Calgary floods: What you need to know now,Cheap Oakley Sunglasses, Residents forced to flee their homes in Calgary, one of the areas hardest hit by widespread flooding in Alberta this week, are being told it could be days before they are allowed to return because safety concerns about rising waters. Some residents that live on higher areas of Discovery Ridge in the city's southwest could be allowed back home as early as tonight,http://oakleychinashop.weebly.com/, but lifting the mandatory evacuation for that area has not been made official.
Calgarians can call 311 for any flood-related updates. The city said in an emergency briefing Friday night that people in homes along the Elbow River will be allowed back in the next 2 days. There is no timeline for homes along Bow River, as it is still not safe. Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said the Elbow has been at its peak for some time, but is not declining. He said it is possible the Bow River will stay at this level, but there is a chance for another surge depending on "upstream events" like dams being breached. Officials believe there will be several hours warning if that happens. The power is out in most of downtown, and officials say the outage will be long lasting. Nenshi says it will be extremely unlikely that it will be back on until the middle of next week. The next city briefing is planned for early Saturday morning. Parts of southern Alberta could also see another five to 10 millimetres through the weekend.
CBC News is tracking what's open and what's closed, and will bring you the latest information as it becomes available. City officials say water quality in Calgary has not been affected and there is no boil-water advisory in place at this time, but they are asking residents to limit water use. For example, avoid using dishwashers and washing machines and take quick showers and shallow baths. "The very high river flows have resulted in high levels of silt and debris in the water coming into the city��s drinking water treatment plants," said the city in a release. "This silt is starting to slow down the treatment process, creating a growing load on the filtration processes. As a result, it is taking longer to treat the incoming water which presents a challenge to meet water demand." Enmax has a list of current outages affecting Calgary.
Just before noon on Friday the decision was made to evacuate many buildings downtown because of power outages. Compromised buildings those without their own power source were being cleared. That includes many offices towers, hotels and condominiums. "If you are in a non-evacuation zone, (e.g. at home) prepare for potential power outages. Charge your devices, save your work," tweeted Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi Friday afternoon. Fire Chief Bruce Burrell says transformer stations downtown are inundated with water. If they had been left running, he said they would have blown up so they were taken off line before they were damaged. Now full of water, officials believe they will still be operational once they are dried out and oiled back up. They plan to build berms around the stations, pump out the water and let them dry but that will take a number of days. But Burrell said they could be getting help as local construction companies are offering assistance.
The Southland Leisure Centre, located at 2000 Southland Dr. S.W. and Acadia Recreation Complex A, located at 240 90th Ave. S.E., are at capacity. Centre Street Church, 3900 - 2nd St. N.E. is open as a day resource. As of about 9:30 a.m. MT city officials said 1,500 people were being sheltered. There is capacity for 2,500 evacuees. SAIT Polytechnic's residence buildings have also been opened to flooding evacuees. About 200 people have been taken in. People can take pets to the Animal Service Centre,Cheap Oakley Sunglasses, at 2201 Portland St. S.E., or the Calgary Humane Society, at 4455 110th Ave S.E., if they can't find an alternative place for them. All city recreation centres are closed Friday except those being used as shelters. The University of Calgary is closed today. Students, faculty and staff are being asked to stay home.
Mount Royal University is also closed for the day. SAIT Polytechnic which is hosting CBC Calgary during the flood evacuations is open with limited resources. Exams scheduled for apprentice students will run as usual and accomodations will be made for students unable to attend. The city says all schools operated by the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catholic School District will be closed Friday, citing "ongoing flooding issues in Calgary and region." The city says: "The Calgary Board of Education schools are contained within the limits of the city boundaries.
The Calgary Catholic School District includes the communities of Chestermere, Airdrie and Cochrane. Catholic schools in these communities will also be closed on Friday,http://oakleychinastore.weebly.com/, June 21." Check here for the latest from the Calgary. - See more at:


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