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[polly7]

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[femmocrat]

1. K & R

I hope they find the calves safe and sound.

[polly7]

2. They found three, but two had drowned.

The one little guy left seems to be doing ok. I think he's still missing 2 more.

[femmocrat]

3. Oh how sad.

I am so sorry.

[polly7]

6. He was pretty upset, but hopefully he'll find the others and get them back home.

He's not sure why they got separated from the rest .... maybe they got out of a fence and couldn't get back. Calves seem to love exploring the ditches.

[arthritisR_US]

4. OMG, I am so sorry for you guys! That is sadly reminiscent of what we went

through last year here in Calgary. Please take care

[polly7]

7. Thankfully, I don't think it's nearly as bad as Calgary .... that was just horrible.

Everyone's handling it pretty well and according to the forecast, no rain for a while. I think the worst affected towns declared a state of emergency, so people should have their losses covered. Although, there are some houses here that will never be livable again.

[arthritisR_US]

9. Damn, it's a lot to go through. Things can be rebuilt but it's tough.

Watch out for the bugs and disease from any animals that didn't survive.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

5. Stay safe!

That looks so shitty, and soon to be mosquito-y.

(and, that little Canadien is clearly a goon)

[polly7]

8. We will, thanks. And yes, the mosquitoes ....... yuck.

There are sloughs all around us, so no doubt they'll be a real concern. I agree about the little Canadien! LOL

[arikara]

10. How is it going there for you?

Is the water going down?

[polly7]

11. It's going about as good as can be expected.

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Yes, thankfully the water has gone down, but the rivers and creeks are still over-flowing and everything is so saturated. My town still has water all over the lower-lying areas. We have a huge trucking company here that has a dozen or so vac-trucks and they're going from house to house trying to help out with holes dug outside and pipes to drain the water. Some streets still not passable, and the highway's pretty much toast at one place but people are handling it not too bad.

My neighbour's, whose house was condemned, lost everything - even pictures, they had to get out so fast. Another neighbour had rushed in and put up some beams on one wall of the basement when it first started raining so the house wouldn't fall in, so that's all that's holding it up. But a friend and I are doing a sneaky (hoping the guys in uniform in the scary black truck/vans don't catch us) and are going in later today to rescue what we can. We're both skinny and know where to walk and another friend has a Cat and stuff to rescue us if we get buried lol. Just feel very bad for her, and we can do this! I'm a P-Basic so can fix her, she tells me if I get hurt - I'm screwed lol, but we have all the personal protection equipment - we're good to go. Their little girl has been crying since for things she's missing - which is everything.

Many large garbage thingies set all over the place on the streets for people whose basements are still full and have to get rid of all their stuff. It's very sad. The farmers seem to be handling it alright, they're covered mostly .... except the loss of livestock of course is hard, as they love their animals. My town was half built on a slough (duh!) years ago, so it's going to take a while for it to completely get back to what it was. Just so much water!

My Dad always said there's no such thing as too much water or snow, but he lived through some dry years. I'm not sure which would be worse. He's probably looking down right now and still saying the same thing!

This person who drove his truck into the trench to help rescue the man was my brother, Calvin:

http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairie-floods/article19390597/?service=mobile

Residents come to the rescue of Prairie flood victims

[arikara]

12. Well good luck with everything

and update us once in awhile. I hope things settle down for you soon. It just seems crazy, where did the water come from this time of year. You don't have mountain runoff from the snow melt like we do sometimes in BC.

[polly7]

13. We just got more rain within a few days than we could handle, and the ground was already

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saturated. 9.5 inches of rain with really nowhere to go, as it's such flat land - it just rushed to every lower-lying area - which happened to be basements, ditches that overflowed and destroyed bridges, roads and highways, many fields ... and the rest just sits or fills up streams that have turned to rivers washing out many things in their paths. We did manage to sneak in to that one house without it falling in, though it's pretty freaky in there. We found a drawer of pictures, hopefully she can dry out and save some of them, and some of Kayla's clothes and toys they can hopefully also save and use. It is getting back to normal, and because so many municipalities and communities were declared disaster zones, they will get assistance, although the huge commercial garbage containers still line some streets as people continue to empty their basements not just of things like appliances, but antiques and things they've collected for a lifetime and will never be able to replace. I just took my dog for a run and there is still sooooo much water laying around in a few parts of town on the outskirts - no yards, just water everywhere you look. And streets are still either caving in or being cut out. Everyone's looking at the cloudy skies though and really hoping we get a break for a little while. Still, nothing like what people in other countries, ie. Haiti, etc. have experienced - I have no idea how they cope or the suffering they endure. We make much of things like this when they happen to us, but really have no idea how bad it could be.