07/02/2013
Message from Gary Zaremba - Owner of Warthog Products International Inc.-
"Last Friday I landed at the Calgary Airport in a splash, and from that point on it reminded me of being in Hurricane Ivan years ago - a lot of destruction, disbelief, and very unfortunate realizations. We are on high ground but had a house full of campers wondering if their house was still standing. I have an inventory of Warthog drainage pumps in my shop, and we got involved right away with deploying them to where they were most needed right after the flood. With the help of Jennifer Schwartzenberger Paterson, father inlaw Grant, his neighbor Danny Burton, Craig Baun, Greg Szydlowski, and Shawn Hunter - we qualified as Emergency Services and got into the front lines right away including Calgary Zoo, Memorial Drive, Stampede Grounds, Spolumbos, Murdoch Manor, Roxboro Ave, several downtown parkades, and then the High River water treatment plant. I had never seen a Warthog actually run, so that was step one in a nearby ditch. They pump 50,000+ gallons per hour for long distances, but it was a question as to how they would perform pumping out basements where vertical head is an issue, but this pump climbs vertical walls just fine. Deployed 4 at once into High River and it looked like an ocean but they called today to say these four pumps had not shut off once since the weekend and they are almost finished draining that pond in the photo. These little pumps are absolutely amazing, they outpump the big trailer mounted pumps. I have one that I am happy to loan out to friends if you need a basement pumped. And there are still some in the shop for sale if you know a rental or contracting company or somebody that needs to buy one."