HappySqurriel on 29 June 2007
| Fuzzmosis said: In Calgary we had some nice flooding, which has happened before but is rare. I think it was the worst one in recent history. Plus we're supposed to get a tornado tonight, and I think it's the first one I've had here since I moved here 15 years ago. But nothing exceptional. |
The flooding 2 summers ago was cause by a combination of higher glacial melting and higher rainfall. Neither is particularly unusual on their own (they happen every few years) but on occasion happen together and cause flooding through out southern Alberta. Alberta is more known for our dry weather yet has many towns with names like High River for a very good reason.
Edit: On top of that tornados are a common site throughout Alberta but because of how large and sparsely populated the province is they rarely hit townsites; Calgary is slightly protected by the windflows off of the mountain but a large tornado hitting the city is an eventuality.
