[Maritime Q-Scout]

When I woke up this morning and saw this, first thing I did was message my buddy from Economy. He's safe and well.


Then I just didn't really process it. It is like watching a movie. Too surreal to be true.

My wife has a colleague who apparently lost her sister in this situation. My wife's been shaken all day.

Still, I didn't process it as real.

Not until this moment. I just saw another close friend ask a friend of theirs (that I don't know) if they're ok on Facebook and to reach out to someone.

I then went to the person's Facebook page.

Their road is closed by the RCMP. No one has heard a thing from them or their family.

Again, I don't know them. But reading the worry has triggered flashbacks to when one of my best friends from univeristy put their suicide note on Facebook.

The worry, the unknown, and yet the knowing... wishing beyond hope that you're wrong.

Knowing how shaken my wife is, I'm not mentioning this to her. Hence... here. It's more anonymous while still venting.

F***

This isn't supposed to happen here.