Black Thursday Q&A

[Phoenix]

Historically (according to the Wiki) The river has flooded before and there was also a great fire way back in the very early start of the town. Given the shifting of Teutonic plates (VERY odd in that part of the country, I smell a Fae like Nix said ) from the earthquake, the River changing course isn't impossible. Improbable, yes... but ya can't get hung upon every little detail or the fun gets lost in the stress. KISMIF

The river flooded before due to snowmelt in the spring, and if it flooded now, those floodwaters would be diverted along the old riverbed (north) and around the old Cherrydale peninsula, because that's where the natural depression would be. Earthquakes don't generally change riverbed morphology to the point that the river actually moves.

But yeah. I looked up a map of tectonic hotspots in Canada, and HR is nowhere near one. Ergo, fae. Biiiiig bad fae. <.<

[Grace Hale (DELETED 5425)]

this is the Mississippi just 5 years ago and it is a river that froze and moves fast well fast for a big river
http://archive.ksdk.com/news/national/s ... yid=193134

[Grace Hale (DELETED 5425)]

now if all the water was salt water it would not freeze at all

[Phoenix]

We get -5 C temperatures in the UK most years in the dead of winter, and we don't really get ice storms, instant freezing of any water, or rivers with ice thicker than a foot. I'm just speaking from experience, though, as I haven't looked it up.

Right now, I believe there's about a foot of ice in most areas* - no, it wouldn't freeze immediately, but considering the snow/ground would be radiating cold upward, a few inches of water would start freezing in a matter of minutes (i.e. get really freaking dangerous, more so than just cold water), and a whole solid block would probably take a few hours if unsalted. Salt only works up to a certain concentration/temperature.

*based on memories of ice fishing and what I remember about ice causeways across the rivers. More for ponds/lakes, less for rivers, but only by a bit.

[Alexandrea]

No salt water in that area, fresh water lakes.

The river flooded before due to snowmelt in the spring, and if it flooded now, those floodwaters would be diverted along the old riverbed (north) and around the old Cherrydale peninsula, because that's where the natural depression would be. Earthquakes don't generally change riverbed morphology to the point that the river actually moves.

But yeah. I looked up a map of tectonic hotspots in Canada, and HR is nowhere near one. Ergo, fae. Biiiiig bad fae. <.<

I was going from memory A DANGEROUS thing a my age I had read that wiki article you wrote ages ago. You are correct, it WOULD head north. So our group can be flooded with the sewage water like you wanted? ;) :-* lol

And yesh....

[Doc]

But yeah. I looked up a map of tectonic hotspots in Canada, and HR is nowhere near one. Ergo, fae. Biiiiig bad fae. <.<

Nope .. Fracking.

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<.<

[Wolffyn]

But yeah. I looked up a map of tectonic hotspots in Canada, and HR is nowhere near one. Ergo, fae. Biiiiig bad fae. <.<

Nope .. Fracking.

>.>

<.<

YES!!!

[Jonah]

Fracking pissed the fae off

[Alexandrea]

works for me!

[Xian]

I know it started out as a joke (the Fae did it) and I mentioned it my post more as Metaphor, but the more I look at it, from a supernatural standpoint, and a storytelling standpoint, it IS possible that the Fae did it.

So many ideas can come from it - Fae attacking while the floodwaters (which may inexplicably even be Warm) are surging, specially in the areas where the city comes into contact with the wilderness. Like the river area, the edges of the city... and heck, anywhere the possibly supernaturally brought about flooding is passing. XD

But yeah, we can just go run with it. :)