  I could just drive up to the cottage !

brad808:


--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on July 09, 2013, 03:44:41 pm ---or  I could just drive up to the cottage !

--- End quote ---

A few years back (quite a few now) when we had that massive power loss in all southern ontario/ buffalo etc I just decided to go camping for the weekend. Cook on a fire and sleep in a tent, you'd never be able to tell there was no power there anyways.

ids:

funny...for that big power loss years ago, we were already on the road to a camping trip.  Went in, setup, then headed to town for some food to put on the fire and were surprised they had no power.  We found a small shop with a generator that was open, got food, life was good.  Locally, power was restored within an hour or two (I don't recall exactly - this was up in Port Elgin).  Being in the woods and without news, it was a week before we learned how bad it was, and how widespread.

It's only when you lose something that you appreciate what you had.

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