So I said: "The sun is back!" And it was. Then it left.
The two weeks of rain caused the two rivers in town to overflow a bit. It's pretty impressive, actually. They built a lot of houses near the rivers and the water started reaching the resident's lots, just on the edge. I think some people were told to evacuate. But then the sun came back, so all was fine.
It started raining again for the last two days. But nasty, crazy, catching-up-for-the-last-ten-years rain. And just like that, the rivers that were quickly going back to a normal level overflowed even more.
Our friend Sandra lives in an apartment building overlooking the Elbow river. Last night, people came over to her place and told her to evacuate the building: the water was getting very close to the first floor's level (she lives on the fourth floor). So we now have a visitor for a couple of days.
Let the parentally-inclined not worry: our house is built on the flanks of a hill, high atop the city, far from any body of water. If water levels ever reach our house, I do believe that 90% of Canada will be completely under water.
Today, the rain has stopped. Let's hope the rivers start behaving again.
