in her press confrence she mumbled through she was sure to emphasize climate change as a large factor with this rain. they should just raise our income tax to 75% to fight climate change...
Well yeah, the city is 28b in debt, projected for the next ten years. The city doesnt have many avenues to receive revenue streams. As you know, the rainwater tax was quickly dismissed after your outcry. As a homeowner yourself, you know how the property taxes has affected you. With more revenue streams, your property taxes, will hopefully decrease - as this debt lowers & other revenue streams are created.
that not how it works at all, how much of an idiot do you have to be? The tax is to have money in the coffers to deal with climate change, like rebuilding infrastructure after a disaster like this, sending firefighters to combat forest fires out west, etc.
Didn't they spend millions to prevent this on the DVP a few years ago? How is it the storm sewers aren't expanded when development is intensified. The DVP is a major artery. This is a heart attack.
Exactly!! How arrogant to think it would never rain so much in a short pierod. I'm sure all the buildings next to the high way don't help with drainage
Correction: how you incorrectly build a highway at the bottom of a flood plain next to a flood prone urban contained river. The highway is far too low and there should possibly be massive water storage cisterns below it.
Rain water that used to be absorbed by miles and miles of farmland and beautiful green space now instead gets funneled into the storm drains of massive, malignant housing developments surrounding Toronto. All that water makes its way downhill to overrun the watersheds of the Don and the Humber. Of course you can make all this stop if you'll just pay more taxes and drive an EV, right?
We have a greenbelt for a reason. And we all successfully protected the Greenbelt from being built on by Doug Ford. And the Don Valley and the ravines just naturally flood when there’s lots of rain. That’s why they’re valleys and ravines. And, yes, taxes are being used to improve the flow of the Don Valley to restore its natural flood prevention capabilities. And driving an EV will help reduce the amount of extreme weather we get.
@@my2iu Take a walk through the upper ravines and you'll see the increasing erosion damage caused by a volume of water that's readily accounted for by the over-development that plagues Toronto and numerous other cities built along or next to rivers and lakes. Driving an EV is more or less irrelevant to the climate.
Yes, scientists have studied EVs for decades now, and the full lifecycle cost of EVs is always better than gas cars (do you think the millions of litres of gasoline used by gas cars don’t come with a cost?) Yes, the grid can be modified to support everyone with an EV. Once, Doug Ford leaves and Ontario starts installing more solar power again, there will likely be excess electricity during times of the day that can be stored in EVs. During a blackout, you can use your EV to power your house if you so choose. Although some of the more expensive EVs may use some cobalt, the cheaper EVs, especially the ones from China, don’t use any such exotic metals. It’s more likely that your cellphone uses cobalt, but why are you still using it? In any case, there was already a crackdown on child labour in cobalt mines in the Congo like a decade ago from the cellphone people. You’re a decade out of date.
it's not completely open to the lake yet the North Plug at the Keating Channel hasn't been removed and can't change the overall capacity of the DON in that location.
From "Don Valley Parking-Lot Way" to "Don Valley Water-Lot Way" Be safe everyone. I didn't realize that heavy-pouring rain earlier will result to this, OMG.
Mayor going on about climate change... never let a good crisis go to waste. Of course building thousands of condos and having no green space downtown has nothing to do with the flooding!!
I noticed that right away. That's so when they raise taxes everyone will except it for the "betterment of the environment " They can't see how their being played.
How many years have we experienced this?…. Yet the city of Toronto does squat!… Toronto is an absolute joke!, and if it don’t make them money? WHO GIVES A SH€%!
This is hilarious ! The amount of years this keeps happening and the city does NOTHING in order to fix it hahaahhhaah !!! Good luck with all the insurance claims !
Once the water level goes down it will probably still be kept closed while they inspect everything that was underwater for washouts. Closed longer if repairs are needed.
Rain tax not implemented yet. Maybe if someone had looked ahead 25 years ago we'd not be in this situation. We need more flood management and it doesn't build itself
@stephenjones5304 yeaa, 10 cm of rain or about 4 inches in a short period of time is different then 10 cm or about 4 inches of rain over an extended period of time. Then, consider 10 cm of rain or about 4 inches over 10 Sq. Km. As opposed to 10cm of rain or about 4 in over 5 Sq Km. You are leaving out a lot of factors that contributed to this. But thanks for coming out 😄
Noo, DVP is maintained by the province. If anyone was going to raise a tax because of this, it would be Ford. The province maintains this highway, not the Federal government. Get your branches of government in order.
Sure. A rain event versus a hurricane. BTW, you’re thinking of 1954: “Hurricane Hazel struck the Toronto area on 15-16 October 1954, with devastating results. It was Canada's worst hurricane and Toronto's worst natural disaster. During the storm, winds reached 124 km/h and over 200 millimetres of rain fell in just 24 hours. This horrific storm left 81 dead, nearly 1900 families homeless, and caused between $25 and $100 million in damages (modern-day cost has been estimated at over $1 billion).”
Seems as if this was not just caused by rain but a dam has played a role? Anyone looking into this? You know what they’ll do now add another tax and use this to justify it.
The clearest I've ever seen the Don Valley Parking Lot during rush hour.
😂 😂
😄
I feel another tax incoming
You car is now a marine vessel. Please remit the appropriate fee to the license office. Happy sailing!
You mean the rain tax?
in her press confrence she mumbled through she was sure to emphasize climate change as a large factor with this rain. they should just raise our income tax to 75% to fight climate change...
H20 tax.
I saw a cbc video last night saying there could be a storm water tax coming 😆 Glad I left toronto
Well, this is kinda what you get when you pave over the entirety of the GTA's green space
Hey at least we got highways and parking lots to appease out of towners
But I thought the rain tax would ensure this didn't happen. If I didn't know any better, I would say the rain tax was merely a tax grab....
Well yeah, the city is 28b in debt, projected for the next ten years. The city doesnt have many avenues to receive revenue streams. As you know, the rainwater tax was quickly dismissed after your outcry. As a homeowner yourself, you know how the property taxes has affected you. With more revenue streams, your property taxes, will hopefully decrease - as this debt lowers & other revenue streams are created.
Your an idiot
that not how it works at all, how much of an idiot do you have to be? The tax is to have money in the coffers to deal with climate change, like rebuilding infrastructure after a disaster like this, sending firefighters to combat forest fires out west, etc.
We haven't implemented the rain yet...
I'm looking at this and thinking maybe we should make a financial penalty for making flooding worse...
nope , thats why we need flood tax :p
what could go wrong putting a parkway where a river was
Reminds me of back home in India.
Didn't they spend millions to prevent this on the DVP a few years ago? How is it the storm sewers aren't expanded when development is intensified. The DVP is a major artery. This is a heart attack.
@joe
Silly Hall has a bigger fish to dry, like re-naming Dundas and/or putting rickshaw lanes on Spadina.
When it comes to infrastructure to support torrential rainfalls Toronto is in the shallow end of the pool…
😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is what happens when you build a highway on a FLOOD PLAIN!
Exactly!! How arrogant to think it would never rain so much in a short pierod. I'm sure all the buildings next to the high way don't help with drainage
Correction: how you incorrectly build a highway at the bottom of a flood plain next to a flood prone urban contained river. The highway is far too low and there should possibly be massive water storage cisterns below it.
When you decide to go to a Valley and a Lakeshore during a heavy rain event you shouldn't be surprised.
Rain water that used to be absorbed by miles and miles of farmland and beautiful green space now instead gets funneled into the storm drains of massive, malignant housing developments surrounding Toronto. All that water makes its way downhill to overrun the watersheds of the Don and the Humber. Of course you can make all this stop if you'll just pay more taxes and drive an EV, right?
Sshhh, stop making sense out loud. The leftie activists might get triggered.
We have a greenbelt for a reason. And we all successfully protected the Greenbelt from being built on by Doug Ford. And the Don Valley and the ravines just naturally flood when there’s lots of rain. That’s why they’re valleys and ravines. And, yes, taxes are being used to improve the flow of the Don Valley to restore its natural flood prevention capabilities. And driving an EV will help reduce the amount of extreme weather we get.
@@my2iu Take a walk through the upper ravines and you'll see the increasing erosion damage caused by a volume of water that's readily accounted for by the over-development that plagues Toronto and numerous other cities built along or next to rivers and lakes. Driving an EV is more or less irrelevant to the climate.
@@Eternal_Soul1 ...or child labour in the cobalt mines of Central Congo...
Yes, scientists have studied EVs for decades now, and the full lifecycle cost of EVs is always better than gas cars (do you think the millions of litres of gasoline used by gas cars don’t come with a cost?) Yes, the grid can be modified to support everyone with an EV. Once, Doug Ford leaves and Ontario starts installing more solar power again, there will likely be excess electricity during times of the day that can be stored in EVs. During a blackout, you can use your EV to power your house if you so choose. Although some of the more expensive EVs may use some cobalt, the cheaper EVs, especially the ones from China, don’t use any such exotic metals. It’s more likely that your cellphone uses cobalt, but why are you still using it? In any case, there was already a crackdown on child labour in cobalt mines in the Congo like a decade ago from the cellphone people. You’re a decade out of date.
Now this place really feels like a 3rd world country lol
Ha you should see Brampton
this happened 10 years ago already, and happens often. The DVP and Toronto sit on a bunch of old rivers
How can it be now for which thou has always been
Third world country huh! This is Canada it happened here! This can happen in any country go educate yourself!
Your privilege is showing
Looks like the city's $1.35-billion Port Lands Flood Protection project didn't work
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@@cherylredfern8710 hahaha rain tax....I bet someone in JT's staff is reading this thinking "omg such a good idea!"
it's not completely open to the lake yet the North Plug at the Keating Channel hasn't been removed and can't change the overall capacity of the DON in that location.
@@cherylredfern8710U guess rain tax is not enough. I suggest Heavy Rain Tax😂
It's funny when the misinformed comment and have no idea what theyre talking about haha
I slept throughout all of this today 😂
I woke up a few hours ago and the sun was shining already
What part of Don "VALLEY" did torontonians not understand?
What does rain tax pay for?
Rain tax was halted when it was first proposed due to the backlash it received.
Storage volume for rainfall runoff
Less money for infrastructure and more money for PRIDE 🌈
Flood tax incoming
Funny thing is, its people who complain about taxes that leads to this problem.
how's the fishing?
One of the fish is called a Turn Pike.
From "Don Valley Parking-Lot Way" to "Don Valley Water-Lot Way" Be safe everyone. I didn't realize that heavy-pouring rain earlier will result to this, OMG.
Lots Uber and Lyft drivers caught in that. They thought their vehicles could float 😂
You know this how?
They also thought they could levitate ...
Didn't they close the offramp to avoid this?
Didn't they just spent millions on the Don River project?
Now has another maintenance
Holy cow!
Holy chowww
Stop eating beef then
Holy Water Buffalo.
Holy Batman😅
When you hardscape your entire front/back yard...this is where that water goes.
Really? Not the fact that we’re getting higher volume of rain
This is the result of too many bike lanes and a useless carbon tax.
There are people who genuinely think that.
Blame Rob Ford and John Tory for neglecting our infrastructure in the name of Lowering Taxes
Maybe the people from Ghana can start a GOFUNDME for the citizens of Toronto.
In this City between the Construction, Big Trucks, Bad drivers, Cells Phones and Winter you can not Drive anymore!!!!
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That's the goal!
Mayor going on about climate change... never let a good crisis go to waste. Of course building thousands of condos and having no green space downtown has nothing to do with the flooding!!
I noticed that right away. That's so when they raise taxes everyone will except it for the "betterment of the environment " They can't see how their being played.
@@Jewelybee7 Yes...its all a sneaky tax game
is there any timelapse
I bet the drains got blocked by the debry
Wow.im 2, hrs.north of toronto just read this.hope all is safe👋🥺🥺🥺
My basement is flooded. Insurance won't cover me for floods because this is the 3rd one. Every time it's because of the city's pipes.
Looks like geo engineering to me… 🙀
Oh lawd😮Toronto under water.😮
Ask ford who is removing OSC for no reason and not doing anything productive for these issues
Agree. Canada is 3rd. World country already. Sad.
Remember: puddles are only flat on the top...
How many years have we experienced this?…. Yet the city of Toronto does squat!… Toronto is an absolute joke!, and if it don’t make them money? WHO GIVES A SH€%!
Not often at all. Stop complaining.
Welcome Back Electricity! we missed you, Parkdale. 🍁
My popsicles melted in the freezer, should I get compensation from the landlord?
@@arleneparris3446😆
ok, who's the wise guy who didn't disconnect their down spout?
Mother Nature.
She’s the girl boss!
where is the water supposed to go? ..in a river
This is hilarious ! The amount of years this keeps happening and the city does NOTHING in order to fix it hahaahhhaah !!! Good luck with all the insurance claims !
Let’s prioritize - booze in convenience stores!! 😂
DVR- Don Vally River I hear were adding cruise ships next month
And there are always a few trying to get through.
Is there fish in there???
Don’t worry, we will rename it because floods are racist
If it was winter snow….OH BOY.
TORONTO, the city of JOY AND and the INDIA 2.00
It's got valley in its name 🤦🏾♀️
Was anyone misgendered?
Renaming streets is also a priority. “Don Valley” sounds too mafia. Council decide… 💰
@@caracre
Make me an offer.
Toronto is such a village. Not a world class city yet.
RIP to the cars which were flooded. You can bet the owners can't afford to repair them.
Well they should have insurance sooo...
Once the water level goes down it will probably still be kept closed while they inspect everything that was underwater for washouts. Closed longer if repairs are needed.
Wow
God Help the poor animals and people 🙏
Our civilisation is undergoing a fundamental "crisis of competence", but it's probably nothing to worry about. o/
Why are you afraid of raindrops? Childhood trauma?
That's what happens when we use up our farm lands for development of new housing and whatever else. And the city water system can't handle it
Beaver dams!!!
Geeeeeeeez
By design, to fear-monger and validate carbon tax.
Lmfao and they want to by pass survey studies to build homes in flood plains just like this. This could literally be your back yard one day😂😂😂
Wow omg
it was like a couple cm of rain , how the flying fuck do u let this happen. good job rain tax folks and highway makers
Rain tax not implemented yet. Maybe if someone had looked ahead 25 years ago we'd not be in this situation.
We need more flood management and it doesn't build itself
lol you are dense
Infastructure not designed to take that much water at one time.
About 10 cm of rain, or about 4 inches.
@stephenjones5304 yeaa, 10 cm of rain or about 4 inches in a short period of time is different then 10 cm or about 4 inches of rain over an extended period of time. Then, consider 10 cm of rain or about 4 inches over 10 Sq. Km. As opposed to 10cm of rain or about 4 in over 5 Sq Km. You are leaving out a lot of factors that contributed to this. But thanks for coming out 😄
What happened to your grammar regarding your headline? ESL?
More carbon tax
Ya right 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Such great leaders we selected. Doug Ford spent money into buck-a-beer and not safeguarding any of this shit 😂
Doug Ford is too busy selling out parts of Toronto land to his rich land developer friends.
Let's see the mayor try to spin this story
Will have to add this to my"DVP under" list.
Taxes going up again right Trudeau? What a mess.
What does the federal government have to do with a municipality controlled road?
Gah! I just re-soldered the cable to the right speaker on my headphones last night, and this video had me thinking it needed fixing again!
I'm sure Trudeau is coming up with a flood prevention tax as we watch this video.....I hope everyone on DVP was ok
Noo, DVP is maintained by the province. If anyone was going to raise a tax because of this, it would be Ford. The province maintains this highway, not the Federal government. Get your branches of government in order.
@Top_Bot-cu6fc I think it was a joke because of how crappie he runs this country... most of us got it 🙄
Remember the bad one back in 60's but this seems worse.
Sure. A rain event versus a hurricane. BTW, you’re thinking of 1954:
“Hurricane Hazel struck the Toronto area on 15-16 October 1954, with devastating results. It was Canada's worst hurricane and Toronto's worst natural disaster. During the storm, winds reached 124 km/h and over 200 millimetres of rain fell in just 24 hours. This horrific storm left 81 dead, nearly 1900 families homeless, and caused between $25 and $100 million in damages (modern-day cost has been estimated at over $1 billion).”
@@alias19 thanks for the correction.
It did happen because of the POOR DRAINAGE SYSTEM. Same old story way back 2013 0r 2014.
Seems as if this was not just caused by rain but a dam has played a role? Anyone looking into this? You know what they’ll do now add another tax and use this to justify it.
POOP RIVER
That sounds like a cheap country song! Murica!🤣
how that 1.3 b don lands working
Wrong area
North Plug at the Keating Channel hasn't been removed yet so it's no bearing on this but thanks for staying informed.
Another dummy who has no idea what theyre talking about
@@Alyssa82 my bad port lands
@@416XYZ we need to pull the plug on this carbon tax
Toronto look like Mumbai today
It looks like it everyday if you ride the TTC.
@@phillydisc9708 This comment is pure gold.
Toronto remains an unrelenting hellscape. Same old, same old.
Cars aren't fish and can't swim 😑
Unbelievable
Global *-warming-* heating
Lol
Chow Chow too busy party every weekend
I never thought I would see this in Ontario holy cow
Well. That was alot of rain.
Nope!!
A lot of rain is at least 6 hours nonstop
@@arleneparris3446 No it isnt. It is a lot of rain in a short time which we had.
@@RR-xu5xk please read my comment carefully ☺️
I missed all this, I was giving birth to my baby.
I never thought I would see this in Ontario holy shit
I never thought someone could be so stupid as to think it doesn’t rain in Ontario.
and i bet there is that one moron is like " OH ITS NOT BAD" tryin drive trough it killin its engine and eletronics lmao
Carbon Tax isn't working.
Ooops
Very creepy
lmao i knew this would happin
😂😂😂
Who was the main super genius that signed this off?🤣
What a joke this city is falling apart infrastructures are very old and need updated
lol its worse than florida, and in two months you are back to cold. sucks.
We are in China…?😂
No. It doesn’t rain in China, silly boy.
lol