Ho-leee krap!!! Rain!!!

[Catty1]

Airdrie - Cochrane - Olds - Sundre
4:08 PM MDT Friday 08 June 2012
Rainfall warning for
Airdrie - Cochrane - Olds - Sundre continued

Rainfall amounts approaching 100 millimetres are likely by Sunday morning.

That's 4 inches, near as I can figure.

[Karen]

Have you guys been in a drought? Yep, 3.97 inches, but as long as it is spread out over the next cupel days, maybe things won't flood too badly!

[Catty1]

Actually, Karen, we had a huge storm and downpour on Monday - there are flooding warnings, boil-water-advisories in the NW part of Calgary, and once-gentle running brooks are raging torrents of muddy water.

June is the rainy month here - but this is really heavy. 4" seems like a lot because the last dump of H20 hasn't settled down yet.

There's a picture gallery here that gives some idea - this story is from yesterday (Thursday). These are rivers that have that lovely pristine mountain blue colour. Not so much now! ;)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2012/06/07/calgary-bow-river-rising-water.html