The water is going down... depending on where you are

Spoke to Les this morning from his house on the west end of High River. He and his brother are doing well despite not having septic or power (they're relying on the generator but have enough fuel to last about a week).  The water is well below the basement floor now.  YAY

As for things in other areas of the town, they won't be so good.  Josh still hasn't been in his home but apparently there is still lots of water on the streets in his neighborhood.

Scott is itching to get down there to provide whatever needs Les has and to check on our 2 rental properties.  I think that until services are restored, citizens are not being allowed back in.  We'll have to wait.  One of our tenants left the cat behind and are naturally concerned for its well-being.  It will have been able to stay dry but I would think it would need (clean) water and food. 

We didn't have school on Friday - they called a snow day for all Calgary schools in our division as the Calgary public & Catholic boards weren't in operation.  Tomorrow will be the same.  It feels silly for us since there's no risk and hasn't been any risk at our school and it's possible that aside from our Okotoks students, our families were untouched.  The good news is that our grade 9s don't have to write their Provincial Achievement Test (finals) and because of that, our grades 7s and 8s will also not be writing their finals. 

I broke that news to Emily as gently as I could but immediately after had to send her out for a run as she was over the moon excited.  She was to write Science tomorrow, Math on Tuesday and LA on Wednesday.

I'll be heading to the school shortly as I need to send a message to all parents re tomorrow.  We're using a new program called Synrevoice which I've heard is great, we just have to experience with it beyond our training a few months ago.  Good thing they gave us notes! 

Blessings on you.

1 John 5:14,15 God's people can have the assurance that He hears their pleas for help, even if He chooses to let them go through some trial.

Oh, here's a picture of downtown High River taken on Friday.  The second picture is of 12 Avenue, facing westbound.