The advice is to avoid non-essential travel. Don't be selfish. If they open up areas that were evacuated or people need to move around for important reasons, do you want to be the dickhole who is causing extra congestion on the roads because you felt like going for a sightseeing drive? Why is this so hard to understand!
Also, obviously, the road network is extremely strained due to the closures. Dont add to the traffic if you don't need to.
Must just be the way you worded that post ranchlandsselling, but it's almost like you're implying that people SHOULD go out even if they wouldn't have otherwise, just to prove how tough we are and that the floods won't bring us down? I disagree.
No, not suggesting people go out if they weren't going to otherwise - just saying no reason to let the city go to a standstill. There's people who opened regular stores today because that's their living. People working in those shops, waitresses, waiters, cab drivers, etc. It doens't help to have these people out running their businesses and no one buying anything. There will likely be enough of a hit to the economy from all of this - no need to increase it because people can't use common sense. I mean does leaving Coventy hills to go to Cross Iron Mills make a difference to anyone who's been flooded out of their home.
Just go outside the impacted areas, had to get a birthday present for a son's friend's party, so went to Toys'R'Us in the NE, traffic lighter than typical Saturday traffic if anything.
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I'm fortunate enough to be in an area not affected. I don't have emergencies but I shouldn't be driving to the mall, bank, and anywhere else I'd usually run errands?
I've stayed in all day today because of not wanting to get in the way but I've seen vehicles driving by my place all day.
I don't think it would be an issue if you aren't in the impacted areas but streets like MacLeod, crowchild, glenmore, etc are the major arteries in use near the impacted communities so it would make sense to avoid those as much as possible.
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Any updates on Medicine Hat? How are things going there so far?
Alex McCuaig of the Med Hat News says the following about the South Sask:
3000-4000 m3/s: Water is over banks
4000-5000 m3/s: Water is just under bridge braces
5000+ m3/s: Bridge closures can be expected
As of 1 pm they are at about 1,400 m3/s and rising at a rate of 100 m3/s per hour. It is still expected to peak between 5,000 and 6,000... conflicting reports as to when. Redford is in a media scrum there now.
Finished a shift at one of the evac centres. People are still coming in but a lot slower, which is great.
Word of advice, if you don't need to be at the evac centre please don't go to one. Donate through the red cross and the centres don't need more volunteers at the moment.
I've been at work last two days doing overtime since I'm not in the flood zone. Would love to get out and lend a helping hand but we seem to be short of man power now on the job as many employees were affected.
