What did you do? How did you survive?
I dewatered my backyard and *shudder* had to spend time talking with my family...
I dewatered my backyard and *shudder* had to spend time talking with my family...
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The 2024 Great GTAM Blackout
- Thread starter mimico_polak
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Probably not well...lots of old houses, large amount of water in the soil already.
For us...one neighbour had 5" of water in their house, and many others got flooded yards and houses. But we're in a low spot in the area...so not great.
The five figures I spent on waterproofing was worth it. A couple of neighbours weren't so lucky.
The funny part was that prior to the power outage the Mrs and I were talking about the rough times my grandmother had, running a house in the boonies of Manitoba. Wood stove, no running water, outhouse, no central heat.
On the weather front, my S-I-L in Colorado is enduring 40° C heat and no rain for a month.
The funny part was that prior to the power outage the Mrs and I were talking about the rough times my grandmother had, running a house in the boonies of Manitoba. Wood stove, no running water, outhouse, no central heat.
On the weather front, my S-I-L in Colorado is enduring 40° C heat and no rain for a month.
RIP Lincoln Lodge
While informative and interesting, you do know that @mimico_polak created this thread in regards to the GTAM website being down.
But I'll also add, that our home remained dry after some serious expenses...
Just started pissing down rain all of a sudden an hour or two ago, right after I got home from my walk.
Pool is not happy.
Think Toronto will ever build some infrastructure to fix their storm water management?
DVP has been flooding since forever in heavy rainstorms.
www.theweathernetwork.com
Pool is not happy.
Think Toronto will ever build some infrastructure to fix their storm water management?
DVP has been flooding since forever in heavy rainstorms.
Why Toronto's Don Valley Parkway floods so often - The Weather Network
It seems like it's always 'that time of year' along the DVP.
www.theweathernetwork.com
They actually are. Coxwell Bypass Tunnel is being commissioned. It’s an approx 7m diameter tunnel being built to help with this issue. It’s made to prevent overflows of the sewer systems to go into the Don River.Just started pissing down rain all of a sudden an hour or two ago, right after I got home from my walk.
Pool is not happy.
Think Toronto will ever build some infrastructure to fix their storm water management?
DVP has been flooding since forever in heavy rainstorms.
Why Toronto's Don Valley Parkway floods so often - The Weather Network
It seems like it's always 'that time of year' along the DVP.
Coxwell Bypass Tunnel - Michels Corporation
Michels Canada is a partner in the design-bid-build project for the 6.3m diameter Coxwell Bypass Tunnel.
www.michels.us
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I just discovered that too!
and corktown common park is actually a flood mitigation park designed to protect the downtown core when the don river breaches its banks.They actually are. Co we’ll Bypass Tunnel is being commissioned. It’s an approx 7m diameter tunnel being built to help with this issue. It’s made to prevent overflows of the sewer systems to go into the Don River.
Coxwell Bypass Tunnel - Michels Corporation
Michels Canada is a partner in the design-bid-build project for the 6.3m diameter Coxwell Bypass Tunnel.
That's the reason they redesigned the mouth of the don, Unfortunately they didn't figure on that much rain the fast
They did, but there’s a balance of cost, resources, and actual capabilities that takes place.
TRCA runs those requirements, but they’re defunded to the bare minimums so it’s an uphill battle for them as they have expectations to the moon and back…just zero budget for them.
The redesign as I understand it was not intended to protect the area the DVP flooded, it is to protect areas a little more downstream of that.
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I walked around my neighborhood and was surprised at the number of generators running... I'm completely off-grid at the cottage, but I have no resiliency in the city. I was without power until about midnight and it made me re-think investing in some sort of backup for the house.
I looked into it 2 years ago when the greener homes grant was starting, but the only solar connected battery-backup system that was allowable at the time (at least in your house and not in some detached shed) were lead-acid, and there was no way I was going to spend money (not even government money) on that outdated battery tech when LiFePo4 was/is the next big thing for EV and off-grid energy storage.
Maybe things have changed in the last 2 years, but I kind of doubt it. Very silly restrictions on lithium technology compared to lead acid... probably just fear factor, but lead acid vents dangerous gasses and lithium does not (unless of course they combust but that's very rare for lithium iron phosphate) so I don't get it.
I hate the idea of a loud smelly gas generator running in my backyard, so that got me thinking of building a "portable" 5 or 10 kW "hand truck" system... a small 5 or 10 kW inverter that I can wheel out and connect to as many parallel LiFePo4 battery banks (via busbar) as I need. Get an electrician to install a manual transfer switch and generator inlet box, then just wire my inverter with the same connector needed for the generator input.
I can store as many battery banks as needed in my garage with no worry about red-tape or chemistry restrictions. Not an automatic-transfer system or anything, but something easy enough to switch over to when the grid goes down for an extended period.
I looked into it 2 years ago when the greener homes grant was starting, but the only solar connected battery-backup system that was allowable at the time (at least in your house and not in some detached shed) were lead-acid, and there was no way I was going to spend money (not even government money) on that outdated battery tech when LiFePo4 was/is the next big thing for EV and off-grid energy storage.
Maybe things have changed in the last 2 years, but I kind of doubt it. Very silly restrictions on lithium technology compared to lead acid... probably just fear factor, but lead acid vents dangerous gasses and lithium does not (unless of course they combust but that's very rare for lithium iron phosphate) so I don't get it.
I hate the idea of a loud smelly gas generator running in my backyard, so that got me thinking of building a "portable" 5 or 10 kW "hand truck" system... a small 5 or 10 kW inverter that I can wheel out and connect to as many parallel LiFePo4 battery banks (via busbar) as I need. Get an electrician to install a manual transfer switch and generator inlet box, then just wire my inverter with the same connector needed for the generator input.
I can store as many battery banks as needed in my garage with no worry about red-tape or chemistry restrictions. Not an automatic-transfer system or anything, but something easy enough to switch over to when the grid goes down for an extended period.
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