It's a good point Slava, however I think the scenario was that nobody on our street had ever been evacuated before. I was out at my daughters soccer wrap up party when the evac notice came through.
I rushed home, grabbed our "go" bag we had packed earlier in the day and took off.
Hindsight is 20/20 for sure when it comes to moving stuff up to higher ground and staying past the "deadline" of 7pm we were given to be out of the neighbourhood.
However my issue is that now homeowners are taking personal responsibility and mitigating their homes so that we don't end up with garbage mountains on the streets come the next flood. If we are stepping up and taking that responsibility will our various levels of government do what they can to mitigate the effects of future floods? It's not good business to have downtown Calgary closed for a week again.
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