I went to school for a few years in Marda Loop kind of thing and they also had those sirens there. I think it was due to the proximity to Currie Barracks?
Anyone remember the air raid sirens that were once dispersed around Calgary?
There used to be some in Brentwood when I was young. One down on north mount drive across from the 7-11. I feel like they we taken down in the late 80’s or early 90’s?
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There used to be some in Brentwood when I was young. One down on north mount drive across from the 7-11. I feel like they we taken down in the last 80’s or early 90’s?
Yeah, I remember driving by one all the time near the corner of Canyon Meadows Drive and Acadia Drive all the time when I was a kid. Looked exactly like that picture.
If Canada has learned anything from this, if we don't want to spend on defense, we should load up on tractors.
I know you say it in jest, but considering two of the worlds biggest agricultural producers are at war, we may want to do that anyway as I have a feeling our agricultural products will be in high demand around the world. Sending wheat to developing countries may end up being be our most impactful humanitarian offering this decade.
Yeah, I remember driving by one all the time near the corner of Canyon Meadows Drive and Acadia Drive all the time when I was a kid. Looked exactly like that picture.
I always remember the one in Haysboro near Heritage Park - we could see when driving by on 14 Street.
By some miracle, wife and her 2 companions got on a train to Ternopil. East of Lviv. Going by what's on the https://liveuamap.com/ map, it appears relatively calm....I hope. Can't find anything on the news about it what's happening there. Never heard of the place or what they will expect when they arrive. Seems like a lot of students have evacuated to that location.
I've been thinking about you, your wife and her family a lot over the last week. I'm so happy to hear she's on a train and hopefully on her way to safety. Yours and kn's perspectives are eye-opening and valuable in this whole thing. Keep us posted and let us know if there's anything we can do as an online community to help.
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People need to stop visiting Russia for the time being. It is not a free state , consider it like China. That poor woman will be held there for a long time
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Like I said...i have no idea what the curriculum was in Social Studies after the cold war ended. But good stuff that it was covered even if its not any longer.
I was merely saying that the very large population still around who lived it in real time have a very different perspective on nuclear war vs those who came along after.
Part of Calgary even had an evacuation drill called Operation Lifesaver.
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