Rain, Rain ... Go Away!

 Toronto is a pretty low key city weather-wise

but that all changed yesterday just before the

afternoon rush hour.  The storm arrived out of

nowhere.  It became incredibly dark and then the

heavens literally opened up and 124 millimeters

of rain fell on my fair city in less than 2 hours.

 The water sewers just couldn't cope with the deluge of water.

Streets in low lying areas flooded quickly .

The subway system had to be closed because of 

water rushing into the tunnels and 
shorting out the switches.  

 People were abandoning their cars, trains

and all transportation just to get out of the rising water.

Employees who worked downtown in the Financial

district didn't get home until after midnight.

There were no subways or trains and even the

airports cancelled all fights.

This lady still has a sense of humor as she

shows how deep the water was in the

GO train, our suburban train system.

I was lucky.  My area didn't have the flooding

as we are higher than the areas close to  

Lake Ontario and the Don River.

This flood is the talk of Toronto today.

It poses a number of questions ....

Infrastructure is in desperate need of

repair but tough economic times keep

pushing this priority to the back burner.

When will it be too late?

And what about this weather phenomenon?

Is it global warming?

I think so.

The challenges from this issue keep

cropping up on an accelerated basis

right across the world. 

Even Toronto is no longer immune. 

Photo credits: 1-zivanod; 2-philipeley; 3-renakins; 4-leasheroo

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