Bring Back The Ark
The rain is coming. One of my favorite sounds in the world is rain. It doesn't rain all that often here, but when it does, it can be rather dramatic. Being this close to the mountains causes some unique weather patterns. Giant hail storms that come out of seemingly nowhere happen around once a year, funnel clouds are not uncommon in the summer, and watching far-off lightning while sitting around a campfire is a summer tradition. If you couple all of those things with something called a snowpack, bad things can sometimes happen. Nine years ago to the day, Calgary had a one-in-a-100-year flood. Days of heavy rain caused a larger than normal snowpack to melt rapidly. All of this water flowed down into the rivers and swept through Banff, Canmore, Calgary, and other towns causing a lot of damage. I remember watching the news reports and seeing a small cabin that had been swept into the river be smashed against the underside of a bridge. Downtown Calg...