High River Is Flooding Again!

This is a picture of the Highwood River in Southern Alberta... the water is way too high... the town of High River is flooding!

My good friend Richard and his family was living on the golf course in High River last time this river flooded over ten years ago almost to the day. I was working with Richard on a video production called "The Home Review" at the time and his house was an absolute mess. Richard spent alot of his time fixing up the basement of his home after the flood... and as soon as he was finished he sold it and built a home in Millarville.

I remember sitting on the deck with Richard and him pointing out into the horizon explaining that they had built the golf course, and all the homes in a flood plane... for miles all we could see in the flood plane was additional home construction going on... he guaranteed me that it would flood again... and it did... imagine that... in a flood plane.

I really feel for all those families that are now sleeping on a high school gym floor and who have tons of cleanup and heartache on the way... I wonder how many of them knew they were buying a home some greedy developer decided to build in the flood plane?