[All] Fw: Vista Hills Fallen Houses

Mon Oct 16 15:57:31 EDT 2017

 A better summery of events with more photos to show the connectivity of it all. 

Lulu 

   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Lanteigne <water.lulu at yahoo.ca>To: mayor at waterloo.ca <mayor at waterloo.ca>; Mark Whaley <mark.whaley at waterloo.ca>; Brian Bourke <brian.bourke at waterloo.ca>; Melissa Durrell <melissa.durrell at waterloo.ca>; Angela Vieth <angela.vieth at waterloo.ca>; Diane Freeman <diane.freeman at waterloo.ca>; bob.mavin at waterloo.ca <bob.mavin at waterloo.ca>; Jeff Henry <jeff.henry at waterloo.ca>Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017, 12:56:16 PM PDTSubject: Vista Hills Fallen Houses

Dear Hon. Mayor and City Council members,
Vista Hills is on a geological feature called the Sandy Hills. It didn't surprise me much when I saw the fallen houses.  My photos of the damages in the attachments. 
Even in the age of the bible such ideas were not deemed wise: 
Matthew 7:24-27
24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

The fall of the homes on Vista Hills came as no surprise to me. I've warned against such things for many years. I also gave warnings about heat island effects in this area as well as with Costco in 2014 and prior to that in 2009 regarding the Mega Mall plans on Ira Needles.
Here is the video warning I posted regarding the Boardwalk Mall on Ira Needles back in 2009.  I voiced concerns for water quality. water volumes and heat island effects. The day I filmed this the winds were so strong I could barely breath. I make note of that in this video. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yWAjp11dnA

Here is a video I took after the micro burst hit St. Jacob's market on Sept, 2nd 2011.  This lady also experienced winds so strong she couldn't breath either. She relays the experience on Youtube here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfJLr7286d8
Here is what I saw as I walked through St. Jacob's Market after that micro burst. Vegetables had to be given away because they were wet and would spoil quick. Lots of merchandise damaged because it got wet. People were giving items away. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FBZcOQugZg
I spoke with many people that day and learned how shoppers couldn't enter buildings for shelter because there were not enough doors to go in. (this was before the fire with the old building). One vendor told me it was the second time this happened to her at this location. 
I initiated an Ontario Municipal Board hearing, case PL071044 regarding the need to protect the wetlands and creeks of the West Side Lands, particularly in Vista Hills and I successfully won all concessions via the experts meeting as seen in the attachments. The goal was to protect Clair Creek, the Wetlands and ESPA 19 which is the forest between Columbia Forest and Vista Hills. I helped to protect capture zones of the Waterloo Moraine by increasing habitat protection for fish and endangered salamanders. It is my belief that it was the moraines and these forested areas that have served to protect the City of Waterloo from tornadic activities for many generations acting as a buffer zone of cooling for West Bound winds. It is also my view that the houses in Vista Hills are built on unsafe ground geologically speaking.
The heat islands are often generated from vast paved areas or areas where vegetation has been removed exposing sand. The hot sands and pavement gather heat. When cooler air systems move in and encounters these heat islands, it creates strong winds upwards with the heat and downwards with the cooler air.  
To illustrate, get a stick of incense. Hold it over a table and watch how the smoke rises. Then take that same stick of incense and move it over a warm candle and you'll see how the rate of flow of the smoke rapidly increases and expands upwards. Just like the smoke of the incense, when heat thermals go up it expands and displaces cold air increasing risks of tornadic activity or micro bursts downwards. This is the reason water spouts are often seen around shorelines. When the temperature at the ground level are hotter than the cold air blowing in, heat thermals going up and cold weather goes down and winds grow strong. 
When it comes to climate change issues, the entire Alberta Tar Sands area is a giant heat island where dark pools of waste water, tar sands production and exposed sandy soil generates a huge area of heat that pushes hot air up, expands and offsets arctic jet streams. I have a letter I wrote to Prime Minister Trudeau regarding this issue and it can be viewed online here: 
https://whoacanada.wordpress.com/tag/rossby-waves/
A video from Rutgers University's Jennifer Francis illustrates how the jet stream winds are changing. The timeline of the altering global jet streams connects very well with the development of the Alberta's Oil Sands.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr_LFZRDrA0

Alberta's Oil Sands generated jet stream changes that lines up with Canada's declining cod stocks because the fish moved with the change of jet streams in Canada and the UK, and It also lines up with the changes of jet streams noted in aviation reports produced by Reading University in the UK. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr_LFZRDrA0

In the attachments you will see how jet streams from the BC Forest Fires and Alberta Tar Sands combined pushed Arctic air down towards the Gulf of Mexico making Hurricane Harvey and Irene worse. 
The land in Vista Hills is cleared of vegetation with lots of exposed sand that gathered the heat. When the cold system came off the moist farmland areas, up went the heat and down came the winds and rain along with those houses. It doesn't help they are built on sand. The rains were heavy and localized flooding is visible in the photos I took today. (Oct. 16) That water is on a lot for houses. The depth is significant. The area here was all primary recharge. 
The Forested hills and farmlands to the West of Waterloo have protected Waterloo for many years acting as a cooling effect for storm systems heading West to East but thanks to the West Side Lands and other heavily paved projects along the western boundary, we're opening ourselves up to higher risks of  severe storms and tornadoes. To mitigate these risks we need to cool areas off. Natural wetlands provide up to 10 degree temperature difference but you have to have it salt free if you want to naturally control mosquito populations for the long term.  We need lots of trees and leafy vegetation to shade these paved areas to create a smoother transition from rural to urban temperatures to offset the potential for storm damages. Vegetation can help transfer the moisture back into the ground where it belongs. This area would be very good candidate for plant covered soak away zones. 
By applying physics to geology we can work to cool urban areas to help mitigate risks. Climate science and development activities are not separate issues. Development has consequences. We must plan accordingly. 
Thank you kindly for your time. 
Louisette Lanteigne700 Star Flower Ave. Waterloo Ont.N2V 2L2 

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