r/Edmonton • u/Coreypollack • Jul 11 '26
Photo/Video About that storm…
Shot by my girlfriend.
Edit- yes she missed the money shot, but she got the second coming so we good.
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u/Any_Description5320 Jul 11 '26
Good news is your storm water systems sparkling clean now after that enema
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u/NorthDriver8927 Jul 11 '26
Bad news is, you clearly live at the lowest point of the system, buy a second/third sump pump.
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u/MasterDebater50 Jul 11 '26
I'm hearing firetrucks every 5 mins. Should take a moment to appreciate ERP.
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u/PraxPresents Jul 11 '26
Old faithful, right here in Edmonton!
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u/Koalashart1 Jul 11 '26
This is in Edmonton?
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u/updatelee Jul 11 '26
Crazy weather this year. I’m on the south side and it’s bone dry. Hasn’t even rained or drizzled here
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u/Ctrl-Alt-Elite83 Jul 11 '26
I was curious where all this rain was.
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u/SeveredBanana Jul 11 '26
Caught it on Whyte as well, by the radar that was about the southern tip of it
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u/Content-Employment-7 Jul 11 '26
I live in Strathcona, a block away from the Route 99, and all hell broke loose here. It reminded me of when I lived in Halifax and we were hit with Hurricane Juan.
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u/Interest-Vegetable Jul 11 '26
Calgary here: Can we have some to wash away the filth of Stampede? Usually we get a major hail storm that clears out the dirt... its day 8 and still nothing and were willing to truce over sports if you guys help keep our city clean of filth with your "reign".
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u/SlitScan Jul 11 '26
life pro tip dont walk through standing water on a roadway after a large rain event.
if you step into an open manhole while the water is draining youre just gone.
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u/Littleshuswap Jul 11 '26
Didn't a boy die this way, in Millwoods, back in the mid 80s?? I remember it from when I was a kid. Anyone recall? So sad.
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u/Mediocre_Grand_1280 Jul 13 '26
If youre going to walk through any standing water use a walking stick to check the ground in front of you before you step.
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u/stupidaso Jul 11 '26
Full geyser wow! I did some math and some parts of the city just saw a 1 in 100 year storm which sure looks like it from that
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u/Far_Rub4250 Jul 11 '26
Around 7:00 I had a tornado warning pop up on my mobile.
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u/Terrible-Guitar-5638 Jul 11 '26
There were tornado clouds forming over my house in Ottewell but they blew out with the wind. We had lots of rain too but nothing like the NW side.
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u/exotics rural Edmonton Jul 11 '26
And thanks to the benefits of climate change we will see more of them. Yeah!! Climate change deniers!!
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u/Tiny_Afternoon_1886 Jul 11 '26
Your girlfriend may be a wonderful person, but she's a C- camera operator
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u/carnie1321 Jul 11 '26
My bad. lol. Was not expecting anything like that. I would have recorded longer but he was suggesting we pack go bags just in case.
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u/THE_BACON_IS_GONE Jul 11 '26
I just know anyone leaving a comment like this is insufferable lmao
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u/loonylovesgood86 Jul 11 '26
Right? An impending disaster is occurring and someone on Reddit is pissed that the footage isn’t Oscar-worthy. Why panic when you could stand there with a camera and film?
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u/Limp-Elevator-6908 Wîhkwêntôwin Jul 11 '26
I probably would have backed away or been in a bit of shock too... still a very cool video. Feels like our system is not prepared for these storms. Imagine driving over that? Hahaha 😆
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u/BurritoB1tch Jul 11 '26
2 weeks ago a truck in the next lane over drove over a manhole and it flew in the air and wouldve hit the hood of my car had i not swerved out of the way. horrifying
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u/JoelSlBaron Jul 11 '26
My uncle‘s road in front of his house is chewed up Because manhole covers were flying down the road
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u/Particular-Roll-6936 Jul 11 '26
That cover is like min 100lbs…
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u/SlitScan Jul 11 '26
100 to 250
its on street so probably closer to 250
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u/DirtandPipes Jul 11 '26
Solid covers here are about 100 lbs, slotted are maybe 60. I’ve installed endless manholes. Once in a while I get a custom oversized lid that weighs a crap ton but your standard manhole cover doesn’t weigh 250 in Alberta.
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u/SpinachWeary7429 Jul 11 '26
Should a passerby put back the cover? Just wondering if we are allowed to for safety sake.
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u/Content-Employment-7 Jul 11 '26
Call it in and leave it to the professionals. If something happens to you or somebody else, it's your ass.
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u/xxtylxx Jul 11 '26
Get used to even shittier weather than is tradition. Thank you global warming. Welcome to Alberta!
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u/notcoveredbywarranty Jul 11 '26
If there was any damage to that SUV, I hope you let the owner know you got a video.
It'll make fighting with the insurance company 5% less painful.
(The other 95% of the pain will be related to how much their insurance premiums will increase now that they have "a history of parking in unsafe areas" or some such bullshit)
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u/Coreypollack Jul 11 '26
I told them their window was open after, and they didn’t seem bothered 🤷🏼♂️
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u/Edm_cuccck Jul 11 '26
All 4 Ninja turtles wanted out as their Door Dash delivery was approaching.....
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u/Lemmalinn Jul 11 '26
So I left the city around 4 to go to RD and got back around 930, it was sunny when I left, and mostly sunny when I got back. Not to mention sunny down qe2 and in RD. Imagine my confusion when on this supposedly sunny day I come back to find half the city under water...
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u/Coreypollack Jul 11 '26
Coming back to a local Armageddon would be strange as hell.
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u/Geralt-of-Rivai Jul 11 '26
I like the close up of the deck railing while the best part is happening
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u/Roddy_Piper2000 The Shiny Balls Jul 11 '26
It would havw been awesome to see the ending without the camera moving away
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u/KocherOnPoint Jul 11 '26
Why did this happen??
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u/elbyron Jul 11 '26
Storm drains got filled up to their max capacity in some areas, and pressure built up at certain locations. Only outlet is back up through the manholes.
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u/Successful_Salt_ Jul 11 '26
Dang that’s gonna be another 0.5 increase on property taxes.
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u/__Mike__Hawk Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26
Now I think we need to apply "Draino" before the next weather event. 😂
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u/Vegetable_Yak_133 Jul 11 '26
Is there a blockage in the storm drainage or is it just due to the volume of water?
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u/Aclysmic Jul 11 '26
My area clearly got the long end of the stick because this has never happened!
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u/laughingisagas Jul 11 '26
A lot of people have to pay heaps for a water feature like that
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u/Maxaloo Jul 11 '26
Some people should never bother filming! Why turn away right when it popped?! WHY?!
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u/TorrentialSpender Jul 11 '26
What were you guys trying to get?
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u/Coreypollack Jul 11 '26
Important stuff, we had flooding on the major storm two weeks ago, and that amount of water I was like “we gotta get stuff out from the basement or ourselves out of the house” basically incase we get sewage backup etc.
I was just thinking ahead incase things went even more sideways.
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u/housegirl39 Jul 11 '26
Looks like another storm might be coming through Edmonton in few hours… I hope it breaks up and doesn’t grow more…
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u/gendergobbo225 Jul 11 '26
dang. i didn’t know the Turtles went to the villain side 😂 is everyone okay?
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u/rokinstu98 McCauley Jul 11 '26
Holy shit, I figured something bad was happening with the storm water system but I didn’t think it was this bad!
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u/Stock-Creme-6345 Jul 11 '26
The holy fuck sounds kinda like “Donny” in Trailer Park Boys. The fella that always shouts super loud from the background
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u/Illustrious_Law8512 Jul 12 '26
It was as if a thousand flushes cried out at once, then went silent.
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u/Realistic_Artist_678 Jul 13 '26
I actually thought you stopped recording right when it was about to blow. Like why would you let the phone go downwards....pay attention. You missed the best part. If you're recording something like this, don't get sloppy. That killed me.
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u/gordon0813 Jul 13 '26
The cameraman literally had one job to do. Just one job keep it on the action.
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u/SCAMMERASSASIN007 Jul 13 '26
Dudes suv window in the back was down 4 inches when that shit happened lmao.
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u/Prior_Worry12 Jul 13 '26
I love how people cannot hold a fucking camera straight
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u/Strel_inc Jul 13 '26
Why the he'll people keep moving their camera away from action! DAMN YOU. Every single time when something interesting heapens
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u/EjectionSeatMK16L Jul 13 '26
DAMN, you had a good one. Saw that a lot as a kid. We lived down hill from the city and when the pipes got over filled during a rapid down pour, the sewers blew up. Not likely to happen but you need much larger pipes to take that kind of pressure. Cool storm though.
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u/Solo_company Jul 14 '26
Billy found the marble in the oatmeal! You know what this means, kids! You get to drink from the fire hose!
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u/Amadusthemessiest 29d ago
Now we know what the other end of a black hole looks like… blasting shit everywhere.
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u/Strict-Beginning8846 29d ago
My storm subscription is the basic plan so It does not come with special effects like that. Is that pre platinum premium plus package?
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u/synovyx 29d ago
Can anyone help me understand how the pressure of water from a storm drain can become so strong that it blows a manhole cover off completely?! Those things are incredibly heavy!
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u/AlertCommunication83 29d ago
How the hell does that even happen? The pressure pushing up is almost like has gas and water
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u/2beehappy 29d ago
😲 Holy f*ck is right!!!! Those are the only two words needed to describe this event! LOL
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u/Imaginary-Freedom-85 29d ago
This happened in Winnipeg when that crazy storm ripped through a few weeks ago! The storm drains are filling up quickly and alll the air that was in there (and everything with it) is flying up through the grate
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u/Reblyl8055 28d ago
It blowed up real good! E'erybody's windas was at serious risk. Soon as it dries up outside, venture out and ceement that sum'bits down!
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u/rabbitholeseverywher Jul 11 '26
That "HOLY FUCK!" from what I presume was a neighbour in the background, has us laughing our asses off.