[BRAH]

Police patrol McMurray for stragglers, arrest one looter

http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2016/05/07/police-patrol-mcmurray-for-stragglers-arrest-one-looter
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To the police who have probably lost everything still remaining in town doing their jobs and to the people who are willing to risk their lives to save the pets of evacuees.

[2Cdo]

Brenda Brenda:

You know 2Cdo... despite your hard ass attitude.. you are such an amazing guy.
<3

I'm still a hard-ass attitude guy to those that deserve that treatment, but I will go to hell and back for friends and family. I've been like that all my life.
In fact the Regiment I belonged to had a saying, "No better friend, no worse enemy".

[2Cdo]

BRAH BRAH:

Police patrol McMurray for stragglers, arrest one looter

http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2016/05/07/police-patrol-mcmurray-for-stragglers-arrest-one-looter
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To the police who have probably lost everything still remaining in town doing their jobs and to the people who are willing to risk their lives to save the pets of evacuees.

So some of the crackheads returned already.

[Thanos]

2Cdo 2Cdo:

BRAH BRAH:

Police patrol McMurray for stragglers, arrest one looter

http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2016/05/07/police-patrol-mcmurray-for-stragglers-arrest-one-looter
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To the police who have probably lost everything still remaining in town doing their jobs and to the people who are willing to risk their lives to save the pets of evacuees.

So some of the crackheads returned already.

Either that or some of the cab driving skinnies holed up somewhere and are now emerging. They deal most of the drugs in town so looting wouldn't be off their radar. Doubt it's the bikers because if their clubhouse/motel down near the airport was threatened by the fire they would have loaded up all their cash, drugs, and guns and taken off in the initial evacuation. It's an odd town. Lots of normals and good folks but the less civilized/alternatively-employed element in Ft Mac is rougher than rough.

[Alta_redneck]

Hey 2Cdo,

I bet 5% of the people that live in my town work up there. Fly in for a week, some go in for 2 weeks. Im wondering why any one would want to rebuild up there in one of the most expensive places to live when they have an option like flying in. The same $750,000 house up there costs about $350,000 down here.

[BRAH]

2Cdo 2Cdo:

BRAH BRAH:

Police patrol McMurray for stragglers, arrest one looter

http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2016/05/07/police-patrol-mcmurray-for-stragglers-arrest-one-looter
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To the police who have probably lost everything still remaining in town doing their jobs and to the people who are willing to risk their lives to save the pets of evacuees.

So some of the crackheads returned already.

Don't think they ever left and that's why some people are refusing to leave.

[raydan]

BRAH BRAH:

2Cdo 2Cdo:

BRAH BRAH:

Police patrol McMurray for stragglers, arrest one looter

http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2016/05/07/police-patrol-mcmurray-for-stragglers-arrest-one-looter
____________________

To the police who have probably lost everything still remaining in town doing their jobs and to the people who are willing to risk their lives to save the pets of evacuees.

So some of the crackheads returned already.

Don't think they ever left and that's why some people are refusing to leave.

Being afraid that your house will be looted is probable the reason why hurricane Katrina killed so many people.

[BRAH]

raydan raydan:

BRAH BRAH:

2Cdo 2Cdo:

So some of the crackheads returned already.

Don't think they ever left and that's why some people are refusing to leave.

Being afraid that your house will be looted is probable the reason why hurricane Katrina killed so many people.

The other reasons were not wanting to leave pets behind this is why people are going back in Ft Mac to rescue pets because if you can reunite an evacuee with a pet it means the World to them.

[BRAH]

WTF?

[Alta_redneck]

And there's this one.

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http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/air-cana ... -1.2891081

[Strutz]

Rest assured that anyone who is so low as to loot homes and businesses at this time of devastation will get a big bite of karma in the ass. It will happen. Always does.


My absolute respect and admiration for those who are there trying to fight this fire, assist others in getting away from the area, and trying to keep the area safe and secure.

[Canadian_Mind]

Alta_redneck Alta_redneck:

And there's this one.

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http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/air-cana ... -1.2891081

Westjet has always been a fantastic airline. I think they are coming up on 20 years old now. How long does a corporation have to maintain a certain mindset before it becomes a permanent part of the corporate culture?

[Brenda]

2Cdo 2Cdo:

Brenda Brenda:

You know 2Cdo... despite your hard ass attitude.. you are such an amazing guy.
<3

I'm still a hard-ass attitude guy to those that deserve that treatment, but I will go to hell and back for friends and family. I've been like that all my life.
In fact the Regiment I belonged to had a saying, "No better friend, no worse enemy".

<3

[ShepherdsDog]

2Cdo 2Cdo:

In fact the Regiment I belonged to had a saying, "No better friend, no worse enemy".

Huh..I thought it was 'run chicken run!'

[Alta_redneck]

Life on the highway: Evacuees adapt to the camping life

Wandering River — Just one kilometre down a gravel road from Wandering River is the very definition of generosity: an oilfield work camp that literally threw open its doors to evacuees escaping the Fort McMurray fire Tuesday night.

The Wandering River Lodge — that in better economic times accommodated 800 oil workers — had just 30 guests when camp supervisor Glen Brooks got word thousands of evacuees were heading his way.

He immediately called in more help, ordered extra equipment and supplies, and sent staff to hand out flyers offering free accommodation and meals.

Almost 400 evacuees have come to the camp that sits about 200 km south of Fort McMurray.

It’s “three hots and a cot” but the “cots” are double or queen-sized beds in private rooms equipped with toilets, showers and satellite televisions. And the “hots” are a mouth-watering array of professionally prepared meals.

All of it is free. The camp’s owner — Canada North Camps — says evacuees are welcome to stay as long as they want.

“It’s beautiful,” says Eric White who escaped the fire with his wife and 9-year-old son Tobie. “The food is excellent, the crowd that’s running it is excellent.”

As White talks, his son plays catch with other children who, like many youngsters on the run from the Fort McMurray wildfire, are treating the evacuation as an adventure.

The Wandering River Lodge is happy to oblige its first-ever under-18 guests — and has plans to bring in more kid-friendly activities to the camp’s recreation centre as well as setting up inflatable wading pools.

“We’re manoeuvring things around so the kids will have a playground and safe areas like that,” says supervisor Brooks. “It’s not designed for families but what we’re going to do is we’re going to start reshaping it a bit so it’s suiting the longer term people who are saying here.”

Brooks expects that due to the severity of the Fort McMurray fire his guests will be staying for weeks if not months.

Others, though, are happy to have it a little rougher.

Wes Hubert and his family might be evacuees but an evacuee centre is not for them, not even the nearby Wandering River Lodge.

They are happy to drop by the work camp for a daily shower and a hot meal but they like to camp, preferring the feel of grass, not gravel, underfoot.

“We go camping pretty much every year and we know what to do and how to survive,” says Hubert, a 59-year-old oilfield welder who fell in love with northern Alberta — and outdoor living — the moment he immigrated from Poland 27 years ago.

When he and his three adult daughters fled their homes Tuesday night, they left in a hurry but not in a panic, bringing with them a camper trailer and camping equipment, including tents.
Life on the highway: Evacuees adapt to the camping life


They have set up camp on the side of the road for now but might move to a more traditional camping spot in a few days.

Like many evacuees, even though they lost a house, they are thankful their family members are all ok — and they are amazed at the outpouring of kindness from local residents who routinely drive by their little camping spot offering everything from water to fuel to propane tanks.

With that kind of generosity Hubert is doing his best to turn what for most people is an evacuation nightmare into a family camping trip.