Student swept away by flooding at McGill University

KKF · January 29, 2013, 4:34pm

the girl was rescued a short distance away and she wasn’t hurt.

aaliyahkhan1 · January 29, 2013, 4:53pm

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Where is that? is that in Toronto??????!!!!

Snow and flood - bad combination to be stuck outside with!

KKF · January 29, 2013, 4:54pm

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McGill is in Montreal...there was a burst water main up the road somewhere.

aaliyahkhan1 · January 29, 2013, 4:58pm

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^ahhh...ok...I knew it had to be Canada somewhere... I thought Toronto coz I know it rained like crazy over there recently..

KKF · January 29, 2013, 5:13pm

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yeah, rain and melting snow causes havoc if there is a blockage due to snow/ice in the flowing water's path.

aaliyahkhan1 · January 29, 2013, 5:26pm

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^the part I found funny was how the girl sat like a lady and glided down as if she did not have a care in the world while getting swept off

KKF · January 29, 2013, 5:28pm

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yeah … hahaha … it looks like she was sliding on snow…or tobogganing. magical carpet slide! hehe

Captain_Obvious · January 29, 2013, 7:17pm

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I saw the video yesterday. Good to hear she wasn't hurt. I work about 2km from there, but didn't know anything about it until I got home.

KKF · January 29, 2013, 7:24pm

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oh i see...yeah, Thank God...i guess it didn't make the news. i saw it on youtube. was it really that bad a flooding where you were?

Captain_Obvious · January 29, 2013, 7:56pm

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It was on both CJAD and CBC news here.

I didn't really see any flooding from where I was. I guess I was too far south and west from where it occurred. I heard they closed some subway stations and disrupted the bus service too. I take the train on the way back, so I didn't notice anything.

KKF · January 29, 2013, 10:08pm

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ahaaN…i see…i used to take subway in Toronto long time ago and after my visit to theUniversal Studios in Loas Angeles, i got really apprehensive about water gushing in from all directions into the subway system after an earthquake/flooding. subway is indeed a scarey place to be in the event of a flooding.