State of Emergency

You ask and you shall receive... I told everyone to stop wishing for rain to wash away our snow... but sure enough here comes the rain... more rain, more rain, and more rain!!! Of course I was joking at the time telling everyone to stop wishing for snow, only because I love the snow, but have never guessed that it would turn out like this.

So far this winter has made an everlasting impact for some. First we had 2 years of our regular snow fall within 2 weeks, and to follow now rising temperatures, melting snow, and 125mm of rain. The result flooding and lots of it. Luckily the rain has stoped now but now without damage.

The City I live in has been placed under a State of Emergency. This morning I took some pictures (while driving, forgive the quality) on the way into my office to show you what I saw (and took a couple more from tonight’s News).

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If your not affected by the rain, hopefully you are not one who's home sustained damage from the snow. My office has have seen a record number of claims in the last 3 days. The culprit accumulation of snow with the weight of rain, resulting in......



I drove quickly around the neighbourhood of my office to survey the damage I saw 40+ homes with damage.

We are one of the lucky ones, who were not adversely affected by the weather, but if you are not so lucky you are in my prayers.