Rain, rain go away let Toronto keep the boats away!

One hundred millimeters of rain fell in Toronto today in  matter of hours (equivalent to one month of percipitation)

Collage of pictures

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=toronto+flooding+in+pictures&qpvt=toronto+flooding+in+pictures&FORM=IGRE

http://storify.com/theglobeandmail/massive-toronto-storm-causes-floods-blackout-in-to/slideshow

1400 people are currently being rescued off of this stranded GO Train

3 marine boats + 1400 passengers = an all night rescue

no idea why a city of over one million people only has 3 rescue boats but there it is...

 

 

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=toronto+train+rescue+pictures+july+8+2013&qpvt=toronto+train+rescue+pictures+july+8+2013&FORM=IGRE

 

ETA:

A snake made his way onto that go train that was flooded --here's a little vid of him making an appearance...

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2013/07/09/toronto-snake-go-train-video.html

 

Some were scared, some thought it was funny, and by the end of the night the car named him "the 5:30" since that was when they boarded the train.