The man who was leading Calgary through its most vulnerable point says there is a lot to be proud of what's been done and learned since the 2013 flood.
"It feels like it was 100 years ago and it feels like it was just yesterday," former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi said during an interview with CTV News on Tuesday.
Approximately 220 millimetres of rain fell there, dissolving a heavy spring snowpack and leading to a deluge of water and debris."I was giving a breakfast speech, very early in the morning, and I got hauled off stage by my chief of staff and was told, 'You have to speak to Bruce Burrell.""It's never good when Bruce wants to reach you at 5 a.m. Calgary time," Nenshi said.
"When my eyes adjusted to the dark I saw how high it was. That was the first time I allowed myself to get a little bit scared." In that situation, Nenshi said he saw the dedication of Calgary's first responders during the emergency. Now, 10 years after the flood, Nenshi says a lot of work has been done to protect Calgary from any future disasters.
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