Medicine Hat's Ron Robinson, Director of Emergency Management gives the following death sentence for his city.
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Due to anticipated water levels sandbagging is unlikely to be effective, Therefore there will be no sandbagging of homes and or businesses. A berm is being constructed around the electric generation and water treatment facility and there are large sandbags which are being prepared to protect critical infrastructure. People who are outside of the evacuation area may actually see sewage coming up as a result of the rising river, this is something that cannot be effectively stopped in any way, shape or form.
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So they're saying the pink is what flooded in '95, and the pink + yellow will flood tomorrow.
