I’ve been glued to the television and Twitter for the last 18 hours because my beloved city (and a large portion of Alberta) is in the middle of a major natural disaster. The flooding we’re experiencing is unprecedented, and close to 75,000 people have been displaced in Calgary alone.

You know the situation is dire when the fire department is using motorboats on city streets to rescue evacuees:

Roxboro in Calgary, Alberta – June 21, 2013

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