Calgary Stampede flood timeline
Calgarians know it took a huge amount of effort to clean up and get the grounds ready for the 2013 Calgary Stampede after the flood. Here’s a timeline of exactly how it went down.
Infographic aggregates Social Media statistics on #YYCFlood
In June, the YYCFlood articles which our bloggers crafted in the matter of a few days reaffirmed how quick the internet had to react to current issues. We weren’t even out of the state of emergency as I was doing my blog article on how social media reacted to the Alberta Floods; my late additions…
#abflood — Stampede?
It’s so close to Stampede! The greatest outdoor show on earth is about to open their gates to welcome the world. Here are some pictures during of stampede ground during the flood, and they(CS staff) managed to clean much of the mess up in 10 days and welcome up on time! With all these…
The flood, the city, the people, their hearts
Newspapers, social media, television, and every local radio station are tuned in to one topic in Calgary: the 2013 floods. In fact, the word “flood” is starting to look funny in my eyes after seeing it so much. Conversations on the street are overwhelmed with “flood” “flooding” “evacuation” and various other terms and phrases that…
Photos and Videos: The Alberta Floods
http://youtu.be/aWkT1HkI-Yk http://youtu.be/GooE01U8QRk At around 9:00pm on Thursday, June 20th, the City of Calgary and the Province of Alberta announced a State of Emergency. This shocked many Albertans and took many by surprise. During this time, the government ordered the evacuation of many areas within cities, townships, and neighbourhoods. This forceful upheaval of persons caused…
Those Awareness Events in 2013 – #ABFlood and #YYCFlood efforts, powered by social media
(A friendly note – please enjoy all of our blogger’s contributions on the 2013 Alberta Floods that can found HERE) It started with a flood, and it will end with a flood. The surging water was able to lash out a flood of physical damage; this disaster has been declared by Premier Redford as the largest flood…
Photo Set of the Day: the wrath of Sandy
Living on the western part of Canada, it is difficult for us to understand the destruction hurricane Sandy brought about in her path. So exactly how destructive was she? Photographer Stephen Wilkes takes us on an eye-opening journey… photos courtesy of TIME and Stephen Wilkes
Climate Change Connections
I don’t know about you guys, but ever since I learned about Climate Change and Global Warming, I have been hyper aware of climate disasters and have wondered, is it all connected? To me it seems very odd that some of the world’s deadliest and extreme disasters have all happened in the last five years,…