Calgary, where my company's offices are located, is under water. Catastrophic rains and snow melt from the Rockies have caused the two rivers running through Calgary to explode over their banks. The city's central business district and over 100,000 people living on the flood plains of the Bow and Elbow Rivers are under mandatory evacuation order. I have told all my office employees to stay home next week (on full pay). We will attempt to do what we can from our homes. I have offered accommodation at my farm to three of my employees who are under the mandatory evacuation order.
Stampede Park, home of The Calgary Stampede is under 1-2m of water suggesting that the Stampede may not take place in two weeks. The big NHL arena is flooded up to Row 17 of the seating bowl and the Jumbotron which was resting on the floor for the summer is now destroyed.
I have seen funky weather all over the world during my oil patch career but this catastrophe in my own stomping grounds is the worst weather disaster that I have ever experienced.
Two of Calgary's three SCs are affected by this flooding. Calgary's SCs are among the continent's lamest clubs but even the world's worst SC doesn't really deserve all this.
I saw pictures today. 100,000 flee Calgary was the statement. I was thinking, where is that? Rockies I guess. Sorry to hear you were affected. It looked really bad with the pictures I saw.