Saturday is the 20 th anniversary of.....
This was the scene 20 years ago Saturday. July 14, 1987. Decarie Expressway. Four hundred cars got stuck in waters up to a dozen feet deep. The cost of towing each vehicle was between $27 and $72, covered by insurance, as were other repairs such as all fluids being replaced and many electrical systems. One guy died, namely Ben Spielgelman, 80. The flood started when 100 millimeters hit in less than three hours. After this incident Coolopolis customized its fleet of 72 vehicles to have hydroplane capacity and can now navigate in water.
This was the scene 20 years ago Saturday. July 14, 1987. Decarie Expressway. Four hundred cars got stuck in waters up to a dozen feet deep. The cost of towing each vehicle was between $27 and $72, covered by insurance, as were other repairs such as all fluids being replaced and many electrical systems. One guy died, namely Ben Spielgelman, 80. The flood started when 100 millimeters hit in less than three hours. After this incident Coolopolis customized its fleet of 72 vehicles to have hydroplane capacity and can now navigate in water. 
I was sitting in a downtown Second Cup about four years ago when I overheard a couple of friends talking.
ReplyDelete"That storm last night was pretty intense."
"Yeah, but it was nothing like that one in 1987! Do you remember all the flooding?"
So this is what they were talking about.
The Saint Remi tunnel was filled, an aside rarely mentioned.
ReplyDeleteI was living in Pierrefonds at the time in a split level and we were hit pretty hard. The entire lower level was flooded in less than 30 minutes with about a half metre of disgusting filthy sewer water. Ohh the joy.
ReplyDeleteIt was very humid for about a week in Montreal and then came the rain.
ReplyDeleteWater came up from the sinks, sewers, and drain pipes!!! The lightning and thunder storm that day was so intense I thought my home windows were going to explode. If you lived in Montreal in 1987, you cannot forget the great floods!
From Decarie, Montreal North, Rivieres de Prairies, Anjou, St-Leonard, L'Acadie, St-Laurent, Outremont, and downtown, practically most of the island of Montreal was flooded. Till today whenever there is a lot of precipitation, the L'Acadie circle still gets flooded!