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Originally Posted by ranchlandsselling
I'm intrigued as to the impact on the economy. Been thinking about this for a while. Trades will certainly be busy off their feet doing repairs and maintenance in all the houses. Think of all these million dollar houses that will require tons of work. Also the regular houses and roads, etc. Surely there's some stimulus from that aspect.
That said, I'm a salaried employee and will be collecting my pay but perhaps being less efficient / productive working from home. There will likely be some people that are not being paid if they can't work. Other places will suffer loss of income (zoo, restaurants, stampede, etc). A boom for the trades and local suppliers of materials but no one else?
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Natural disasters, the follow up, can generally be a boom to the economy.
I was out for a ten mile run this am over country roads and saw the bridge destruction at Black Diamond. I use that bridge all the time. Amazing sight. And the bridge off the Turner Valley Golf Course also destroyed.
Sad sights.
Our Ag Society Board met yesterday morning and our forty foot hole in the entrance of the Millarville Racetrack will be repaired in the next few days. We will be open for the Millarville Farmers Market next weekend.
Still a huge amount of water flowing over Higheay 22 and Highway 549 intersection. Drove over it today.
Cowperson