Chinatown
The stampede grounds.
The infield.
And Calgary was relatively lucky.
Canmore, Bragg Creek, Okotoks, High River and others all suffered devastating losses.
Highway 22X
The Trans Canada
We are extremely lucky that our house is on higher ground, and we have been dry and safe throughout this whole ordeal. Our water is still good - we didn't even lose power. For us it has just been a minor inconvenience. We can't drive around town, and with water restrictions in place, we can't do any laundry, we can't run the dishwasher, and I can't enjoy a long soak in the tub.
No laundry means pink towels in a copper coloured bathroom. Quelle horreur! Oh, boo hoo...
All kidding aside, my heart goes out to the thousands of people that had to be evacuated from their homes. The lucky ones amongst them have a massive clean-up ahead of them.
Through it all, this man was everywhere.
Our mayor, Naheed Nenshi, put in a 43 hour day. He was on every radio & tv station, he was in airplanes and helicopters and he was all over social media keeping us all informed. There was even a Twitter hash tag set up #nap4nenshi, and citizens were tweeting and begging him to take a break.
One person summed it up by saying that we could probably skip the whole next election nonsense, and just sign him up for another term.
Stampede officials are saying that the show will go on come
I'll believe it when I see it.
What a week, eh?!
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