Archive for May, 2017

May 11, 2017

The entire city is on edge

The mayor has issued severe warnings.  Every newscast is advising on how to sandbag and to be ready to leave ASAP.  The forecast predicts gloom and doom.  117 provincial forest firefighters have been brought in to fill sandbags as it will take too long for the army to get here.  The only hospital we have […]

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May 10, 2017

I just don’t know what to say

Thank you for your prayers, concerns, hugs, phone calls, emails and comments.  It sure has been a most difficult 38 days since we put the girls to rest.  So much has transpired, so many emotions have been felt, so many tears shed and it isn’t over. Yesterday we got to the RV Park about 2PM.  […]

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May 09, 2017

Stranded during an evacuation

We loaded till 9PM and discovered a problem with the batteries.  Nothing could be done till daylight today as we were in a deep puddle of water and the batteries were arching.  Called Freightliner at 10PM and they were there and would have come this morning but our go to RV tech ( another good […]

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May 08, 2017

Evacuating Urgently

This is Rae posting on Contessa’s behalf. At 7AM this morning, the incident command chief came by and told Colin and Contessa that they were on evacuation alert and needed to be ready to leave in five minutes. The lake by their home continues to rise and they now have rain and wind.  There is also […]

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May 07, 2017

The lake keeps rising and rising

Our patio and a few feet of our lawn are underwater.  The lake is rising slower today but still rising, maybe 3 inches since 10AM.  We are slightly higher than either neighbor and so their water logged sites are also flowing into our yard. Evacuations have begun here in our RV Park, a few condos […]

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