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| Second Flood this Season |
Mid June, my calculations put us
53% more rain in spring than last year. Here in Toronto we get a average 74.4 millimeters (roughly 3 inches) a month. Usually relying on supplementary watering during the heat of summer. Monday evening in a space of 2 hours we got 126 mm (5 inches) recorded at the airport, not 10 km from my house. A nearby weather station put it just of 130mm for the day. A all time record for the most rain ever in a day for the city of Toronto, breaking a 1950's hurricane record. During the storm the entire city lost power, and it took 20 hours to get the power back on due to the flash flooding damage. Luckily my basement held up, many of my neighbors were not so lucky with puddles to feet of water running into their homes.
