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The city of Ottawa is conducting an analysis of how the neighbourhood of Orleans fared during Wednesday's flash storm, to determine the success of a sewer system overhaul five years ago.
Road crews had to work to unclog sewers that flooded several main roads. The water was so deep that cars stalled on the street and Orleans Boulevard had to be shut-down, and a stretch of it repaved on Thursday.
The half-hour suppertime thunderstorm was highly localized: bone dry in Kanata, flash flooding in Orleans. The tempest left downed trees, tore the roof off historic buildings and caused power outages in east Ottawa and Gatineau as lightning, heavy rain, strong winds and hail reportedly the size of marbles rolled through the region.
The city says it received only one complaint of a flooded basement, though at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex in Orleans, a sewer pipe exploded inside the building.
"There was a big flood. It went down the hall, in the gym, at the front desk," Camille Guertin said. "It was crazy."
Lynn LaBresh, who lives on Belcourt Boulevard, said her basement flooded, but the water didn't come in through the sewer but her foundation, which she acknowledges she neglected to fix in 2006 as per the city's recommendation.
"My whole driveway was flooded, my garden was flooded too, and inside the house, well I had so much water damage it was not fun."
Rainer Bloess, a municipal councillor in the area who supported the storm system overhaul in 2006, said that while streets were awash in rain water, the important thing is that homes were almost entirely spared.
"For the most part people didn't have flooding this time around," Bloess said.
Another neighbourhood resident credits city-installed "swales"
The city of Ottawa is conducting an analysis of how the neighbourhood of Orleans fared during Wednesday's flash storm, to determine the success of a sewer system overhaul five years ago.
Road crews had to work to unclog sewers that flooded several main roads. The water was so deep that cars stalled on the street and Orleans Boulevard had to be shut-down, and a stretch of it repaved on Thursday.
The half-hour suppertime thunderstorm was highly localized: bone dry in Kanata, flash flooding in Orleans. The tempest left downed trees, tore the roof off historic buildings and caused power outages in east Ottawa and Gatineau as lightning, heavy rain, strong winds and hail reportedly the size of marbles rolled through the region.
The city says it received only one complaint of a flooded basement, though at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex in Orleans, a sewer pipe exploded inside the building.
"There was a big flood. It went down the hall, in the gym, at the front desk," Camille Guertin said. "It was crazy."
Lynn LaBresh, who lives on Belcourt Boulevard, said her basement flooded, but the water didn't come in through the sewer but her foundation, which she acknowledges she neglected to fix in 2006 as per the city's recommendation.
"My whole driveway was flooded, my garden was flooded too, and inside the house, well I had so much water damage it was not fun."
Rainer Bloess, a municipal councillor in the area who supported the storm system overhaul in 2006, said that while streets were awash in rain water, the important thing is that homes were almost entirely spared.
"For the most part people didn't have flooding this time around," Bloess said.
Another neighbourhood resident credits city-installed "swales"
