Wednesday, June 26, 2013

What a week!


Sheesh! Its been a crazy week in Canmore and in other communities in Southern Alberta! We awoke last Thursday to the news that our town had declared a state of emergency after severe rainfall had caused creeks and rivers to turn into raging torrents, ripping through town and destroying homes and infrastructure along the way. Over the next few days thousands of people were evacuted from their homes and emergency services worked to control the situation as best they could. In parts of town power and water were intermittent and many people along Cougar Creek have lost their homes. Thankfully our neighbourhood has been essentially unaffected, It's a bit surreal really! We are still on a water conservation order and a boil water advisory due to damage to the treatment plant in town but other than that things in our street are very normal. There were a couple of moments of worry and one mad dash to the super market to buy supplies to see us through if things got any worse but thankfully for us we've had very little stress. The highway was broken up, washed out and completely closed for a while except for emergency vehicles all the way from Golden to Calgary, but as of today everything has opened up and things are looking good. The community has been amazing! Just amazing! With so much positivity and more volunteers than could ever be utilized! I've actually been quite blown away by the spirit of the people of this small town and this whole experience has really revived my belief in the goodness of people :)

No comments:

EMAIL ADDRESSES


ralstne@gmail.com