From Orland Nelson:
From Al and Sheryl Rairdon: Hi Sue, We are good here in Stettler. We have had lots of rain but our house is
dry and safe at this time. Our friends Arnie and Pattie in #704 weren't so
lucky. They live in High River and there house was flooded unfortunately.
From Peter and Virginia Beckner: Hi Sue. We are high and dry here. The floods have been devastating
for a lot of people. We drove past High River yesterday and couldn't believe the
amount of water that is still there. I would think that there are going to be a
lot of people with out a home before this is over. Glad we live a long way away
from the rivers. Take care. Peter & Virginia.
From Bart and Bev Greif: We are high up so we haven't been flooded but we are close enough to the river
that we could watch it as it rose and now has gone down. It's the flooding of
our downtown that no one ever believed could happen that has been so bad. The
Saddledome (our hockey arena ) has water up to the 8th row of seats. It's under
15 ft of water. Our world famous Calgary Stampede is supposed to start on Jul y
5th and the entire stampede grounds have been wiped away. Officials are saying
we are still having it but it may be on a smaller scale. It brings in an awful
lot of money to this area every year with tourists and such. Another small town
about 20 miles south of here have had all 13,000 residents evacuated and they
still can't go back.We see this happening in the US all the time but never
believed it could happen here. Mother Nature at her finest.Thanks for the
concern.
A link to pictures of the floods from Stacey Wheeler:
