Here' a group hug for our Canadian DUers, family

[laundry_queen]

47. Glad it seems like their house is okay

Do they have someone who let them know? or they assume it's okay? Funny they forgot socks - there's a website that people are posting too w/dark humor about all the stupid things they DID pack while running for their lives. You can probably find it from the CBC website. It's pretty funny. "forgot passport, remembered mini-eggs"

My friend's dad's apartment is 100% surely gone, as it was starting on fire as it was still being evacuated.

I agree, this is going to be a mess...for instance, my friend's dad cannot go up there to work, as he has no place to stay, and his company (rents large equipment) isn't sure when they will be needed again. He's not technically laid off, but now has no income.

It will be months before people can even get back into the city, as it's probably unsafe.

I agree with the construction boom though. Maybe this time they can build it right (my brother helped build/put his engineer stamp on one of the few subdivisions there that wasn't a disaster, he used to be disgusted with what passed up there.)