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I was curious about how the new mouth would respond to the flooding yesterday, luckily someone shared this on Reddit
Speaking of, was Evergreen Brickworks flooded yesterday? Any pics?
I remember walking though there things like power outlets etc are all mounted 5 feet up the walls and some original pillars have a red line on them showing how high a flood they expect to roll through there every few decades.
Last night went and looked at Bayview & Dundas. There were fish as long as an adult's arm splashing around in the water covering Bayview. Some homeless guys that live under the bridge were trying to grab them. Funny to be able to say you caught fish on the Bayview Extension.
Great shots of waters around Lemon & Cherry. I forget the scale of the river always looking at it from the drone. It really is big. Seeing the guy in the boat puts it in perspective. I guess all that debris floats so it's relatively easy to clean up, but will they have to eventually dredge the new river at some point years from now? And how do they do that without disturbing all those HUGE stones they put down?
I think the new river bed has been designed to 'self-scour just like real rivers do. The reason the Keating Channel needed to be dredged was that the water volumes /speeds were not strong enough to do this and the channel was poorly designed with tall straight walls that did not cause 'eddies'. They never, as far as I know, dredged further north than the Lake Shore bridge and do not expect to need to dredge the new valley either. I think they (WT) plan to do a major dredge of the Keating in next few months and then only need to deal with it occasionally - Ports Toronto have said they will not do more dredging there , so if any is done it will be a City responsibility.Great shots of waters around Lemon & Cherry. I forget the scale of the river always looking at it from the drone. It really is big. Seeing the guy in the boat puts it in perspective. I guess all that debris floats so it's relatively easy to clean up, but will they have to eventually dredge the new river at some point years from now? And how do they do that without disturbing all those HUGE stones they put down?
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Why the massive Don River redesign won’t stop flooding on the DVP — but what might
The heavy rainfall was only one part of why the Don, along with Toronto, flooded. A culmination of inadequate infrastructure, a worn-down system, climate change and other factors exacerbated the flooding.www.thestar.com
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I think Toronto is so bereft of natural disasters that local media loves to exaggerate the ones we do have.The whole article is so alarmist. Just goofy. Take this line for instance: The scenes were harrowing.
Really?
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People intentionally drove their car into waist deep water that was completely still and then they had to walk out or be walked out by a fireman. About as 'harrowing' as a dirty wading pool.
The whole article is so alarmist. Just goofy. Take this line for instance: The scenes were harrowing.
Really?
People intentionally drove their car into waist deep water that was completely still and then they had to walk out or be walked out by a fireman. About as 'harrowing' as a dirty wading pool.