Torontonians praise Nenshi, slam Ford during rain storm

In Calgary, some have dubbed Naheed Nenshi 'Superman' for his stewardship over that city's flood recovery efforts.

There are t-shirts and posters of the mayor all across the city and wherever he goes these days, he's swarmed by 'fans' asking for a picture.

Well, Nenshi-mania made it's way to Twitter on Monday evening in the midst of Toronto's wild rain storm.

As explained by the Huffington Post, Torontonians were "summoning" Nenshi in their hour of need. The tweets only intensified after the Toronto Sun's Don Peat reported that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford had lost power to his house and was in his car with his kids trying to stay cool.

And, on Tuesday morning the tweets continued with more and more jabs at Ford.

The comparisons between Ford and Nenshi are nothing new. As two of Canada's highest profile mayors, the public and the media alike have enjoyed highlighting their very different personalities and their approach to politics.

[ Related: Photos from Toronto's rain storm ]

But in this instance, maybe @jgeady is Twitter's voice of reason:

After all, donning a cape in a non-emergency would look a little silly, wouldn't it?

(Photo by Andy Radia)

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